Microsoft has brought Azure and Office 365 to data centers in the U.K. after extending its cloud services to new regions, ZDNet reports. “These new Microsoft Cloud regions will help businesses in industries such as banking, government, public sector and health care meet their customers' needs, the regulatory requirements they are held to, and the need for local data residency and replication for business continuity," said Microsoft’s Takeshi Numoto. Microsoft responded to concerns about U.S. data seizure by citing its recent success against a U.S. Department of Justice search warrant for Microsoft data centers in Ireland, the report states. With the addition of the new U.K. centers, Azure will be available in 34 regions around the world with 28 available today, “more than any other major cloud provider," Numoto added.
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