Microsoft is set to launch a new cloud region in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2027. In a blog post by Omar Khan, VP of Azure infrastructure marketing, Microsoft announced the upcoming East US 3 region, as well as the expansion of five existing data center regions in the US.

Both Amazon and Microsoft should perform well in 2026, but one has the bigger opportunity.

Microsoft was on Thursday accused of overcharging thousands of British businesses to use Windows Server software on cloud computing services provided by Amazon, Google and Alibaba, at a pivotal hearing in a 2.

The General Services Administration previously reached an agreement with Microsoft to offer its services to agencies at discounted rates. The latest announcement makes Copilot available to government customers in GCC-High.

The company is to offer bug bounty awards for people who report security vulnerabilities in third-party and open source software impacting Microsoft services.

Microsoft launched Xbox Cloud Gaming 1.0 at the same time that it announced a 50% price hike for Game Pass Ultimate, and a membership is required. Streaming is also available for the lower-priced Essential and Premium tiers, but only Ultimate members get access to the highest quality at up to 1440p.

Google’s antitrust complaint argued that the 2019 licensing change was anticompetitive. According to the company, the update made it more expensive to run Windows Server on Google Cloud than on Microsoft’s own Azure cloud platform. The search giant cited research that found the revised terms of service cost EU businesses more than €1 billion.

Microsoft's approach to cloud licensing has been labelled anti-competitive and cost-prohibitive to enterprises by regulators, and now Maria Luisa Stasi is the competition lawyer looking to take the co