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Announcements - Azure Government

Fall roundup of recent Azure Government announcements

December 11, 2018 Dec 11, 2018 12/11/18
Lily Kim, General Manager(Azure Global Government)
We’re continuing to focus on delivering the innovations our government customers and partners have requested. In this blog, you’ll find a brief summary of our recent announcements from late summer and early fall for your reference. Also, we invite you to join us for the Microsoft Ignite | The Tour | Government, Feb. 4-5, in Washington, ...

Cloud-based capabilities help public safety agencies keep communities safe

November 12, 2018 Nov 12, 2018 11/12/18
Azure Gov Team
From call to case closure, public safety agencies depend on flexible and secure digital solutions. It’s why we’re pleased to announce Motorola Solutions has selected Microsoft Azure Government as the cloud provider for its public safety software suite. One of the most comprehensive in the industry, Motorola Solutions’ software suite ...

Reducing risk and driving quality in the aerospace supply chain

October 23, 2018 Oct 23, 2018 10/23/18
Azure Gov Team
With one of the most complex and distributed supply chains in the world, aerospace and defense manufacturers need to demonstrate compliance with numerous regulations including AS9100, ITAR, EAR, and FedRAMP. Inside their supply chain, this requires compiling data on each manufactured component from an enormous number of subcontractors and ...

Bringing more cybersecurity capabilities to Azure Government

October 18, 2018 Oct 18, 2018 10/18/18
Azure Gov Team
Protecting information systems and critical infrastructure from cyberattack and reducing the nation’s overall cybersecurity risk are key mandates that cross every level of local, state and federal government. In support of this effort, we’re pleased to announce a new partnership with Cybraics, a security analytics and artificial ...

New capabilities to enable your mission end to end

October 11, 2018 Oct 11, 2018 10/11/18
Azure Gov Team
As we continue to focus on helping government customers secure their mission end to end, we’d like to share a set of new Azure capabilities to help US government customers deliver breakthrough outcomes. For in-depth coverage of these announcements and more, read Julia White’s blog ‘Enabling intelligent cloud and intelligent edge ...

ServiceNow Digital Workflows coming to Azure Government customers

October 11, 2018 Oct 11, 2018 10/11/18
Azure Gov Team
Microsoft and ServiceNow announced an alliance today to help deliver ServiceNow digital workflows to Azure Government customers; paving the way to secure modernization and helping to accelerate digital transformation. We announced this alliance at our Government Leaders Cloud Forum in Washington, DC. ServiceNow is changing the way government ...

U.S. Air Force awards $30M+ Enterprise IT-as-a-Service contract to Microsoft

October 4, 2018 Oct 4, 2018 10/4/18
Azure Gov Team
Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, Oct. 4, 2018 The U.S. Air Force has awarded a transformational $30+M agreement to Microsoft to provide secure network access to DoD data and applications as well as enable access for mobile and remotely located users. Microsoft has a longstanding 30-year partnership with the DoD and this other transaction ...

Announcing Azure Security Center availability for Azure Government customers

October 2, 2018 Oct 2, 2018 10/2/18
Azure Gov Team
As government agencies confront increased cyber threats, there is mounting pressure to build stronger defenses for their data, networks, and IT infrastructure. Today, we are announcing that Microsoft Azure Security Center is generally available and ready to help Azure Government customers with their cybersecurity challenges. With Azure ...

New! Azure Starter Packs now available

September 6, 2018 Sep 6, 2018 09/6/18
Karina Homme
Today, we're announcing a set of Microsoft Azure and Azure Government Starter Packs for GSA IT Schedule 70 to jumpstart your cloud efforts. Designed to get you up and running quickly with common cloud workloads, starter packs can especially be useful at the end of the fiscal year as you plan your work ahead. Each starter pack includes ...