Announcing the Public Release of the Sovereign Cloud MicroHack

I’m excited to share that we’ve just completed the Train the Trainer session for the Sovereign Cloud MicroHack—and with that, we’ve officially shipped the public release 🎉

This milestone marks an important step in bringing Microsoft Sovereign Cloud concepts closer to our technical audience through hands-on, practical experience.

The official Sovereign Cloud MicroHack landing page:

👉 Official MicroHack URL:
https://aka.ms/SovereignCloudMicroHack

🧾 What Is the Sovereign Cloud MicroHack?

A MicroHack is a focused, hands-on workshop—typically under six hours—designed to help engineers and architects build practical skills by solving real technical challenges.

The Microsoft Sovereign Cloud MicroHack introduces participants to the core concepts, technical controls, and deployment models of Microsoft Sovereign Cloud offerings across both:

• Microsoft Sovereign Public Cloud
• Microsoft Sovereign Private Cloud

Rather than just explaining sovereignty at a conceptual level, this MicroHack enables participants to deploy, configure, and validate sovereign controls themselves, helping turn architectural discussions into concrete implementations.

These MicroHacks are:

• Delivered by Microsoft and partners to customers
• Also available publicly for self‑paced learning

🧪 Technical Challenges Included

During the in‑person Sovereign Cloud MicroHack, customers complete six hands-on challenges spanning both Sovereign Public Cloud and Sovereign Private Cloud scenarios:

1. Enforcing sovereign controls in Azure using native platform capabilities (Azure Policy, RBAC, and related controls)
2. Encryption at rest using Customer Managed Keys with Azure Key Vault
3. Encryption in transit through TLS enforcement
4. Encryption in use (VM-based) using Azure Confidential Compute
5. Encryption in use (container / application-based) with Azure Confidential Compute
6. Operating sovereign workloads in a hybrid environment using Azure Local and Azure Arc

These challenges directly reflect the most common technical questions and requirements we hear from customers who are evaluating or designing sovereign cloud architectures.

📅 Public Release on GitHub

The full lab content is now publicly available in the official Microsoft/MicroHacks GitHub repository:

👉 https://aka.ms/SovereignCloudMicroHack

The repository includes:

• All six challenges
• Architecture diagrams
• Scripts and automation
• Prerequisites and step-by-step lab guidance

We plan to continuously evolve the MicroHack based on participant feedback and future product updates.

📅 Public Sovereign Cloud MicroHacks

The Sovereign Cloud MicroHack already has strong momentum, with eight deliveries scheduled for the next few months across:

• Belgium
• Denmark
• Finland
• Norway
• Czech Republic
• Romania
• Switzerland
• Hungary

Make sure you check with your local Microsoft representative if there is a MicroHack scheduled for your region.