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Maruthi Gadde
Iron Contributor
Mar 05, 2019

Using Office 365 while Travelling to China or having a Regional office in China

I am looking for Guidance for Multinational companies having Regional offices in China. I am aware that the Office 365 in China is managed by 21Vianet. If a multinational organization (assume base ...
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jcgonzalezmartin
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Mar 05, 2019
My understanding is that if your Office 365 tenant is not in China, access to all the services will be affected and you will need a way (the VPN can be an option) to be able to bypass connection restrictions and access to Office 365 services
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Andreas Rohr
Copper Contributor
Jul 12, 2019

jcgonzalezmartinNo this is not correct. You can access Azure/Office365 in China, BUT there are some Laws, that you have to store local Data in mainland China.