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AWS investment in South Africa results in economic ripple effect

AWS Public Sector Blog

Fast forward to 2018, when AWS announced plans to launch data center infrastructure in the country. AWS’s investment in South Africa from 2018-2022 has contributed ZAR 12 billion in gross domestic product (GDP), while supporting an estimated average of 5,700 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs locally on an average annual basis.

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October 2023 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter

Microsoft Public Sector

When this will happen: Note: The date, September 30th, 2025, is an update from the previously communicated retirement date of September 30th, 2024. Today, we are announcing that on October 1, 2026, we will start blocking EWS requests from non-Microsoft apps to Exchange Online.