Azure Government

Updates for building solutions across Microsoft's Clouds for Government

September 2017 - Azure Government

Microsoft joins 500+ Law Enforcement professionals in extending commitment to Public Safety!

September 29, 2017 Sep 29, 2017 09/29/17
Rochelle M. Eichner
Oregon and Washington host annual CJIS training conferences From the opening with the local Color Guard presentation of the flags to the assurance from the CJIS Systems Agencies to public safety, and all the sessions in between, the Oregon CJIS Division Annual Training and the Northwest CJIS Users Workshop and Security Summit conferences were...

Microsoft extends commitment to CJIS compliance with Maine and Vermont!

September 28, 2017 Sep 28, 2017 09/28/17
Rochelle M. Eichner
(image) Adding Maine & Vermont makes 32 states background checking Microsoft employees for CJIS When you are thinking about CJIS and digital transformation across your government and Justice and Public Safety priorities, you should seek a partner committed to compliance and security today and in the future. At Microsoft, we continue to ...

Use Case: Region to Region Azure Site Recovery

September 21, 2017 Sep 21, 2017 09/21/17
Pishoy Bous, Azure Technical Specialist
Azure Site Recovery (ASR) provides capabilities to automate protection and replication of virtual machines, providing a true Disaster Recovery as a Service Solution (DRaaS). ASR allows for data replication to multiple geographically dispersed regions, which provides a significant opportunity for cost savings while enhancing Business Continuity...

Announcing General Availability of Managed Disks in Microsoft Azure Government Cloud 

September 20, 2017 Sep 20, 2017 09/20/17
Zach Kramer
(image) We're pleased to announce General Availability of Managed Disks in the Microsoft Azure Government Cloud. Managed Disks are available in USGov Virginia, USGov Texas, USGov Arizona, USDoD Central and USDoD East Azure US Government regions.  Azure Managed Disks simplifies disk management for Azure IaaS VMs by managing the storage ...

Region to Region preview is now available in Azure Government

September 19, 2017 Sep 19, 2017 09/19/17
Zach Kramer
We are excited to announce the preview of disaster recovery for Azure IaaS virtual machines (VMs) using Azure Site Recovery (ASR) in Azure Government. You can now easily replicate and protect IaaS based applications running on Azure to a different Azure Government region of your choice within a geographical cluster without deploying any ...

Join us Sept. 27! The Power of Data Analytics to Transform Government 

September 18, 2017 Sep 18, 2017 09/18/17
Karina Homme
(image) Government agencies across the spectrum are sitting atop invaluable datasets that are locked up because of lack of resources, tools and compliance regimes. Fortunately, cloud-based analytics capabilities are allowing these datasets to be turned into knowledge. Whether it's data about the mission, citizen services or simply data from ...

Azure Active Directory Premium is now in limited preview in Azure Government 

September 18, 2017 Sep 18, 2017 09/18/17
Zach Kramer
(image) We are excited to announce a limited preview of Azure Active Directory Premium in Azure Government! This preview is for customers that have specific compliance needs (e.g., FedRAMP or DoD requirements), and while certifications aren't in place yet, we plan to have them in place for general availability. Getting started To gain ...

Checkout Azure Government at Microsoft Ignite! Wednesday, September 27th, 10:45am

September 14, 2017 Sep 14, 2017 09/14/17
Steve Michelotti
(image) Attending Microsoft Ignite in Orlando? Join us at our session where we will show how Azure Government can bring innovation to your agency's mission! U.S. Government and public-sector agencies live under a microscope of demands and expectations. To provide innovative services, they need the agility and speed of cloud, but with an extra...