Digital sovereignty
Microsoft Sovereign Cloud
Keep the power of the cloud and AI under your control.
OVERVIEW
Discover a sovereign cloud without compromise
Get a comprehensive set of sovereignty solutions across AI, productivity, security, and cloud in one platform.
Sovereign Public Cloud
Run cloud and AI services with built-in sovereign controls across the Microsoft public cloud.
Sovereign Private Cloud
Operate sensitive workloads under local control using hybrid or fully disconnected cloud environments.
National Partner Clouds
Use Microsoft cloud capabilities in independently operated clouds designed for specific regulatory requirements.
Scenarios
Sovereignty that meets your needs
Microsoft Sovereign Cloud is designed to support the full spectrum of digital sovereignty needs—without compromise.
- Meet regulatory requirements with built-in governance, policy controls, and compliance insights across cloud and AI without compromise.
- Use built-in governance tools like Azure Policy to align cloud environments with regulatory standards.
- Comply with sovereignty requirements across global and industry frameworks with Azure’s security and privacy controls.
- Get clear visibility into compliance risk and apply consistent governance across cloud environments using built-in Microsoft capabilities.
- Configure, deploy, and monitor workloads in support of sovereign operations in a unified portal.
- Process Microsoft 365 Copilot AI data in-country and run AI training or inference locally to keep sensitive information under your control.
- Comply with local data requirements by processing Microsoft 365 Copilot AI data in-country, giving you greater control over where sensitive information resides.
- Train and run AI models locally using Azure Local, which gives you flexibility over data location, infrastructure, and model governance.
- Protect data with encryption at rest, in transit, and in use, blocking cloud operator access unless you explicitly authorize it.
- Protect data with layered controls that encrypt data at rest, in transit, and in use, preventing access by cloud operators unless explicitly authorized.
- Operational access to European Microsoft Cloud services is approved by European personnel and tracked by tamper-evident logs.
- Bring and manage your own key stores on hardware security modules to gain an additional layer of encryption key control and protection.
- Choose where data is stored and processed with regional and country options to meet sovereignty, compliance, and operational needs.
- Scale with confidence using flexible data residency options that keep you compliant and in control of your data.
- Keep your data stored and processed within the EU and European Free Trade Association (EFTA), with options to place data in specific countries or across European regions.
- Support data residency regulations with a locally hosted, consistent management and developer experience.
- Maintain continuity for critical operations with redundancy, fault isolation, and recovery controls across hybrid or disconnected environments.
- Choose locally hosted, hybrid, or fully disconnected environments with Azure Local and Microsoft 365 Local.
- Maintain service continuity through infrastructure redundancy, fault isolation, and recovery controls.
Microsoft Sovereign Cloud in Europe: Control, Compliance, and Continuity
Discover how Microsoft delivers sovereign cloud services in Europe through technical controls, operational governance, and legal commitments without limiting innovation or cloud capability.
