Azure Gov Team 

Quickly deploy DoD STIG-compliant images and visualize compliance using Azure

January 5th, 2021

This blog is authored by members of Microsoft’s Government Cybersecurity, Azure Global Critical Infrastructure team:  Michele Myauo, Principal Engineering Manager; Adam Dimopoulos, Senior Program Manager; and Shawn Gibbs, Senior Program Manager. At Microsoft, our security and compliance story is one of our greatest differentiators. ...

Resources to accelerate your CMMC journey

October 30th, 2020

We’re actively building out our program by developing resources for both partners and Defense Industrial Base (DIB) companies to leverage in their Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) journey. In a recent blog, Richard Wakeman, senior director of Aerospace & Defense for Microsoft Azure Global, shares current resources to ...

Windows Virtual Desktop now generally available in Azure Government with FedRAMP High

October 21st, 2020

As government agencies respond to the imperative of remote work, we’ve seen an increasing need for solutions that enable teams to work remotely while keeping relevant data within a securely managed environment. Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) in Azure commercial has quickly become a market-leading solution for enabling secure remote work. ...

Enhancing Zero Trust in Azure and Azure Government with Zscaler

October 14th, 2020

This guest post was contributed by Zscaler’s Jose Padin, Director of Pre-sales Engineering for US Public Sector; and Anup Barde, Sales Engineer; and Microsoft’s Adam Dimopoulos, Senior Program Manager for Government Cybersecurity, Azure Global Critical Infrastructure As government users are working remotely now more than ever, the apps ...

What’s new in Azure Government

October 5th, 2020

Hear about the wide range of new Azure services and capabilities to help government organizations meet their critical needs in this video, What’s New in Azure Government, featuring Zach Kramer and Steve Michelotti of Azure Global Government Engineering for Microsoft Ignite 2020. In this video, Zach and Steve discuss the unique ways Azure ...

97 Azure Government services now authorized for DoD IL5 workloads

September 29th, 2020

We continue to drive expansion of support for Department of Defense Security Requirements Guide (DoD SRG) Impact Level 5 (IL5) to all Azure Government regions. We’ve added 18 new services for a total of 97 services authorized for IL5 workloads in Azure Government – more than any other cloud provider. These services include a broad ...

Got CMMC questions? Join an ‘Ask Microsoft Anything’ session on Aug. 25th

August 21st, 2020

In preparing for the new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) from the Department of Defense (DoD), many customers and partners have asked for more information on how to prepare for audits, and about Azure accreditation and our CMMC acceleration program. On Tuesday, Aug. 25, you can get answers to your questions around how we ...

Extract data from print and handwritten documents using Azure Form Recognizer

July 8th, 2020

Now available in Azure Government, Form Recognizer is an AI-powered document extraction service that understands your forms, enabling you to extract text, tables, and key value pairs from your documents, whether print or handwritten. With just a few samples, Form Recognizer tailors its understanding to your documents, both on-premises and ...

Commercial best practices for DevSecOps in Defense

June 26th, 2020

The Department of Defense has taken several measures to integrate a DevSecOps strategy across its entire organization. For example, the DoD Enterprise DevSecOps Initiative is a joint effort on behalf of the Chief Information Officer and the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to integrate tools and services ...

79 Azure Government services now authorized for DoD IL5 workloads

May 22nd, 2020

Just over a year ago, we announced the expansion of support for Department of Defense Security Requirements Guide (DoD SRG) Impact Level 5 (IL5) to all Azure Government regions – today we have 79 services authorized for IL5 workloads in Azure Government, enabling mission owners with more services at IL5 than any other cloud provider. ...