Azure Government

Updates for building solutions across Microsoft's Clouds for Government

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Microsoft publishes CJIS Implementation Guidelines to help Law Enforcement Agencies

July 19, 2016 Jul 19, 2016 07/19/16
Rochelle M. Eichner
The Criminal Justice Information Services Division (CJIS) Implementation Guidelines is designed to provide insight into the CJIS security controls applicable to Microsoft Cloud services, and provide guidance to law enforcement agencies on where to access detailed information to assist in CJIS audits. This document provides guidelines and ...

TFS VM Images now available in Azure Government

July 18, 2016 Jul 18, 2016 07/18/16
Brenda Y Lee
We are pleased to announce that Microsoft Team Foundation Server VM Images are now available in Azure Government. Team Foundation Server Team Foundation Server provides a set of collaboration tools that work with your existing IDE or editor, so your team can work effectively on software projects of all shapes and sizes. Available Images ...

Running Azure Marketplace solutions in Azure Government

July 8, 2016 Jul 8, 2016 07/8/16
Shawn Weisfeld
** UPDATE 10/25/2016: The official Azure Marketplace has been launched in Azure Government. Most of the content in this post is now obsolete. View details about the launch here. ** When deploying a virtual machine into Azure you need a source Image. The image is pre-configured generalized copy of the operating system you want to deploy...

Raising the Bar – Personnel Screening

July 1, 2016 Jul 1, 2016 07/1/16
Zach Kramer
Microsoft recently announced FedRAMP High and Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 4 accreditation. This has raised the security and compliance bar across the Azure Government environment. As part of our commitment to addressing the US government’s cloud needs we strive to provide every customer with an experience that meets the highest ...

New high availability checklist now available

June 30, 2016 Jun 30, 2016 06/30/16
Adam Glick
We’re happy to announce that we’ve released a new high availability checklist to help you increase the resiliency and availability of your applications in Azure. We know uptime matters to you and Azure gives you great tools and services to help increase your availability. However, we noticed that many people have yet to take full ...

New VM images available in Azure Government

June 30, 2016 Jun 30, 2016 06/30/16
Brenda Y Lee
We are happy to share with you the most recently published VM images now available for Microsoft Azure Government customers. You can see the full list of currently available images in our Image Gallery Documentation. In the upcoming month you will see additional VM images published in Azure Government. As always...

“How do I get an app ATO?” Join our next DC Azure Gov Meetup – June 29

June 24, 2016 Jun 24, 2016 06/24/16
Karina Homme
If you're in the DC area, please join us at our next DC Azure Government Meetup, "How do I get an app ATO? -- Industry best practices," starting at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 29 at the Microsoft Office in DC. Our monthly Meetups provide you with networking opportunities and feature a variety of speakers who share and discuss best practices...

Azure Government cloud expands coverage with DoD Impact Level 4 Provisional Authorization, ITAR readiness and FedRAMP High

June 23, 2016 Jun 23, 2016 06/23/16
Tina Meek
Today we announced three major Azure compliance additions to support government entities and government partners. Check out the announcement by Tom Keane, Partner Director, Program Management of Microsoft Azure, to learn more about what this means for our US Department of Defense and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) customers and partners.

Updated high availability and disaster recovery app design guidance

June 23, 2016 Jun 23, 2016 06/23/16
Adam Glick
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve updated our guidance article on disaster recovery and high availability for applications built on Microsoft Azure. We heard from you that one of the most useful documents we provided in designing your applications for Azure was our guidance around designing for high availability and disaster recovery. ...