Cloud Governance
The latest Cloud Governance coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Staff Erect Campus Tent Encampment Demanding End to Azure Military Contracts
Microsoft employees pitched tents on the company’s Redmond campus Thursday, launching a 24-hour protest encampment that escalates a year-long internal battle over cloud contracts with Israeli...
Microsoft Orders External Audit Over Claims Israel Used Azure for Mass Interception
Microsoft has commissioned an externally supervised review after investigative reports alleged that Israeli intelligence services leveraged a segregated Azure environment to ingest, store, and...
Board’s Azure Enterprise Planning Platform Secures Microsoft Solutions Partner Certification
Board International has clinched Microsoft’s Solutions Partner designation with Certified Software for Azure, solidifying its Enterprise Planning Platform as a vetted, Azure-native SaaS option for...
Board’s Azure Solutions Partner Badge Signals New Era for Enterprise SaaS Procurement
Board’s Enterprise Planning Platform has officially secured Microsoft’s Solutions Partner designation with Certified Software for Azure—a certification that promises to slash procurement cycles...
Microsoft Engages Covington & Burling for External Review of Azure’s Role in Alleged Palestinian Surveillance
Microsoft has retained the law firm Covington & Burling and an independent technical consultancy to expand an external review into allegations that Israel’s military intelligence unit, Unit...
Microsoft Hires Covington & Burling to Investigate Azure AI’s Role in Israeli Surveillance Operations
Microsoft has commissioned an external legal review led by the law firm Covington & Burling LLP to investigate allegations that its Azure cloud platform and artificial intelligence tools were...
Hitachi Vantara VSP One SDS Lands on Azure Marketplace, Promises Up to 40% Storage Savings
Hitachi Vantara has made its Virtual Storage Platform One Software-Defined Storage (VSP One SDS) available directly within the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, a move aimed at simplifying hybrid cloud...
Microsoft Orders External Review Led by Covington & Burling After Azure Mass Surveillance Allegations
Microsoft has commissioned an urgent external legal review after a Guardian-led investigation alleged that Israel’s signals intelligence unit, 8200, operated a segregated Azure environment to...
Microsoft Hires Covington & Burling to Probe Azure's Role in Israeli Spy Unit Surveillance
Microsoft has hired the U.S. law firm Covington & Burling to lead an independent investigation into whether its Azure cloud platform was used by Israel’s elite signals intelligence unit, Unit...
Microsoft Opens External Investigation into Claims Azure Stored Millions of Intercepted Palestinian Calls
Microsoft has formally commissioned an external investigation after a series of investigative reports alleged that Israel’s elite signals intelligence unit, Unit 8200, used Microsoft Azure to...
Microsoft Probes Azure’s Role in Israeli Military Mass Phone Surveillance
Microsoft has launched a formal investigation into how Israel’s elite military surveillance unit, Unit 8200, is using its Azure cloud platform, days after a Guardian investigation revealed the spy...
Microsoft Faces Shareholder Revolt Over Azure’s Role in Israeli Surveillance and Gaza Strikes
Microsoft's cloud empire is facing its most profound ethical crisis yet, as explosive investigative reports link Azure to Israeli military intelligence operations in Gaza and the West Bank. The...