By Douglas Phillips
Publication Date: 2026-10-20 08:20:00
Across my conversations with leaders in government, critical infrastructure and regulated industries, one priority consistently rises to the top: putting technology to work on their most important systems while maintaining the control those systems require.
This challenge is becoming more important as advanced cloud and AI capabilities move into public services, regulated processes and essential operations. Organizations are considering more than where data resides. They also seek to understand who can access and operate their systems, how sensitive digital assets remain protected, which technology dependencies matter most and whether critical services can continue as regulatory, geopolitical, security or network conditions change. Digital sovereignty should give organizations greater control and security over the technology they depend on, while continuing to innovate.
Last year, we introduced Microsoft Sovereign Cloud to give customers more choice in how they address these…
