Lets an organisation collaborate through B2B with tenants that live in another Microsoft cloud, such as Azure Government or Azure operated by 21Vianet; configured within cross-tenant access settings.
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- B2B
Business-to-business features in Microsoft Entra External ID for working alongside partner organisations. Direct connect lets people share Teams channels with no guest account needed, whereas collaboration brings partners into your tenant as guests.
- Azure Government
Separate cloud for US government workloads, physically isolated from global Azure, so VNet peering between the two isn't possible.
- Cross-tenant access settings
Determine, in Microsoft Entra, how far your tenant trusts and collaborates over B2B with other tenants, for both incoming and outgoing access.