Many organizations operate in environments where continuous cloud connectivity is not possible—or simply not allowed. Sovereignty requirements, regulatory constraints, security policies, or physical isolation mean that infrastructure must function fully disconnected or air‑gapped, while still delivering modern cloud capabilities. In a new video, I walk through Azure Local Dis...

In today’s threat landscape, security teams need more than fast detection—they need confidence in recovery. Commvault’s latest announcement marks an important step forward by deepening its integration with Microsoft Security, tightly connecting Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Security Copilot, and the Commvault Cloud platform to streamline modern Resilience Operations (ResOps)....

I’m happy to share a new video where I sit down with Cynthia Treger (EMEA GBB for Networking at Microsoft) to discuss Azure Hybrid Networking for Sovereign Cloud scenarios. In this conversation, we start with the Microsoft Global Network and why it is such a critical foundation for hybrid and sovereign cloud architectures. From there, …

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Security and compliance are often well‑defined on paper—but applying them consistently across real‑world environments is where things get challenging, especially in hybrid and regulated scenarios. In a recent conversation, I sat down with Pal Lakatos‑Toth, Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, to discuss Built‑In CIS Benchmarks on Azure and how Microsoft is helping organizatio...

Azure Local enables customers to run Azure services on customer‑owned infrastructure, bringing Azure’s consistent operations, security, and management model to on‑premises, edge, and sovereign environments. It’s a key building block for Hybrid and Sovereign Cloud strategies—especially where data residency, latency, or regulatory requirements matter. One of the most common que...