Azure Sovereign Regions
Azure supports what is referred to as Sovereign Regions; these support greater compliance for specific markets. These regions, as shown in the following diagram, operate isolated instances of the Azure cloud computing platform that run dedicated hardware and isolated networks:
Figure 10.8 – Azure Sovereign Region cloud
As outlined here, the Sovereign Region platforms also have portals with different URLs and service endpoints in DNS:
- Azure Government: This is a separate instance of the Azure platform that Microsoft operates; it is for the sole use of US government bodies (and partners):
- The Azure portal can be accessed via a dedicated URL: https://portal.azure.us.
- The service endpoints to connect to in DNS are in the form of
*.azurewebsites.us. - You can find more information at https://azure.microsoft.com/global-infrastructure/government.
- Azure China (21Vianet): This is a separate instance of the Azure platform operated...
