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Configured at a speed of 10 Gbps, the access to Microsoft's public cloud is provided within the unlimited bandwidth model for the national academic networks connected to RedCLARA. For those who have already implemented this connectivity model, the access to Microsoft services will have no bandwidth restrictions (unlike the 10 Gbps physical link capacity).

Office 365, Windows Update and Onedrive are some of the services contained in Microsoft's public cloud in São Paulo, to which the Latin American national academic networks members of RedCLARA can access in a fast, secure and direct way, from the connection established on November 16, 2016. The connection is the result of an agreement between RedCLARA and Microsoft.

The 10 Gbps connection is dedicated to the traffic of the members of the Latin American networks that are part of RedCLARA. This implies a great benefit to the institutions that are partner and connected to such networks, as they will immediately see its speed of access to Microsoft's public cloud services being improved. Why does this happens? Simple: because to get to the Microsoft cloud, universities and research centers will no longer use its commercial Internet connections (which are always congested), but transit through their national academic network and RedCLARA, boosting their level of security in access to the data. In addition, because academic networks have no bandwidth restriction to reach Microsoft services, the speed of access to them improves considerably.

In summary, this connection ensures a better user experience for RedCLARA member networks who are Microsoft customers and adds value to the institutions by optimizing the use of the academic network.