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Microsoft launches Canadian cloud

On May 10th 2016, Microsoft Canada announced the opening of two Canadian datacentres. With this announcement, Microsoft Azure is generally available from local datacentre regions located in Toronto and Quebec City, and Office 365 is now offering data residency for Canadian business customers.

We are proud to offer our highly secure, enterprise grade, hyper-scale cloud from Canadian soil. Azure and Office 365 customers gain the benefits of Microsoft’s trusted cloud services combined with data residency in Canada.

This milestone event is sparking interest across the nation. Check out some of the top news story covering the local datacentres. Here is a roundup of the top 5 stories from the last week covering Microsoft’s Canadian cloud.

Microsoft Corp opens new Canadian datacentres after doubling capacity due to demand –Financial Post

Microsoft Cloud: Officially open for business in Canada – IT World Canada

Bell to bring Microsoft Azure Cloud software to Canadian businesses – MobileSyrup

Microsoft opens new Canadian datacenters – Business Review Canada

Microsoft says that their Canadian Cloud is open for Business – Canadian Reviewer

For more information on how other Canadian businesses are driving innovation and growth with the Microsoft cloud, visit our datacenter website. How will the cloud impact your business? Tweet us – we would love to hear from you.