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Swiss DCs Regular Partner Update Calls
Please find attached the recording from Friday's partner Swiss DCs update call as well as the pdf slides for a quick overview. Main info:
Azure
- Good list of additionally deployed services in Switzerland per the pdf/recording
- Clarification on local data residency for Sentinel
- Info on Azure.com pricing calculator and missing pricing
Dynamics 365
- Update on the upcoming deployments
- Please reach out with urgent needs on Power Apps Portals and Customer Insights (Audience Insights) as it could already be enabled
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Please find attached the recording from today's partner Swiss DCs update call as well as the pdf slides for a quick overview. Main info:
New Public References for Swiss DCs
- Canton and city of SH for M365 and Teams, schools city SH for Surface
- Raiffeisen group for M365 and Teams
- SBB Cargo for Azure (changing from multi-cloud to single-cloud), M365 and Power Platform
- Migros - generic
- Swissmilk for Azure, M365 and Dynamics - Business Central
New Compliance Resources
- Whitepaper regarding legal situation for public cloud in Swiss public sector
- Azure cloud design training recording
- Heads-up on M365 cloud design papers
Azure
- Availability Zones in Switzerland North
- Purview in Switzerland North
- Health Data Services HDS in Switzerland North
- DSv5 series in Switzerland North
- Ebsv5-series in Switzerland North
- Azure Stack Edge: Azure Data Box Gateway in Switzerland North
Microsoft 365 and Windows 365
- Update on M365 move progress to Swiss DCs, delay for some SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business tenants
- Corp relaxed approvals for late M365 opt-in requests, approach this through support
- Update on Windows 365 deployment in Swiss DC
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Please find attached the recording from today's partner Swiss DCs update call as well as the pdf slides for a quick overview. Main info:
Public References
- Canton of Zurich adopts Microsoft Cloud with M365, see their detailed risk analysis as well as the risks of not doing it - - great read and very strong signal to public sector Switzerland
- Bank Avera: Microsoft testimonials campaign and Teams / Safety Standards partner reference
- Kellerhals Carrard: top Swiss firm relying on full Microsoft cloud stack in Swiss DCs with a partner
- Schweizerisches Kompetenzzentrum für Justizvollzug: partner reference cases on both Power Platform as well as M365 and Azure
Azure
- Azure Confidential Computing DCsv3 VMs available in Switzerland North
- Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare deployed in Switzerland
- Azure Arc-enabled servers launched in Switzerland North
- Archive Storage now GA in North (was preview before) and also available in West now
- Azure Event Hubs Premium SKU in Switzerland West
Microsoft 365
- Update on M365 move progress to Swiss DCs
- After move: Teams Live Events external encoder support currently missing
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Please find attached the recording from today's partner Swiss DCs update call as well as the pdf slides for a quick overview. Main info:
Public References
- Regionaler Sozialdienst Baden (social service city of Baden)
Azure
- Azure Event Hubs Premium SKU in Switzerland North
- Machine Learning in Switzerland North
- Azure Stack Edge Pro 2 in Switzerland North and West
- Update on Availability Zones launch approach
Dynamics 365
- Project Operations now locally available
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Please find attached the recording from today's partner Swiss DCs update call as well as the pdf slides for a quick overview. Main info:
Public References
- Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank
- dacadoo
- Liiva, joint venture start-up between Raiffeisen and Mobiliar
Azure
- Azure Communication Services GA in Switzerland North, see the call-out on US numbers
- NDA Update on Azure Confidential Computing Intel SGX in Switzerland North, see call-outs
Dynamics 365
- Update on D365 F&SCM/O Microservices: Electronic Invoicing now locally available
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Please find attached the recording from Friday's partner Swiss DCs update call as well as the pdf slides for a quick overview. Main info:
Public References
- Mobiliar
- Leonteq / Glarner Kantonalbank
- armasuisse / Swiss Federal Government
Azure
- Mv2 VM Series (up to 11.4 TB memory) for SAP available in Switzerland North and West
- Databricks in Switzerland West (was there in North already before)
- Azure Key Vault Managed HSM in Switzerland West (was there in North already before)
- Firewall Premium in Switzerland West (was there in North already before)
- Azure Web PubSub in Switzerland North
- Clarification and reminders about region Switzerland West
- Availability Zones update and services launch approach
Compliance
- Azure Public Sector Cloud Design - papers now also available in French (in addition to German)
- Risk assessment guidance - new whitepaper available in both German and French
