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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, chal...

Today we announced three major Azure compliance additions to support government entities and government partners. Check out the announcement by...

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. In additi...

<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 using ...

We are pleased to announce the update to the resiliency technical guidance documentation for Microsoft Azure. This document was previously called the business continuity technical guidance whitepaper that was posted on MSDN. This document has been updated to provide a better understanding of options with our current service offerings as well as how...

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 to the b...

**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 ...

We are happy to announce the availability of the Microsoft Azure service resiliency guidance page. We created this page because our customers have asked us for clear guidance on what to do when they experienced a service disruption. Since a service disruption can be localized (perhaps an issue on a specific host or even code within a virtual machin...

As more state and local governments look to centralize and adopt innovative productivity solutions across their various agencies, including the law enforcement and criminal justice community, the need to meet unique requirements like the Federal Bureau of Investigation Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) Security Policy becomes increasingly...

Azure Government onboarding is now available whenever you are! Much like the live onboarding session this on demand onboarding will provide an overview and highlight best practices for Azure Government in the following areas: If you would like to schedule a real time onboarding sessio...