Azure Government

Updates for building solutions across Microsoft's Clouds for Government

Announcements - Azure Government

Securing Defense Industrial Base workloads with the Microsoft Sentinel: CMMC 2.0 Solution

April 26, 2022 Apr 26, 2022 04/26/22
authorsLili Davoudian, TJ Banasik
Since its first release in 2020, the Microsoft Sentinel Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification workbook has remained one of the most popular content packages for Defense Industrial Base (DIB) customers in Microsoft Sentinel. Today, we’re announcing the next evolution of this content in the Microsoft Sentinel: Cybersecurity Maturity Model...

New and updated regulatory compliance policy initiatives for NIST, FedRAMP, DoD in Azure, Azure Government

August 19, 2021 Aug 19, 2021 08/19/21
John Molesky
Azure Global recently released a new regulatory compliance policy initiative for NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5. This policy initiative includes more than 250 policies aligned to 800-53 Rev. 5 controls and helps customers establish guardrails to manage their compliance with specific NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 controls.

Azure Government expands compliance coverage with 142 services now FedRAMP High

February 25, 2021 Feb 25, 2021 02/25/21
Azure Gov Team
Microsoft now has 142 services covered by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) High Provisional Authorization to Operate (P-ATO) for Azure Government. We continue to maintain FedRAMP High P-ATOs issued by FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board (JAB) for both Azure and Azure Government while bringing you more services at ...

Announcing compliance hub for Azure

January 29, 2021 Jan 29, 2021 01/29/21
Stevan Vidich
To help customers meet their own compliance obligations across regulated industries and markets worldwide, Microsoft Azure maintains the largest compliance portfolio in the industry both in terms of breadth (total number of offerings), as well as depth (number of customer-facing services in assessment scope). A new Azure compliance hub page ...