Google introduces more limited version of data regions for Workspace customers

In addition to the existing Enterprise data regions, Google has introduced a more limited version of data regions - Fundamental data regions - for more Workspace customers. Data regions give you the choice to pick where covered data for select Google Workspace apps is stored at rest

While the Enterprise data regions offer a full range of features to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus and Education Plus customers, the Fundamental data regions provide limited features to Workspace Enterprise Standard, Business Plus, Business Standard and Frontline customers.

"Google Workspace's globally distributed cloud infrastructure reduces latency and protects data with geo-redundancy, so most organizations choose not to geo-restrict their data. If, however, your organization has a preference to control where its data is stored at rest, data regions can help you meet those needs," Google wrote in a blog post on Wednesday.

Here are the key differences between the two data regions:

• Enterprise data regions enable you to set multiple region policies, whereas the Fundamental data regions only offer one region to choose from.
• Enterprise data regions allow for customizing data regions for different groups and organizational units (OUs) within your organization whereas Fundamental data regions only allow you to set a single policy at the root OU level.
• Enterprise data regions include detailed reports on the move progress of your covered data, which will not be available to Fundamental data regions users.

The Fundamental data regions feature is rolling out to both Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains and it may take potentially longer than 15 days for the feature to be fully visible.