The Azure, AWS, and and Google data centers are some of the most secure facilities on the planet, maybe even rivaling that of our nuclear missile silos. If us-east-1 got nuked or went offline [for months], we'd probably see an instant depression in the U.S. economy as so many parts of life break, so it's in the DoD's best interest to protect Virginia and North Carolina extremely well[0].
Azure even offers multiple levels of clouds that can house government secrets[1], although I couldn't find a way to tell whether an outlook hostname is part of a higher-security region or not.
Azure even offers multiple levels of clouds that can house government secrets[1], although I couldn't find a way to tell whether an outlook hostname is part of a higher-security region or not.
0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28825009
1: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-government-top-...