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Mar 5, 2020
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Azure Government continues to expand FedRAMP High coverage

Zach Kramer
Zach Kramer

21 new services added to FedRAMP High ATO as part of ongoing work to make cloud innovation more accessible to government agencies Microsoft now has 101 services covered by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) High Provisional Authorization to Operate (P-ATO) for Azure Government - more services than any other cloud pro...

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Feb 26, 2020
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New cloud playbook: Migrate and modernize with Azure Government

Azure Gov Team
Azure Gov Team

Looking for strategies, technical how-tos, and resources that will help ease your government agency’s cloud journey? Check out and download our newly-released Azure Government Migration and Modernization Playbook. This playbook is designed for anyone interested in or working with cloud – specifically, IaaS and PaaS. It details ways you can accel...

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Feb 3, 2020
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Azure Blueprint for FedRAMP High is now available in Azure Government and Public clouds

Selcin Turkarslan
Selcin Turkarslan

Disclaimer: Customers are wholly responsible for ensuring their own compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Information provided in this post does not constitute legal advice, and customers should consult their legal advisors for any questions regarding regulatory compliance. Our recently released Azure Blueprint for FedRAMP High is...

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Nov 20, 2019
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Simplify management of Federal Tax Information (FTI) with Azure Government and the new Azure Blueprint for IRS 1075

Lily Kim, General Manager, Azure Global
Lily Kim, General Manager, Azure Global

Contributors include Meladie Espiritu, Senior Program Manager, Azure Global and Abhijeet Jhala (AJ), Director Modern Government Partner Solutions, State Local Government Disclaimer: Customers are wholly responsible for ensuring their own compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Information provided in this post does not constitute le...

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Nov 14, 2019
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Azure Blueprint for FedRAMP Moderate is now available for Azure Government

Selcin Turkarslan
Selcin Turkarslan

Disclaimer: Customers are wholly responsible for ensuring their own compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Information provided in this post does not constitute legal advice, and customers should consult their legal advisors for any questions regarding regulatory compliance. Our recently released Azure Blueprint for FedRAMP Moderat...

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Oct 7, 2019
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Innovating for government from the commercial cloud to the tactical edge

Lily Kim, General Manager, Azure Global
Lily Kim, General Manager, Azure Global

From our commercial cloud to the tactical edge, we continue to deliver more innovation to empower government agencies to advance their mission. In addition to the recent product news enabling government to advance ‘tech intensity’, here are some recent highlights of new capabilities in Azure to support the full spectrum of government needs. A pr...

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Sep 12, 2019
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Azure Government continues to expand FedRAMP High coverage

Lily Kim, General Manager, Azure Global
Lily Kim, General Manager, Azure Global

13 new services added to FedRAMP High ATO as part of ongoing work to make commercial innovation more accessible to government agencies Microsoft now has 80 services covered by the FedRAMP High Provisional Authorization to Operate (P-ATO) for Azure Government in the continental United States. Why is FedRAMP compliance important? The new era of th...

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Sep 4, 2019
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New Azure Blueprint for NIST SP 800-53 R4 now available on Azure Government

John Molesky
John Molesky

Disclaimer: Customers are wholly responsible for ensuring their own compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Information provided in this post does not constitute legal advice, and customers should consult their legal advisors for any questions regarding regulatory compliance. Our recently released Azure Blueprint for NIST SP 800-53 ...

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Jun 5, 2019
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Snowflake now available on Azure Government

Lily Kim, General Manager, Azure Global
Lily Kim, General Manager, Azure Global

Snowflake, the data warehouse built for the cloud, is now generally available on Microsoft Azure Government. Snowflake is a data warehouse-as-a-service, which requires no management and features separate compute, storage, and cloud services that can scale and change independently. Snowflake’s architecture provides complete relational database su...

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May 1, 2019
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Azure Government expands FedRAMP High coverage

Lily Kim, General Manager, Azure Global
Lily Kim, General Manager, Azure Global

10 new services added to FedRAMP High ATO as part of ongoing work to make commercial innovation more accessible to government agencies Microsoft now has 67 services covered by the FedRAMP High Provisional Authorization to Operate (P-ATO) for Azure Government in the continental United States. Why is FedRAMP compliance important? The new era of ...

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