UK Data Residency - O365

[MikeW]

From Wed 15th March it will be possible to request your O365 data to be stored in the UK : https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn879433.aspx Edited March 13, 2017 by MikeW

[pete]

From the doc:

Moves may take up to 24 months from the request deadline for your country to complete.

 

Which seems excessively long if local legislation changes to require it. It'd be useful to have a "for a tenancy of sizes X, Y and Z, the average completion times are 1, 2 and 3" indicator.

Edited March 13, 2017 by pete

[Sylv3r]

We've added some primaries to Office365 lately and im sure they seem to have automatically gone onto the UK data centres, does anybody have an idea when the cut off was from using the servers from outside of the UK to within the UK. Just so I can double check all schools and move them over if necessary.

[Sylv3r]

We've added some primaries to Office365 lately and im sure they seem to have automatically gone onto the UK data centres, does anybody have an idea when the cut off was from using the servers from outside of the UK to within the UK. Just so I can double check all schools and move them over if necessary.

[MatthewL]

I've just had a look at this, it states (as per the text below) I will limit Microsoft's possibilities to optimize your service and location of core customer data at rest in either your current or the United Kingdom datacenter region. Does anyone know what this means or will it have any impact?

 

You are about to make an important choice for your organization.

After confirming this option, you cannot undo it anymore. This option is available until Sep 15, 2017.

My organization has data residency requirements, move my organization's data to the United Kingdom datacenter region.

 

This option is provided to accommodate organizations that have strict data residency requirements.

We recommend that you take no action, unless your organization needs core customer data to be stored at rest in the United Kingdom datacenter region. By choosing to move your data, you will limit Microsoft's possibilities to optimize your service and location of core customer data at rest in either your current or the United Kingdom datacenter region.

Data moves are a back-end operation with minimal impact to you and your users. They will complete within 24 months after the end of the enrollment period on Sep 15, 2017. You will receive one confirmation in Message Center per service when its data move has completed to the United Kingdom datacenter region.

In addition, you acknowledge that your organization’s core customer data will be stored at rest only in the United Kingdom, notwithstanding any contractual commitment that Microsoft may have made to store core customer data at rest only in your current datacenter region.

More information and frequently asked questions about this move program are available on the TechNet move site.

[pete]

If there's a regional outage or load spike in Microsoft's UK datacentres (Cardiff, Durham, London), they won't be able to shift your requests/data to another region to smooth it out.

 

If you also need to ensure Azure (VMs, storage, whatever) products are locked to the UK (vs Western Europe/the US), you're paying more per month.

Edited March 16, 2017 by pete

[MatthewL]

Thanks.

[Wirral_Wonderer]

With an eye on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) what are the thoughts on moving to UK based or stay flexible in case of outages in the UK?

[abaxter2]

The cut of date to request a move to the UK data centres is: 15th September 2017

 

Anyone thinking of moving yet?

[drewp]

Any new Office 365 tenant in the UK would have their core data the UK, is that enough of an argument to do it?

[MatthewL]

I'm going to shift mine over, can't see it causing any issues, would rather it be in the UK than out overseas.

[Mr_Jiminy]

Any new Office 365 tenant in the UK would have their core data the UK, is that enough of an argument to do it?

 

In my mind yes, however I have to confess I'm yet to do anything about this.

 

Is it a foregone conclusion that the results of BREXIT, down the line, will impact the storage of UK data on EU soil data centers? Not sure if this is still referred to as Impact Level 2 (IL2) accreditation.

[Chuckster]

I have requested to have the data migration.

 

Has anybody else done the same?

[MatthewL]

On my list to sort.

[Arthur]

Microsoft Azure capacity woes hit UK customers

 

Microsoft's public cloud business is experiencing growing pains – fresh deployments are being held up by insufficient rack space in the UK data centres that host Azure.

 

According to company insiders, Microsoft rents data centre space in London and Cardiff from third-party providers, and owns a facility in Durham, but these sites are struggling to meet rising local demand.

 

"We are trying to deploy a development environment on Microsoft Azure and have been told we couldn't as it has reached full capacity," said one customer, who spoke to us on the condition of anonymity.

 

He said Microsoft directed his organisation to its own bit barn in the Netherlands but this too was bursting at the seams.

 

These points were mirrored by sources at other clients too: "There isn't enough compute power [at the UK sites], so we had to burst to northern Europe which wasn't ideal because of the residency of their data."

[3s-gtech]

When we requested to move out data, the site said it could take well in excess of twelve months to complete. Hopefully this will give them time to up their capacity.

[e-class]

Has anyone done this yet?

 

Is there a cost to move the data?

 

Thanks

[GrumbleDook]

Initiated and waiting for completion and no charge.

[sparkeh]

Yep initiated. No mention of charge.

[nadeem]

Has anyone done this yet?

 

Is there a cost to move the data?

 

Thanks

 

There is no charge from MS to do this, if you choose before the 15 September deadline.

 

As far I as am aware if they allow this post- 15 September at some stage then it will become chargeable

[jmak]

Have I missed the cut off date? I thought it was today.

I've just been on my admin console and I don't have the section "Data Residency Options". From the help page, the reasons for this could be:

You may not see this section if one of the following apply:

Your tenant is not eligible for the move program.

All of your data is already located in the new region (see Data Location section of the page).

 

The Data Location section shows:

 

Exchange - Europe

Sharepoint - UK

Skype for Business - Europe

 

I can't find any notifications saying I've already requested it.....

[Arthur]

Have I missed the cut off date?

Yes. I checked early this morning and the option was no longer there.

[jmak]

Yes. I checked early this morning and the option was no longer there.

[emoji53] Should have acted sooner, but my normal working definition of "by the" is up to and including.... Lesson learned

[nathan]

I requested a while back, all still in Europe other than Skype for Business. They said at the time it could take up to 2 years to complete!

[timlineuk]

[emoji53] Should have acted sooner, but my normal working definition of "by the" is up to and including.... Lesson learned

 

You can still do this until tomorrow - Go to Office 365 Admin Centre --> Settings --> Organisation Profile --> Near bottom of page.