Australia commits $325M to Microsoft Cloud in multi-cloud defense strategy

Australia’s Department of Defence has locked in a five-year, AU$495 million deal with Microsoft to power its logistics and finance systems through Azure. The move, starting in September, highlights Canberra’s continued shift toward a multi-cloud strategy—even with a AU$2 billion AWS project underway. Recent contracts with Oracle and Citrix further signal that defense leaders are deliberately avoiding reliance on any single provider for national cloud infrastructure.