Geopolitical uncertainty is driving organizations outside the U.S. to explore sovereign cloud alternatives, ranging from country-specific Azure regions to fully disconnected on-premises deployments.

Microsoft has announced new upgrades to its Sovereign Cloud platform, which is designed to function in "dark" environments. These updates will ensure a mission-critical infrastructure to run large AI ...

Azure Local and IoT Operations received a broad set of updates this week as Microsoft moved to expand AI-enabled edge computing across hybrid and highly distributed environments. The enhancements, ...

At Ignite 2024, Microsoft announced a new hybrid and edge computing platform branded as Azure Local. Built on the solid foundation of Azure Arc, Azure Local aims to bridge the gap between on-premises ...

Microsoft has announced three new updates to the company's sovereign offerings, including improvements across Azure Local, Microsoft 365 Local and Foundry Local. The additions come as US-EU trade ...

Microsoft announced Azure Local, a new hybrid infrastructure solution that replaces Azure Stack HCI. Azure Local offers much broader capabilities. At Ignite 2024, Microsoft today announced Azure Local ...

Microsoft adds offline features to Sovereign Cloud suite Azure Local now supports offline operations for high-security use Microsoft 365 Local and Foundry Local offer offline productivity and AI. Did ...

Microsoft Azure Local can now run fully disconnected without needing the cloud European customers are increasingly demanding sovereign options CISPE welcomes the changes – looks to test them Microsoft ...

Azure Local, powered by Azure Arc, is reshaping the landscape of distributed computing by bringing cloud capabilities to affordable hardware at remote locations. This innovative approach addresses ...

Microsoft's announcement last month that Azure Local ‘Disconnected Operations’ had reached General Availability was ambitious in its framing. The product – a fully featured Azure platform capable of ...

Microsoft brought a slew of networking updates to its Azure Local hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) platform, including SDN features and network adapter additions. The biggest networking update ...