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Ivan54
Aug 30, 2017Bronze Contributor
Help with SP and ODfB Geo Locations and tracert explanation
 Hi, I could use some help with explaining a specific tracert to <tenant>.sharepoint.com.  Our SharePoint tenant is located in the Europe data region. This can be verified by visiting https://portal.o...
Ivan54
Nov 16, 2017Bronze Contributor
I could really use someone elses input on this matter. Maybe I'm missing something.
I've been referenced this page http://o365datacentermap.azurewebsites.net by Microsoft support, which I already knew. The page mentions this as a geo location for the EMEA Region:
United States
Azure Active Directory
Office 365
- Sway
- Yammer
No word on SharePoint for the US. So why does my tenant resolve and tracert to Redmond, USA? Even my Palo Alto firewall indicates a huge amount of traffic to this IP address, so I'm sure can't be just DNS queries or small stuff.