We are excited to announce the general availability of the Microsoft 365 region in Austria. The Microsoft 365 Advanced Data Residency add-on (ADR), and the Microsoft 365 Multi-Geo Capabilities are now available for commercial customers in our new cloud region in Austria.
The Advanced Data Residency and Multi-Geo Capabilities add-ons offer customers provisioned in Austria greater control over the location of their cloud data.
- ADR provides guarantees that certain customer data will be stored at rest within region (in this case, within Austria) for several core online services, including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Defender for Office (Plan 1), Exchange Online Protection, Office for the Web, Viva Connections, and certain Microsoft Purview products.
- Multi-Geo allows customers to configure in which geographies their Microsoft 365 user data is stored at rest on a per-user basis and within a single tenant. Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot are available for Multi-Geo configuration.
This new cloud region will provide artificial intelligence (AI) and other cloud services to contribute to the digital transformation and the development of the AI economy in Austria.
“The use of AI is one of the key drivers for innovation and productivity in the Austrian economy. Combining AI with datacenters allows us to fully harness the potential of new technologies. With the new cloud region, we aim to work alongside our customers and partners to accelerate Austria’s digital transformation and foster the responsible deployment of AI across the country.”
-- Hermann Erlach, General Manager, Microsoft Austria
This is a continuation of a series of datacenter launches over the last 18 months, including launches in Mexico, Spain, Taiwan, New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Chile.
To learn more about empowering your organization with Microsoft 365, ADR, Data Residency for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Multi-Geo reach out to your Microsoft account team or partner today.
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