Understanding Compliance Between Microsoft 365 Commercial, GCC, GCC-High and DoD Offerings

Great to hear from you Jonathan. Excellent point. Not the most common scenario but definitely a valid one and you are correct: Organizations with multi-geo footprints, valid export licenses and complex private/public sector business streams require some additional deliberation. There are a few key factors to consider here when I'm speaking with such customers. #1: If bifurcation between services appears viable, how might this impact (or complement) the organizations existing AD design, data classification, business group policies, etc. #2: Are operational costs clearly understood regarding complexity managing different services, collaboration between them and the policy/governance necessary to ensure avoidance of spillage between different services and #3: Given our compliance in other geographies how can we help the customer demonstrate assurances to regional regulations by sharing our compliance artifacts with the customer relevant to each region. So yes; definitely a good point. Such deployments are possible; they just deserve significant analysis and planning commensurate with their complexity.