Azure Government

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Announcements - Azure Government

Raising the Bar – Personnel Screening

July 1, 2016 Jul 1, 2016 07/1/16
Zach Kramer
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 ...

New high availability checklist now available

June 30, 2016 Jun 30, 2016 06/30/16
Adam Glick
We’re happy to announce that we’ve released a new high availability checklist to help you increase the resiliency and availability of your applications in Azure. We know uptime matters to you and Azure gives you great tools and services to help increase your availability. However, we noticed that many people have yet to take full ...

New VM images available in Azure Government

June 30, 2016 Jun 30, 2016 06/30/16
Brenda Y Lee
We are happy to share with you the most recently published VM images now available for Microsoft Azure Government customers. You can see the full list of currently available images in our Image Gallery Documentation. In the upcoming month you will see additional VM images published in Azure Government. As always...

“How do I get an app ATO?” Join our next DC Azure Gov Meetup – June 29

June 24, 2016 Jun 24, 2016 06/24/16
Karina Homme
If you're in the DC area, please join us at our next DC Azure Government Meetup, "How do I get an app ATO? -- Industry best practices," starting at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 29 at the Microsoft Office in DC. Our monthly Meetups provide you with networking opportunities and feature a variety of speakers who share and discuss best practices...

Azure Government cloud expands coverage with DoD Impact Level 4 Provisional Authorization, ITAR readiness and FedRAMP High

June 23, 2016 Jun 23, 2016 06/23/16
Tina Meek
Today we announced three major Azure compliance additions to support government entities and government partners. Check out the announcement by Tom Keane, Partner Director, Program Management of Microsoft Azure, to learn more about what this means for our US Department of Defense and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) customers and partners.

Updated high availability and disaster recovery app design guidance

June 23, 2016 Jun 23, 2016 06/23/16
Adam Glick
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve updated our guidance article on disaster recovery and high availability for applications built on Microsoft Azure. We heard from you that one of the most useful documents we provided in designing your applications for Azure was our guidance around designing for high availability and disaster recovery. ...

Microsoft Azure Government adds Premium Storage and expanded Virtual Machine image coverage

June 21, 2016 Jun 21, 2016 06/21/16
Brenda Y Lee
<Cross posted from the Azure Blog.> Today, I am pleased to announce additional functionality for Microsoft Azure Government. In support of key customer requests, and service portfolio expansion, we have added support for Premium Storage and several additional pre-configured Virtual Machine images.  Azure Government customers can begin...

Follow us! Get the latest updates on Azure Government

June 13, 2016 Jun 13, 2016 06/13/16
Zach Kramer
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. To stay informed and engage with the Azure Government team, be sure to subscribe...