12 April 2019

Microsoft Azure

UK enterprises can now benefit from increased capacity after Microsoft announced new Azure Availability Zones in the UK.

The US giant, which made the announcement in a blog post, said this now increases its Azure regions by more than double in the UK and its compute capacity by more than 1,500 per cent, since 2016 when it was first introduced.

Although Microsoft has two Azure regions in the UK, the Azure Availability Zones are only available in the south of the region. Availability Zones, among other things, mean customers can get separate, physical locations within an Azure region, which has independent networking, power and cooling, as well as more security options for the cloud.

“By doubling our UK regions and increasing our compute capacity by more than 1,500 per cent, our customers can have the confidence they can access any Azure services available in UK regions whenever they want,” said Cindy Rose, chief executive of Microsoft UK. “The launch of Availability Zones takes Azure to a new level in the UK by offering customers increased reliability, business continuity and peace of mind for their data and services.”