Microsoft Launches First Cloud Data Centers in South Africa

guest · Mar 7, 2019

Microsoft Launches First Cloud Data Centers in South Africa
March 6, 2019
https://www.datacenterknowledge.com...aunches-first-cloud-data-centers-south-africa

Microsoft has beat its biggest cloud rival Amazon by launching data centers in South Africa first.

The Microsoft data centers in Cape Town and Johannesburg, whose launch the company announced Wednesday, now support Azure cloud services. Microsoft expects them to start supporting Office 365 by the third quarter and Dynamics 365 by the fourth quarter. They are the company’s first data centers on the African continent.Amazon Web Services expects to bring its first data centers in the country

Even without dedicated South Africa data centers, Microsoft has been the leading provider of cloud services in the country, according to analysts.
The firm surveyed 300 enterprise IT decision makers in South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria. Only two percent of South African respondents said they were using AWS.
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Announcement: Microsoft opens first datacenters in Africa with general availability of Microsoft Azure

guest · Jul 25, 2019

Office 365 now available from local datacenters in South Africa
July 25, 2019
https://mspoweruser.com/office-365-now-available-from-local-datacenters-in-south-africa/

Back in 2017, Microsoft first announced its plans to open datacenters in Africa to deliver Microsoft Cloud services.
In March this year, Microsoft announced the opening of these datacenters and the general availability of Microsoft Azure from these new cloud regions.

Microsoft today announced the availability of Office 365 from local datacenters in South Africa. With this announcement, Office 365 customer data residency is now supported in 16 geographies across the globe. In-country data residency allows organizations to deploy Office 365 when they want to meet regulatory requirements.

Customer data residency provides additional assurances regarding data privacy and reliability for organizations and enterprises. Core customer data is stored only in their datacenter geography (Geo)—in this case, the cloud datacenters within South Africa.
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Microsoft: Microsoft Office 365 now available from new South Africa cloud datacenters

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