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Exchange Front Door location
The first thing you need to know is, "where is your data stored"?
Go to your admin portal, and go to
Settings > Org Settings > Organization Profile > Data Location
That is where your Data is stored and it cannot be moved. You would have to go get a new subscription and the data storage location goes off the Org Profile address (country)
There was a time before 2020 when you could change it, but not anymore.
The next thing is, you said "This casued all types of Outlook Slowness"
I would say you need to go do some network connectivity reports and get some actually numbers. Saying "its slow" means nothing. You need facts to back up what you say your issue is.
So, you should start in the 365 Admin portal, then go to
Health > Network Connectivity
Strart runing test to get facts that backs up your statment of "its slow"
The link below is old, from 2020, so more features might be here now, but its a good read
- GBoswellSimivalleyAug 01, 2022Copper Contributor
I hear the same thing from support 'YOUR DATA IS IN THE US' correct but my network is being routed through North Carolina even though I am in California and the best front door is in california.
Changing our DNS to 1.1.1.1 didn't fix the issue.
- David_PetreeAug 02, 2022Brass Contributor
thanks. Yea, not surprised it’s the same thing you hear from support.
We have a couple of other cases were working on with the same issue. If/when I get any new info, I’ll pop it in here
- cwallrqnAug 02, 2022Copper Contributor
David_Petree@GBoswellSimivalley we are seeing this as well. Please post any fixes or workarounds that you are able to find. We set our Public DNS to 1.1.1.1 or 9.9.9.9 and about half the time it works and pulls from the US front door closest to us, the other half of the time it pulls from Australia.
- XnXFeb 20, 2022Copper ContributorIf settings are controlled by location or by clock, calendar, or location, perhaps it's as simple as syncing settings?
- Zac_S89Apr 14, 2022Copper Contributor
Has anyone got more information on this? I have found the articles on Docs and made sure my DNS provider is not set up a DNS recursive resolver and is set to "DNS Only" so that's not the issue but I am based in the UK all my other Office 365 services are point to the UK put its only exchange pointing to the US.