- Reminder on compliance assets for financial services customers
- New ISAE 3000 audit report on Azure and M365
Dynamics 365
- Update on D365 F&SCM/O Microservices: Export to Data Lake as well as Tax Calculation now locally available
- List of Known Issues in local D365 F&O / SCM environment
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Please find attached the recording from today's partner Swiss DCs update call as well as the pdf slides for a quick overview. Main info:
Public Reference
- Zürcher Kantonalbank
Azure
- Clarifications on Schwiizerdütsch in Azure Speech Services
- Archive Storage available in Switzerland North
- Fsv2-Series in Switzerland West (was there in North already before)
- AAD Domain Services in Switzerland West (was there in North already before)
- Availability Zones Update and Services Launch Approach
- Public Sector Cloud Design - Resources to Support Partners and Customers with Azure deployments in PS Switzerland
Dynamics 365
- Update on D365 F&SCM/O Microservices - reach out if you have local demand
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Please find attached the slides from today's partner Swiss DCs update call. Main info:
Azure
- Azure Price Reduction in Switzerland & Swiss DCs as Default Main Message to Market
- Azure NetApp Files in Switzerland North & West
- Data Box in Switzerland North and West
- Azure Active Directory Domain Services in Switzerland North
- Azure Route Server in Switzerland North
- Speech Services STT & TTS mit Schwiizerdütsch
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Please find attached the recording from today's partner Swiss DCs update call as well as the pdf slides for a quick overview. Main info:
Azure
- Few additionally deployed services in Switzerland per the pdf/recording
- NDA heads-up on Azure NetApp Files ANF and M-series v2 VMs
Dynamics 365
- Business Central launch, including note that all existing Swiss environments are automatically migrated from European DCs to Swiss DCs
- Power Platform AI Builder launch
- D365 F&O / F&SCM reminder & heads-up on local deployments, region moves and microservices
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Please find attached the recording from today's partner Swiss DCs update call as well as the pdf slides for a quick overview. Main info:
Public Stories
- Press Release on new services in Swiss DCs two weeks ago
- Groupe Mutuel story on D365, power platform and Azure one week ago
Azure
- New GPUs with NVv3 in Switzerland North
- Logic Apps GA in Switzerland North (was in preview before)
- NDA update on an extract of upcoming workloads
M365
- Good news on Whiteboard storage moving to OneDrive for Business and later SharePoint Online, therefore enabling local data residency possibilities and more control
Dynamics 365
- D365 Marketing now generally available
- NDA update on AI Builder
- Special Call-outs on D365 Finance & Supply Chain Management / Operations:
- Default Region EU DCs and how to request Swiss DCs
- Region Moves from EU DCs to Swiss DCs are not seamless and how to approach it
Please treat the content confidential under NDA expect publicly available information
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Please find attached the recording from today's partner Swiss DCs update call as well as the pdf slides for a quick overview. Main info:
General
- New public Swiss DCs client stories with Halter (D365 & Power Platform), Gebäudeversicherung Bern (Azure & M365 incl Teams) and Kantonsspital Baden (Azure & Teams)
Azure
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL: Hyperscale (Citus) launched in Switzerland North
- Overview of available local services and roadmap update under NDA
Dynamics 365 and Power Platform
- Power Apps Portals and Power Virtual Agents now GA
- Update on the upcoming deployments
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Please find attached the recording from today's partner Swiss DCs update call as well as the pdf slides for a quick overview. Main info:
Azure
- New deployments DB Migration Service, Premium Block Blobs, Fsv2 VMs and first GPUs with NCv3
- Clarification on Switzerland West
M365
- Live Events: captions now enabled
Dynamics 365
- D365 Finance, Supply Chain Management, Commerce and Sales Insight (in Switzerland North) and Customer Insights / Audience Insights now GA
- D365 Marketing and PowerApps Portals available for first deployments through Corp enablement, GA planned later in May
- Business Central: first positive timing indication as mentioned in the call recording
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Please find attached the recording from today's partner Swiss DCs update call as well as the pdf slides for a quick overview. Main info:
General
- New public cases with sensitive data in the Microsoft Cloud in Switzerland, click on screenshot in pdf to find the story
- Microsoft Industry / vertical clouds (for Healthcare, etc) and Swiss data residency
M365
- Dataverse for Teams launched in Switzerland
- Live Events available out of Swiss DCs and related info
Dynamics 365
- Update on the upcoming deployments
