Microsoft Sovereign Cloud, the umbrella under which all the new solutions fall, gives organizations in Europe more control over data. It includes tools and options for customer-controlled encryption and simplified configurations. There is also support for private cloud environments.

Microsoft on Monday said data stored by its European cloud customers would stay in Europe, under European Law, with operations controlled by its local personnel, and under full control of customers. European companies and governments have been increasingly worrying about their data being moved outside the continent into the hands of other countries such as the U.