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The Microsoft response was to have a separate German trustee be the ones that held the data, and MS have access to the data as needed (but I guess MS could not
by CannisterFlux 8y ago
The Microsoft response was to have a separate German trustee be the ones that held the data, and MS have access to the data as needed (but I guess MS could not just hand it all over to the US government when demanded to) https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/germany/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/germ...
"All customer data and related systems reside in Germany
Controlled by a German data trustee"
- icebraining 8y agoMicrosoft Cloud Germany with its trustee model isn't accepting new customers, you'll have to wait for their new regions that are only coming at the end of the year: https://news.microsoft.com/europe/2018/08/31/microsoft-to-deliver-cloud-services-from-new-datacentres-in-germany-in-2019-to-meet-evolving-customer-needs/ https://news.microsoft.com/europe/2018/08/31/microsoft-to-de...
- skrause 8y agoBut those new German regions will be controlled by Microsoft, so they fall under the Cloud Act.