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Oct 26, 2021
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Azure Red Hat OpenShift now in preview in Azure Government

Kavitha Gowda
Kavitha Gowda

Today we’re announcing the public preview release of Azure Red Hat OpenShift in Azure Government. With this release, we will be bringing the world class Azure infrastructure with leading enterprise Kubernetes platform as a jointly operated and supported service for Azure Government customers.

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Aug 30, 2021
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Announcing private preview of authorized DoD Cloud Infrastructure as Code for Azure

Zach Kramer
Zach Kramer

To help Department of Defense (DoD) customers keep pace with mission demands, we’re announcing the private preview of DoD Cloud Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for Azure – a set of preauthorized baselines that build standard environments in Azure Government to accelerate DoD adoption of cloud services.

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Aug 19, 2021
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New and updated regulatory compliance policy initiatives for NIST, FedRAMP, DoD in Azure, Azure Government

John Molesky
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.

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Apr 8, 2021
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Announcing Azure STIG solution templates to accelerate compliance for DoD

Nirali Shah
Nirali Shah

Today we’re announcing the availability of Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) solution templates for both Windows and Linux on the Azure Marketplace (commercial) and Azure Government Marketplace.

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Feb 25, 2021
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Azure Government expands compliance coverage with 142 services now FedRAMP High

Azure Gov Team
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 FedRAM...

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Jan 29, 2021
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Announcing compliance hub for Azure

Stevan Vidich
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 provide...

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Jan 5, 2021
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Quickly deploy DoD STIG-compliant images and visualize compliance using Azure

Azure Gov Team
Azure Gov Team

This blog is authored by members of Microsoft’s Government Cybersecurity, Azure Global Critical Infrastructure team:  Michele Myauo, Principal Engineering Manager; Adam Dimopoulos, Senior Program Manager; and Shawn Gibbs, Senior Program Manager. At Microsoft, our security and compliance story is one of our greatest differentiators. Microsoft rec...

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Oct 21, 2020
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Windows Virtual Desktop now generally available in Azure Government with FedRAMP High

Azure Gov Team
Azure Gov Team

As government agencies respond to the imperative of remote work, we’ve seen an increasing need for solutions that enable teams to work remotely while keeping relevant data within a securely managed environment. Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) in Azure commercial has quickly become a market-leading solution for enabling secure remote work. Government ...

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