Microsoft plans to deliver Microsoft Azure from two new regions located within highly-secure data centres in Canberra, Australia. Through a strategic partnership with Canberra Data Centres (CDC), Microsoft will be the only major cloud provider in Australia to deliver cloud services to handle Unclassified and Protected government data. Microsoft continues to rapidly expand its global cloud footprint, having recently revealed plans to deliver the Microsoft Cloud from new datacentres in South Africa and France, and the availability of cloud services from new regions in the UK, Germany and South Korea. With two new regions coming to Australia, it means Microsoft has announced 42 Azure regions globally – more than any other major cloud provider.