Geopolitical uncertainty is driving organizations outside the U.S. to explore sovereign cloud alternatives, ranging from country-specific Azure regions to fully disconnected on-premises deployments.

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Microsoft's announcement last month that Azure Local ‘Disconnected Operations’ had reached General Availability was ambitious in its framing. The product – a fully featured Azure platform capable of ...

Azure SQL Managed Instance gains SQL Server 2025 update policy control. GA policy balances new engine features with operational stability governance. Enhanced update management supports enterprise ...

Microsoft shares slid after hours, despite the company beating earnings expectations for its Q2. Analysts pressed CEO Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood about Azure's slowing revenue growth. Wall Street ...

Azure outage affected global industries, including airlines and airports Microsoft 365 services impacted by Azure configuration change Outage follows recent Amazon AWS disruption, highlighting tech ...

Azure cloud computing platform took down a long list of services from Xbox Live and Microsoft 365 to critical systems for airlines and banks. Image: Envato In a rough day for the cloud-dependent ...

Thousands of users were reporting outages across Microsoft services and a variety of other products midday on Wednesday, Oct. 29. Thousands of users reported issues or outages with Microsoft Azure, a ...

Microsoft was hit with an outage affecting its Azure and 365 services hours before the company was scheduled to report quarterly results. "We are investigating an issue with the Azure Portal where ...

The second major cloud outage in less than two weeks, Azure’s downtime highlights the “brittleness” of a digital ecosystem that depends on a few companies never making mistakes. Microsoft's problems ...

Sam Altman and OpenAI announced a new deal with Microsoft, setting revised terms for future AI development. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft and OpenAI announced the long-awaited details ...