We’re excited to announce the expansion of Microsoft’s data residency capabilities by adding content of interactions with Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 to our portfolio of data residency commitments and offerings. We are expanding our product terms and Microsoft 365 data residency offerings to contractually guarantee that we will store the content of your interactions with Copilot for Microsoft 365 in the same country or region in which you store your existing Microsoft 365 content.
Today, we’re announcing the general availability of Office 365 Government Secret cloud, which includes our first release of Office 365 Government capabilities including Exchange, Outlook, and Microsoft 365 Apps.
Commercial and public sector organizations continue to look for new ways to advance their goals, improve efficiencies, and create positive employee experiences. The rise of the digital workforce and the current economic environment compels organizations to utilize public cloud applications to benefit from efficiency and cost reduction.
Today, we’re excited to announce the upcoming launch of a new US Government cloud environment: Office 365 Government Secret which is currently in government review pending accreditation and targeting availability starting mid-2022.
Microsoft 365 is now available from our new cloud datacenters in Brazil, enabling Brazilian organizations to store their customer data for core online services at rest in country. Learn more about the new Brazil geography for Microsoft 365.
To help enable digital transformation and societal impact across Africa, Office 365 is now generally available from our new cloud datacenters in South Africa.