Microsoft Azure (Microsoft to launch server in Israel)

Question

Hello,
I wanted to ask if that will be helpful for gaming, Will it decrease the ping in the games and will it be playable?

Answer 1

@Daniel

Based on my understanding of your query, Yes, Azure is launching new region in Israel (Israel Central).

https://news.microsoft.com/europe/features/microsoft-to-launch-new-cloud-datacenter-region-in-israel/

Choose the right Azure region, not just for gaming but consuming/deploying any service in a region nearby to your preferred location is a right thing to do for reducing the latency.

I would suggest you to try West Europe or North Europe regions as geographically these are the 2 data centers nearer to Israel. You can do a Latency test by deploying a sample application on both of these regions and then can decide which region to use till the Israel region is launched.

Hope this helps.

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