Microsoft now offers the ability for you to move your data to your chosen location geographical datacenter.

Organisations can now choose to move their data hosted by Microsoft 365 to their own region, thus adding further information governance compliance (including terms set by the GDPR). This is in contrast with recent complaints against Google, who have moved UK data to the US, following the UK’s exit from the EU. The new datacenters add capacity and will support ongoing customer demand and usage growth, although they offer no new features or capabilities.

That data concerned includes: Exchange Online mailbox content, SharePoint Online Content, OneDrive files, and Teams chat messages. New customers will automatically have their core customer data stored in an appropriate regional datacenter for their location.

Existing customers are not impacted however, Microsoft are offering existing customers, in the below countries, the option to request early migration of their core customer data to a new datacenter, before the listed request deadline.

Data moves can take up to 24 months to complete, following a request. Data moves are a back-end operation, with minimal impact to end-users, and at no additional cost.

For more information on housing your Microsoft 365 data in a geographically optimal datacenter please see here. And to request your data be moved, please contact us.

Customers with tenant signup country in	Previous datacenter geo	New datacenter geo	Request deadline
Japan	Asia/Pacific	Japan	June 30, 2020
Australia, New Zealand, Fiji	Asia/Pacific	Australia	June 30, 2020
India	Asia/Pacific	India	June 30, 2020
Canada	North America	Canada	June 30, 2020
United Kingdom	Europe	United Kingdom	June 30, 2020
South Korea	Asia/Pacific	South Korea	June 30, 2020
France	Europe	France	June 30, 2020
United Arab Emirates	Europe	United Arab Emirates	June 30, 2020
South Africa	Europe	South Africa	June 30, 2020
Switzerland, Liechtenstein	Europe	Switzerland	June 30, 2020
Germany	Europe	Germany	Planned
Norway	Europe	Norway	October 31, 2020