Thomas Maurer to Present Microsoft Sovereign Private Cloud with Azure Local at Azure User Group Iceland

I'm excited to share that I'll be speaking at the Azure User Group Iceland on March 19, and I'd love to see you there! In this session, I'll be diving into a topic that's becoming increasingly important for many organizations around the world: Microsoft Sovereign Private Cloud with Azure Local.

As EMEA Global Black Belt for Sovereign Cloud at Microsoft, I work closely with customers who need to balance cloud innovation with strict requirements around data sovereignty, compliance, and operational control. In this session, I'll introduce how the Microsoft Sovereign Private Cloud with Azure Local enables exactly that.

We'll explore how organizations can:

• Run sovereign workloads and productivity services locally
• Use Azure Local together with Microsoft 365 Local
• Maintain full control over data and operations
• Meet regulatory and compliance needs in hybrid and even fully disconnected environments

The goal is to show how you can bring the power and consistency of the cloud to your own datacenter or edge locations—without compromising on sovereignty. Whether you're operating in regulated industries, public sector environments, or locations with limited connectivity, this approach opens up new possibilities.

Why you should attend

If you're interested in:

• Sovereign and regulated cloud scenarios
• Hybrid and adaptive cloud architectures
• Running modern Azure services locally
• Understanding where Azure Local fits into Microsoft's broader Sovereign Cloud strategy

…then this session is for you. The Azure User Group Iceland community is doing an amazing job fostering deep technical discussions, and I'm really looking forward to the exchange and the questions from the audience.

Date: March 19 Session: Microsoft Sovereign Private Cloud with Azure Local Event: Azure User Group Iceland (online)

More details about the event and the session can be found via the Azure User Group Iceland channels and here on LinkedIn.

Hope to see many of you there—let's talk sovereign cloud, Azure Local, and the future of hybrid innovation!