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Microsoft Signs CJIS Information Agreements with Indiana and Iowa

March 22, 2017 Mar 22, 2017 03/22/17
Rochelle M. Eichner
Microsoft has signed agreements with 28 states – now over 50% of the states are covered representing 70% of U.S. sworn officers. Microsoft contractually committed to the applicable controls of the CJIS Security Policy by signing a CJIS Information Agreements with Indiana and Iowa. This commitment allows CJIS Systems Agencies to background ...

Announcing general availability of Publish to Web in Power BI Pro for Government

March 20, 2017 Mar 20, 2017 03/20/17
Zach Kramer
(image) We are happy to announce the general availability of Publish to Web in Power BI Pro for Government. With Power BI Publish to Web, customers can now easily embed interactive Power BI visualizations online, such as in blog posts, websites, through emails or social media, on any device. They will also be able to  easily edit, update...

Veterans Affairs issues FedRAMP High ATO for Microsoft Azure Government

March 15, 2017 Mar 15, 2017 03/15/17
Matt Rathbun
(image) The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the US government’s largest civilian agency, has issued a FedRAMP High Authority to Operate (ATO) for Microsoft Azure Government. This validates that the Microsoft Azure Government cloud meets all security and compliance standards necessary to handle VA’s most sensitive data, to include ...

Building a solution on Azure Government Part III: Power BI

March 10, 2017 Mar 10, 2017 03/10/17
Steve Michelotti
Now that we’ve done our text analysis using HDInsight, let’s add some high-quality visualizations using Power BI for Azure Government. Let’s first log into Power BI for Azure Gov. Here we are presented with our initial options. Let’s connect to a database by clicking the “Get” button in the “Database” tile: (image) In the ...

Join us March 29 in DC:  Learn How to Apply Cognitive Services to Your Agency’s Mission  

March 10, 2017 Mar 10, 2017 03/10/17
Karina Homme
(image) Offering myriad possibilities, cognitive services teach computers to understand the world as humans do. This emerging technology can provide exciting and powerful capabilities for government agencies to better meet their unique missions and improve citizen services and engagement.     To hear how cognitive services can advance ...

Building a solution on Azure Government Part I: Cognitive Services

March 9, 2017 Mar 9, 2017 03/9/17
Steve Michelotti
The Microsoft Azure Government platform is rapidly innovating with new services being introduced all the time. We have recently announced HDInsight and Power BI as GA on Azure Government. These data-centric services unlock a world of possibilities for your organization to process massive amount of data. In this developer-centric walk-through...