Azure Government

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Announcements - Azure Government

New and improved Azure Log Analytics is now available in Azure Government

March 15, 2018 Mar 15, 2018 03/15/18
Sachin Dubey
New and improved Azure Log Analytics is now available in Azure Government. This is biggest upgrade to Log Analytics since its launch and includes new features for powerful search, smart analytics, and even deeper insights. This upgrade provides an interactive query language and an advanced analytics portal, powered by a highly scalable data ...

Accelerated Networking for both Windows and Linux is now generally available in Azure Government

March 15, 2018 Mar 15, 2018 03/15/18
Mike Ketchum
We are happy to announce that Accelerated Networking (AN) for both Windows and Linux is now generally available in Azure Government. Accelerated networking provides consistent ultra-low network latency via Azure's in-house programmable hardware and technologies such as SR-IOV. By moving much of Azure's software-defined networking stack off ...

Announcing Microsoft Jenkins Solution Template for Azure Government Cloud

March 13, 2018 Mar 13, 2018 03/13/18
Gerardo Saca
Since the launch of Microsoft Jenkins offer in Azure Marketplace in mid-2017, it’s exciting to see the growing number of customers using our solution template to run Jenkins on Azure. Jenkins is a popular open source CI/CD server. With our solution template, you can stand a Jenkins master running on a Linux (Ubuntu 16.05 LTS) VM up on ...

Accelerating cloud capabilities for Government customers

March 5, 2018 Mar 5, 2018 03/5/18
Lily Kim, General Manager, Azure Global
(image) At the Microsoft Government Tech Summit in Washington D.C. today, we are pleased to share a host of new capabilities for Azure Government customers as we take the next step forward in meeting the mission-critical needs of our U.S. Government customers. Below you will find full detail on some of our key announcements. For a summary ...

Announcing Azure Stack integration with Azure Government 

March 5, 2018 Mar 5, 2018 03/5/18
Azure Gov Team
This blog was contributed by Natalia Mackevicius, Director, Azure Stack   Since the launch of Microsoft Azure Stack, we have been excited to see how customers and partners are unlocking new possibilities with hybrid cloud environments. At the same time, we have been working hard on incorporating customer feedback into the product ...

Run remote applications anytime anywhere with Frame for Azure Government

March 5, 2018 Mar 5, 2018 03/5/18
Steve Downs
Today, at the Microsoft Government Tech Summit, we announced that Frame is available in Azure Government. Frame enables our customers to deploy a secure Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) capability without the high cost of on-premises Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI); and Frame Government Edition enhances that capability with the ability to ...

VNet Service Endpoints for Azure SQL Database now generally available in Azure Government

February 23, 2018 Feb 23, 2018 02/23/18
Mike Ketchum
The Azure Networking team has announced the general availability of Virtual Network (VNet) Service Endpoints for Azure SQL Database in all Azure regions, including Azure Government. The announcement can be seen here: VNet Service Endpoints for Azure SQL Database now generally available VNet Service Endpoints for Azure SQL Database allow ...

Announcing Azure US Government regions on Azure Status page

February 21, 2018 Feb 21, 2018 02/21/18
Sachin Dubey
We are happy to announcement that Azure US Government regions are now listed on Azure Status page. Microsoft Azure Government customers can now visit the page to view the availability status of various services and also get the latest status on any ongoing service interruption incidents. Status information on the page is near real time and ...

Networking features recently made generally available in Azure Government

February 21, 2018 Feb 21, 2018 02/21/18
Mike Ketchum
The Azure Government team continually strives to bring the latest Azure platform features to Azure Government.  In this post I highlight networking features that have recently been made generally available in Azure Government. Network Watcher Network Watcher is a regional service that enables you to monitor and diagnose conditions at a ...