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Office 365 data
Hi there,
The answer to this is to use the on-premises versions of the Microsoft products that are available to you if you want to host this yourself in your own comms room or data centers.
Office 365 is hosted in Microsoft Data Centers in standard or dedicated environments for customers. There is some fluidity like others have stated where Hybrid models allow on-premises applications to utilise the cloud such as Exchange Hybrid, Skype for Business Hybird, SharePoint Hybrid, with ancillary support with functions such as AADConnect for directory syncronisation and hybrid Azure AD join - but there isn't the solution for what you are looking for.
By all means utilise these hybrid modes and you can even keep file server data on-premises and protected with Azure Information Protection utilising the AIP scanner, and you can even utilise Intune to protect on-premises Exchange. There's also functionality in certain Office 365 licensing where you get on-premises CALs as part of the licensing arrangements.
But to re-iterate; what you are asking in your specific scenario question isn't possible. You can't deploy Office 365 to your own hardware in your own location.
Take care,
Oliver
No is the short answer. As Nuno explained already you can check where your Office 365 data resides and that's where the data is kept. If there are concerns about compliance, local regulations or any other obligations make sure to check out the following resources
- https://www.microsoft.com/trustcenter/
- https://servicetrust.microsoft.com/
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/TrustCenter/CloudServices/office365/default.aspx
Now, if you have on-premise Exchange Server or another local mail system, for example, there may be options to keep some elements where they are and still make use of the cloud:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/exchange-online-setup-with-an-exchange-hybrid-deployment-87c4eac6-f7fa-42c5-b449-efb1311f9fe4
SharePoint Server offers hybrid options as well if you are invested already with SharePoint Server - https://support.office.com/en-us/article/SharePoint-Hybrid-4c89a95a-a58c-4fc1-974a-389d4f195383.
The greatest gains though for a modern workplace and making the best use of Office 365 is by migrating to Office 365 depending on the circumstances and priorities of the particular organization.
Make sure to check out https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/office-365-onboarding-benefit.aspx as well, who can office assistance at no additional cost including data migration guidance and more.
Hello Cian/Nuno,
Thanks for the response.
Based on the links (https://products.office.com/EN-MY/where-is-your-data-located?ms.officeurl=datamaps&geo=AsiaPacific#AsiaPacific) Since my organization resides in Malaysia, then the data will be hosted in Malaysia as well right?
If you go down on the page you will see what services resides on each datacenter.
Hi Nuno,
Thanks for the response. It seems only Exchange can be hosted in my country.
In that case, can i use my on-premise server for other service (Skype, Sharepoint) instead of hosted in Office 365 data centers.
Regards
