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Microsoft Expands Sovereign Cloud Capabilities, EU Focus

🛡️ Microsoft announced expanded sovereign cloud offerings aimed at helping governments and enterprises meet regulatory and resilience requirements across Europe and beyond. The update includes end-to-end AI data processing within an EU Data Boundary, expanded Microsoft 365 Copilot in-country processing to 15 countries and additional rollouts through 2026, plus a refreshed Sovereign Landing Zone for simplified deployment of sovereign controls. Azure Local gains increased scale, external SAN support, and NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell GPUs for high-performance on-prem AI, along with planned disconnected operations. A new Digital Sovereignty specialization gives partners a way to validate and badge their sovereign-cloud expertise.

Microsoft Named a Leader in Gartner MQ for DHI 2025

🔹 Microsoft has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure, its third consecutive recognition. Azure’s adaptive approach—anchored by Azure Arc and Azure Local—delivers unified management, governance, and security across hybrid, edge, multicloud, and sovereign environments. These technologies enable services such as AKS, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, IoT operations and AI workloads, and Microsoft highlights customer outcomes and continued investment to broaden capabilities and compliance.