Azure Government

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Announcements - Azure Government

Announcing Azure Stack for Azure Government customers to enable IT modernization and tactical edge scenarios

August 13, 2018 Aug 13, 2018 08/13/18
Azure Gov Team
This post was contributed by Natalia Mackevicius, Program Director, Azure Stack at Microsoft. Today, we’re announcing that Microsoft Azure Stack is now available to order for Azure Government customers. It was just a few months ago we shared our plans to integrate Azure Stack with our government-only cloud offering so agencies can benefit ...

Nasuni supports Azure Government for more scalable file storage and improved cross-office collaboration

August 1, 2018 Aug 1, 2018 08/1/18
Azure Gov Team
This blog is a guest post by Tom Rose, vice president, Product Marketing, Nasuni - Microsoft Azure Global ISV of the Year. Nasuni's cloud file services platform is backed by Azure object storage and helps government agencies store, archive, protect, synchronize, and collaborate on fast-growing unstructured data at scale. (image) This ...

Announcing the launch of Azure M-series VMs with up to 4TB RAM in USGov Arizona region

July 26, 2018 Jul 26, 2018 07/26/18
Azure Gov Team
We are excited to announce the launch of Azure M-series Virtual Machines in the USGov Virginia region. Azure M-series VMs offer memory from 192 GB up to 4 TB on a single VM with configurations from 8 to 128 hyper-threaded vCPUs, powered by Intel® Xeon® 2.5 GHz E7-8890 v3 processors. The Azure M-series is perfectly suited for your in-memory...

Azure Government Marketplace expanding with new Pay-As-You-Go offers

July 17, 2018 Jul 17, 2018 07/17/18
Sarah Weldon
As part of our rapidly growing solution marketplace for Azure Government, we’d like to announce several new Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) marketplace offers. These new offers enable our government customers to purchase marketplace solutions directly through Azure Government, streamlining the procurement process. In addition, our partners can use ...

New services and Azure Government marketplace partners

July 11, 2018 Jul 11, 2018 07/11/18
Azure Gov Team
(image) This summer we’re continuing to bring new services into Azure Government to support the innovation happening in the public sector. We would like to announce the following new services, with more coming soon: Azure Media Services is now generally available in Azure Government. Media Services makes it easy to use high-definition ...

Azure Security Center Preview now available in Azure Government

July 3, 2018 Jul 3, 2018 07/3/18
Azure Gov Team
(image) While cyber threats affect every organization and every individual, governments face unique challenges. The recent Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Infrastructure represents a key example of the growing pressure on government agencies to increase their efforts around protecting highly ...

Join us 6/20: How Cloud Can Drive #GovInnovation + Solution Showcase

June 14, 2018 Jun 14, 2018 06/14/18
Karina Homme
(image) With the President's Management Agenda focus on IT modernization to drive more effective government and citizen services, agencies are on the hook more than ever to rapidly innovate and deliver. Cloud – with its agility, speed and low cost – is the key enabler to help agencies test and innovate new solutions faster than before. ...

Harness real-time data for smarter cities, buildings, and transportation

June 11, 2018 Jun 11, 2018 06/11/18
Azure Gov Team
(image) This article was co-authored by Christy Szoke, CoFounder/CMO of Fathym, and the Azure Gov Team   (image) Wherever you live, you’re probably all too aware that inclement weather can have a serious impact on citizen safety and city budgets. And until recently, municipalities affected by changing road and weather conditions ...

Fast Deduplication with NetBackup CloudCatalyst for the Azure Government Cloud

June 7, 2018 Jun 7, 2018 06/7/18
Azure Gov Team
(image) Got Back Up? Anyone who has a basement or even a closet in their home, knows the sometimes painful necessity of clearing out space and managing storage. Government agencies embarking on digital transformation can also feel the pain of runaway costs due to storage accumulation for backups. With Veritas NetBackup 8.1 in Azure ...