Ongoing investments deliver rapid pace of innovation for mission across all data classifications
In the last six months we’ve released more than 40 new services in Azure Government – along  with 101 total services now accredited at FedRAMP High – continuing our commitment to invest in Azure commercial parity and rapidly deliver new Azure Government capabilities to support mission needs across all data classifications.

21 new services added to FedRAMP High ATO as part of ongoing work to make cloud innovation more accessible to government agencies
Microsoft now has 101 services covered by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) High Provisional Authorization to Operate (P-ATO) for Azure Government –

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 accounts associated with the VM disks.

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 additional infrastructure components or software appliances in your subscription.

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.

We are happy to announce the general availability of Publish to Web in Power BI Pro for Government.
With Power BI Publish to Web, customers can now easily embed interactive Power BI visualizations online, such as in blog posts, websites, through emails or social media,

As announced in Tom Keane’s data launch announcement, we are pleased to bring the general availability of Azure HDInsight on Linux in Microsoft Azure Government, as well as, Power BI US Government with Office 365 US Government Community subscriptions.
HDInsight
Azure HDInsight deploys and provisions clusters from the Apache Hadoop ecosystem (including Spark,

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 bar across all of our compliance achievements.

The Azure Government cloud is continuously adding new capabilities, features and services.  To help you stay up to date and learn how to better utilize Azure Goverment, we are sharing the latest information, insights and how to’s on the Azure Government blog.

**Update – 10-26-2016 – We have added this content to our Azure Gov Documentation.  Check the documentation for the latest content.
**Update – 6-24-2016 – Added command for connecting to Azure Active Directory (AAD) in Azure Gov**
Whether you are using Azure PowerShell to manage a large subscription through script or access features that are not currently available in the Azure Portal you will need to connect to Azure Government instead of Azure Public.