Microsoft will start rolling out an EU Data Boundary solution to public sector and commercial customers in the EU on January 1, 2023.
The Data Boundary was developed to support current residency strategies, give more authority over data, and improve visibility, all while conforming to EU standards and sector-specific rules.
Inside the Data Boundary, which is accessible to the Microsoft 365, Azure, Power Platform, and Dynamics 365 administrations, end users will be able to store and process their client data.
Microsoft claims that by significantly lowering data transfers out of Europe and enhancing its market-leading data residency solutions, this release expands on its previous local storage and processing promises.
Microsoft is building datacenters in more than 17 datacenter regions in Europe to meet the needs of clients throughout the EU and EFTA.
The software giant announced its plans to build nine new datacenter areas over the course of 2020, and during the past two years, it has committed more than $12 billion in investments, making Microsoft one of the key financiers of Europe’s digital future.
The EU Data Boundary will further enable public sector and commercial customers in the EU and the EFTA to have their data processed and stored within the region. Microsoft’s cloud services already meet or exceed EU criteria.
Additionally, Microsoft will publish details about data flows associated with the implementation of the EU Data Boundary on the EU Data Boundary Trust Center website, enabling users of the boundary-compliant services to see the data clearly.
Microsoft stated, “Microsoft will provide extensive documentation on our Boundary obligations as part of our first phase of the EU Data Boundary rollout commencing January 1, 2023.
The initial publication of transparency materials will be in English, and they will also be made online.
