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FactConfirmedProduct·February 24, 2026
Microsoft Sovereign Cloud Expanded with Disconnected Operations for Azure Local, M365 Local, and Foundry Local
Microsoft expanded its Sovereign Cloud offering with Azure Local disconnected operations (now available), M365 Local disconnected productivity (now available), and Foundry Local for running large AI models in fully disconnected sovereign environments.
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Evidence96%Authoritative
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First tracked
February 24, 2026
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February 24, 2026
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Related Developments
Growing State and Local Opposition to Data Center Construction Across the U.S.Microsoft Pledges Data Center Electricity Costs Won't Be Passed to Residential CustomersMicrosoft and OpenAI Reaffirm Partnership Terms Amid OpenAI's New Funding and PartnersMistral Document AI Model Available on Microsoft FoundryGPT-5.4 Generally Available in Microsoft Foundry