Microsoft Azure available from new cloud regions in Germany
Published date: 10 September, 2019
Azure is now available from our new cloud data centre regions in Germany, Germany West Central (located in Frankfurt) and Germany North (located in Berlin), to provide customers and partners with greater flexibility, the latest intelligent cloud services, full connectivity to our global cloud network and data residency within Germany. The new regions with German-specific compliance, including Cloud Computing Compliance Controls Catalogue (C5) attestation, will remove barriers so in-country companies can benefit from the latest solutions such as containers, IoT and AI. These customers include:
- Deutsche Bank, Germany’s leading bank, is leveraging our cloud services to accelerate the innovation of financial products and services while maintaining high-quality service and data security. With our collaboration, Deutsche Bank has developed a data platform that meets both international and local regulatory requirements, while offering customers secure and cost-efficient services.
- Deutsche Telekom, one of the world’s leading integrated telecommunications companies, will play an integral role in onboarding customers to our new cloud regions in Germany.
- SAP, the market leader in enterprise application software, will combine Microsoft Azure and SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud to provide solutions directly from Germany – for the “Intelligent Enterprise in the Intelligent Cloud”.
- Arvato Systems, a global IT specialist and multi-cloud service provider, is now able to offer their customers fully integrated Azure services with data retention in Germany, empowering the digital transformation of German medium-sized companies.
These investments help us deliver on our continued commitment to serve our customers, reach new ones and elevate their businesses through the transformative capabilities of the Microsoft Azure cloud platform.