sov-cloud-foundations

name	sov-cloud-foundations
description	**ANALYSIS SKILL** — Explain Microsoft Sovereign Cloud foundations: digital sovereignty, European digital commitments, and the data / operational / technological-independence / key-management controls. WHEN: "what is Microsoft Sovereign Cloud", "digital sovereignty", "sovereignty controls", "data controls sovereign", "operational controls sovereign", "technological independence", "key management controls", "European digital commitments". USE FOR: explaining sovereignty concepts and the control taxonomy. DO NOT USE FOR: implementing public-cloud (use sov-public-cloud) or private-cloud (use sov-private-cloud) solutions.
compatibility	Works with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, VS Code, and any Agent Skills compatible tool.
license	MIT
metadata	{"author":"apex-localops","version":"0.1.0","category":"sovereign-cloud"}

Microsoft Sovereign Cloud — Foundations

AUTHORITATIVE GUIDANCE — MANDATORY COMPLIANCE

This skill is grounded in the vendored Microsoft docs under docs/upstream/azure-sovereign-clouds/. Prefer those files over prior knowledge, cite the file you used, and treat Microsoft Learn as canonical when the weekly mirror lags.

Triggers

Activate this skill when the user wants to:

• Answer "what is sovereign cloud" and explain the control taxonomy
• Establish shared vocabulary before designing a public or private sovereign solution
• Understand digital sovereignty and the European digital commitments

Rules

1. Prefer the vendored docs under docs/upstream/azure-sovereign-clouds/; cite the exact file used.
2. Distinguish the control families (data, operational, technological, key management) precisely.
3. Hand off implementation to sov-public-cloud or sov-private-cloud.
4. Microsoft Learn / discovered governance wins over the mirror on any conflict.

Steps

1. Digital sovereignty — explain data, operational, and technological sovereignty goals.
2. Control families — cover data controls, operational controls, technological independence, key management.
3. Commitments — relate the European digital commitments to the controls.

References

• Canonical: https://learn.microsoft.com/industry/sovereignty/
• Related skills: sov-public-cloud, sov-private-cloud

Reference Index

Load these on demand — do NOT read all at once:

Reference	When to Load
docs/upstream/azure-sovereign-clouds/microsoft-sovereign-cloud.md	What is Sovereign Cloud
docs/upstream/azure-sovereign-clouds/digital-sovereignty.md	Digital sovereignty
docs/upstream/azure-sovereign-clouds/european-digital-commitments.md	EU commitments
docs/upstream/azure-sovereign-clouds/data-controls.md	Data controls
docs/upstream/azure-sovereign-clouds/operational-controls.md	Operational controls
docs/upstream/azure-sovereign-clouds/technological-independence.md	Technological independence
docs/upstream/azure-sovereign-clouds/key-controls.md	Key management controls
docs/upstream/azure-sovereign-clouds/glossary.md	Glossary