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Government (GCC / GCC High / DoD / Air-Gapped)

US public-sector sovereign clouds. Pick a cloud + tier → exact G1 / G3 / G5 / Air-Gapped recommendation with cloud-specific caveats.

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  • Reachable results 4
  • Premium buckets covered 3 / 9
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US public-sector sovereign clouds. Pick a cloud + tier → exact G1 / G3 / G5 / Air-Gapped recommendation with cloud-specific caveats.

First question · Government tier

Which US sovereign cloud will this user run in?

Each US sovereign cloud has different accreditation, feature parity, and cross-cloud collaboration rules. Pick once — all downstream answers and links adapt to the cloud.

Premium capabilities this profile can land on

Each chip is a premium Microsoft 365 capability bucket the government (gcc / gcc high / dod / air-gapped) decision path can recommend. Click through to the matching reference entry.

Recommendations on this path (4)

Every result your decision path can reach is listed below. Click any badge to open the full reference entry with all bullets and Microsoft source citations.

  1. Microsoft 365 G1

    Microsoft 365 G1 (Government)

    Web/mobile only — equivalent to commercial E1. Sovereign-cloud caveats apply (see banner above).

    License: Microsoft 365 G1, per user (in the sovereign cloud you selected — feature parity differs by cloud)

    Why this lands here: You picked Government, chose a sovereign cloud, and need the basic web/mobile tier. G1 mirrors commercial E1 with US government accreditation in the chosen cloud — verify feature availability against the government cloud service description before purchase.

    • Includes Exchange Online (50 GB), Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Office for the web. No installed desktop apps.
    • Sovereign cloud feature parity differs from commercial — Copilot, Entra Suite, Defender XDR availability varies by cloud (see banner above).
    • Step up to G3 when users need installed desktop Office, Intune, Entra ID P1.
    • Step up to G5 when you need Defender XDR / Purview E5 / Entra ID P2 in the same cloud.
  2. Microsoft 365 G3

    Microsoft 365 G3 (Government)

    Equivalent to commercial E3 — installed Office + Exchange + Intune + Entra ID P1. Sovereign-cloud caveats apply.

    License: Microsoft 365 G3, per user (in the sovereign cloud you selected — feature parity differs by cloud)

    Why this lands here: You picked Government, chose a sovereign cloud, and need the E3-equivalent tier. G3 mirrors commercial E3 with US government accreditation in the chosen cloud — confirm Defender for Office P1 and Intune availability against the cloud's service description.

    • Includes desktop Office, Exchange Online Plan 2, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Microsoft Intune, Entra ID P1, AIP P1, Defender for Office 365 P1 (where available in the cloud).
    • Sovereign cloud feature parity differs — verify Defender, Copilot, Entra Suite, and Purview Premium availability for your cloud before buying.
    • Step up to G5 when you need Defender XDR / Purview E5 / Entra ID P2.
    • Cross-tenant collaboration with commercial M365 tenants is restricted in GCC High / DoD — plan B2B carefully.
  3. Microsoft 365 G5

    Microsoft 365 G5 (Government)

    Equivalent to commercial E5 — G3 + Defender XDR + Purview E5 + Entra ID P2. Sovereign-cloud caveats apply.

    License: Microsoft 365 G5, per user (in the sovereign cloud you selected — feature parity differs by cloud)

    Why this lands here: You picked Government, chose a sovereign cloud, AND need E5-tier security / compliance / identity. G5 mirrors commercial E5 with US government accreditation — confirm every premium SKU's availability against the cloud's service description.

    • Includes everything in G3 plus Defender XDR, Defender for Endpoint P2, Defender for Identity, Defender for Cloud Apps, Defender for Office 365 P2, Purview E5 (eDiscovery Premium, IRM, Audit Premium, Customer Lockbox where available), Entra ID P2.
    • Sovereign cloud feature parity differs — some Defender XDR and Purview features lag commercial in GCC High / DoD. Verify per workload.
    • Copilot availability in government clouds is rolling out gradually — confirm Copilot for Government availability in your cloud before relying on it.
    • Entra Suite (Global Secure Access, Verified ID) availability is limited in GCC High / DoD — verify before relying on it.
  4. M365 Air-Gapped (IL6)

    Microsoft 365 Air-Gapped (Top Secret / DoD IL6)

    Classified workloads on physically separated infrastructure. Verify every premium SKU against the Air-Gapped product page before purchasing.

    License: Microsoft 365 Air-Gapped (Top Secret / DoD IL6) — verify SKU availability against the Air-Gapped product page; engage Microsoft FedCiv account team

    Why this lands here: You picked Government and chose Microsoft 365 Air-Gapped. This is a separately-architected, physically-isolated cloud for classified workloads — commercial-feature parity is intentionally limited and SKU availability is gated. Pricing and entitlements are negotiated directly with the Microsoft FedCiv team.

    • Air-Gapped operates on physically separated infrastructure — most commercial features either lag significantly or are unavailable.
    • Verify every premium SKU (Copilot, Defender XDR, Purview Premium, Entra Suite, Teams Premium) against the Air-Gapped product page before assuming it's available.
    • Engage the Microsoft FedCiv / Federal Civilian account team early — eligibility, provisioning, and procurement happen through Microsoft directly, not standard CSP partners.
    • Cross-cloud collaboration (to commercial / GCC / GCC High / DoD) is heavily restricted by design.

Microsoft sources behind this profile

Combined citation list from the entry question and every reachable result, deduped by URL (8 links).

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