"By making disconnected operations available in Azure Local, organizations can now run mission-critical infrastructure with Azure governance and policy control, with no cloud connectivity, optimizing continuity for sovereign, classified or isolated environments. In other words, no more calling back to the mothership."
"This brings the richness of Microsoft's enterprise AI capabilities to on-premises systems, complete with local inferencing and APIs that operate completely within customer-controlled data boundaries."
"Like rival US hyperscalers, Microsoft has rolled out initiatives in Europe in a bid to address jittery locals worried about the possibility - no matter how remote - of service interruption or their data being accessed by American officials under the US CLOUD Act."
Microsoft announced that Azure Local can now operate fully disconnected from cloud connectivity, addressing European concerns about digital sovereignty amid geopolitical tensions. Previously, Azure Local required periodic cloud connections for management through Azure Arc, with functionality degrading after 30 days offline. The update eliminates this requirement, allowing organizations to run mission-critical infrastructure with Azure governance and policy control entirely on-premises. Microsoft simultaneously launched Microsoft 365 Local and Foundry Local to provide enterprise capabilities on-premises. These initiatives respond to European customers' demands for infrastructure under their direct control, following Microsoft's earlier EU Data Boundary service and competing with other hyperscalers' sovereignty offerings.
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