{"id":2560,"date":"2017-07-04T16:14:47","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T23:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/?p=2560"},"modified":"2023-02-24T20:34:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T20:34:32","slug":"find-office-365-storage-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/07\/04\/find-office-365-storage-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find Out if my Office 365 Storage is in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some people who setup their Office 365 accounts back in the day are curious about where there data is being stored.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/o365datacentermap.azurewebsites.net\/\">&#8220;Where is my data?&#8221;\u00a0Office 365 interactive data maps<\/a> are great for showing where types of data live\u00a0<em>(such as Yammer only lives in the USA)\u00a0<\/em>however the\u00a0map\u00a0does not show where someone&#8217;s specific tenancy lives.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>You can check where your data resides by:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Go to:\u00a0Office 365 admin center\u00a0&gt;\u00a0\u00a0Settings\u00a0&gt;\u00a0\u00a0Organization Profile &gt; scroll down to Data location.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/Office365-Data-Location.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2563 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/Office365-Data-Location.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"751\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/07\/Office365-Data-Location.png 751w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/07\/Office365-Data-Location-300x118.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a Canadian organization that has set their Office 365 account details to state their country as\u00a0Canada, does this mean their data is stored in Canadian Datacentres?<\/p>\n<p><strong>No. It all comes down to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">when<\/span> you setup your\u00a0Office 365 Tenancy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Dates Matter&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Customers who signed up for Office 365 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">before<\/span> April 20, 2016\u00a0and selected Canada for their services<\/strong>\u00a0have their data stored in the United States datacenter locations.<\/p>\n<p>Customers that signed up for\u00a0Office 365<strong>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">after<\/span> April 20, 2016 and selected Canada for their services<\/strong>\u00a0have their\u00a0data stored in the Canadian datacenter locations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Data Residency Switch&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some customers that signed up before April 20, 2016 were able to take advantage of Microsoft&#8217;s limited time offer to\u00a0get their data moved to Canadian datacentres for free. However they had to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/seek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/08\/DataResidencySlider.png\">flip the Data Residency switch<\/a>\u00a0in their Office 365 tenancy before the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/want-move-new-canadian-data-centres-free-deadline-oct-31-2016\/\">October 31, 2016 deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically those that did flip the switch may still have their data in American servers as Microsoft promised that the data migration would be <em>&#8220;complete within 24 months after the end of the enrollment perioid on November 1, 2016.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The trickiest part of this is they don&#8217;t tell you when you&#8217;ll be moved or where you are in the queue. All you know is: <em>&#8220;You will receive a confirmation in Message Center after each service&#8217;s data move has completed.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now What&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve\u00a0followed the\u00a0instructions above and discovered your data is in the US, but you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Missed the deadline to get on the list for the free migration.<\/li>\n<li>Made the deadline to get the free migration, but can&#8217;t wait any longer and need to move\u00a0your data to Canada ASAP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fastest way to get it done is to spin up a brand new tenancy and move your data over from the old tenancy.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s pros and cons to this approach, but that&#8217;s the kind of decision that itgroove can help with.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people who setup their Office 365 accounts back in the day are curious about where there data is being stored. The &#8220;Where is my data?&#8221;\u00a0Office 365 interactive data maps are great for showing where types of data live\u00a0(such as Yammer only lives in the USA)\u00a0however the\u00a0map\u00a0does not show where someone&#8217;s specific tenancy lives. You &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/07\/04\/find-office-365-storage-canada\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Find Out if my Office 365 Storage is in Canada - Kelly LaForest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/07\/04\/find-office-365-storage-canada\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Find Out if my Office 365 Storage is in Canada - Kelly LaForest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some people who setup their Office 365 accounts back in the day are curious about where there data is being stored. The &#8220;Where is my data?&#8221;\u00a0Office 365 interactive data maps are great for showing where types of data live\u00a0(such as Yammer only lives in the USA)\u00a0however the\u00a0map\u00a0does not show where someone&#8217;s specific tenancy lives. You &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/07\/04\/find-office-365-storage-canada\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kelly LaForest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-07-04T23:14:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-24T20:34:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/Office365-Data-Location.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kelly LaForest (Alumni)\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kelly LaForest (Alumni)\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/07\/04\/find-office-365-storage-canada\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/07\/04\/find-office-365-storage-canada\/\",\"name\":\"How to Find Out if my Office 365 Storage is in Canada - Kelly LaForest\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/07\/04\/find-office-365-storage-canada\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/07\/04\/find-office-365-storage-canada\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/Office365-Data-Location.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-04T23:14:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-24T20:34:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/#\/schema\/person\/4fa186de23274f1333fde6d6e6d4ab98\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/07\/04\/find-office-365-storage-canada\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/07\/04\/find-office-365-storage-canada\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/07\/04\/find-office-365-storage-canada\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/Office365-Data-Location.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/Office365-Data-Location.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/07\/04\/find-office-365-storage-canada\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Oh 365 Eh?\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Find Out if my Office 365 Storage is in Canada\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/\",\"name\":\"Kelly LaForest\",\"description\":\"Microsoft Office 365 blog by a OneNote MVP.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/#\/schema\/person\/4fa186de23274f1333fde6d6e6d4ab98\",\"name\":\"Kelly LaForest (Alumni)\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/445d0ea6094c6f67db6861e9e51c3b6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/445d0ea6094c6f67db6861e9e51c3b6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kelly LaForest (Alumni)\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/author\/klaforest\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to Find Out if my Office 365 Storage is in Canada - Kelly LaForest","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/07\/04\/find-office-365-storage-canada\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to Find Out if my Office 365 Storage is in Canada - Kelly LaForest","og_description":"Some people who setup their Office 365 accounts back in the day are curious about where there data is being stored. The &#8220;Where is my data?&#8221;\u00a0Office 365 interactive data maps are great for showing where types of data live\u00a0(such as Yammer only lives in the USA)\u00a0however the\u00a0map\u00a0does not show where someone&#8217;s specific tenancy lives. You &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/07\/04\/find-office-365-storage-canada\/","og_site_name":"Kelly LaForest","article_published_time":"2017-07-04T23:14:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-02-24T20:34:32+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/Office365-Data-Location.png"}],"author":"Kelly LaForest (Alumni)","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kelly LaForest (Alumni)","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/07\/04\/find-office-365-storage-canada\/","url":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/07\/04\/find-office-365-storage-canada\/","name":"How to Find Out if my Office 365 Storage is in Canada - Kelly LaForest","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/07\/04\/find-office-365-storage-canada\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/07\/04\/find-office-365-storage-canada\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/Office365-Data-Location.png","datePublished":"2017-07-04T23:14:47+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-24T20:34:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/#\/schema\/person\/4fa186de23274f1333fde6d6e6d4ab98"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/07\/04\/find-office-365-storage-canada\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/07\/04\/find-office-365-storage-canada\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/07\/04\/find-office-365-storage-canada\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/Office365-Data-Location.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/Office365-Data-Location.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2017\/07\/04\/find-office-365-storage-canada\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Oh 365 Eh?","item":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to Find Out if my Office 365 Storage is in Canada"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/#website","url":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/","name":"Kelly LaForest","description":"Microsoft Office 365 blog by a OneNote MVP.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/#\/schema\/person\/4fa186de23274f1333fde6d6e6d4ab98","name":"Kelly LaForest (Alumni)","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/445d0ea6094c6f67db6861e9e51c3b6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/445d0ea6094c6f67db6861e9e51c3b6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kelly LaForest (Alumni)"},"url":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/author\/klaforest\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3178,"href":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560\/revisions\/3178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}