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Join us! Internet of Things at DC Azure Gov Meetup – Oct. 26

October 13, 2016 Oct 13, 2016 10/13/16
Karina Homme
(image) Please RSVP and join us for the next DC Microsoft Azure Gov Meetup, Internet of Things for Government, on Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 6 – 8 p.m., at 1776 in Washington, DC. In addition to excellent networking, we are excited to feature Kevin Miller, principal program manager of Microsoft’s Azure IoT team who will be in town from ...

IaaS just got easier for Government

September 27, 2016 Sep 27, 2016 09/27/16
Brenda Y Lee
We are pleased to announce the general availability of Azure VM and SQL DB deployment and management powered by Azure Resource Manager (ARM) on Microsoft Azure Government. These capabilities are some of the most requested features for Azure Government.  This enables the modern management of many more of your cloud resources. The ARM ...

Azure Government adding F-Series VMs to USGov Iowa

September 19, 2016 Sep 19, 2016 09/19/16
Julie Glixon, Program Manager
Today we are announcing the addition of the F-Series VMs to Azure Government’s USGov Iowa datacenter. As noted in the initial release of F-Series VMs in Azure, these VMs have: Any workload which does not need as much memory or local SSD per CPU core will benefit from the value of the F-Series VMs. Due to the price-performance value, ...

With 23 states (and growing) – Microsoft is the CJIS cloud leader

September 13, 2016 Sep 13, 2016 09/13/16
Rochelle M. Eichner
In December 2012 Microsoft was the first hyperscale cloud provider to contractually attest to the applicable CJIS controls with a signed CJIS management agreement and CJIS Security Addendum. It was three years before any cloud provider. Since 2012, we have worked one-by-one to sign agreements with 23 other states and our goal of reaching all ...

Microsoft signs CJIS Security Addendum for Oregon

September 8, 2016 Sep 8, 2016 09/8/16
Rochelle M. Eichner
I was honored to have the opportunity to present on the subject of the Liability of the Data Breach (and how to prevent it) at the Oregon CJIS User Conference in Bend last week.  In the conference opening keynote, Major Tom M. Worthy, Oregon State Police, announced “The Oregon State Police (OSP) is pleased to announce to the Oregon CJIS ...

ExpressRoute Dallas now available

August 23, 2016 Aug 23, 2016 08/23/16
jawalte
ExpressRoute locations are facilities where ExpressRoute connections are available to Azure datacenters. We are happy to announce the lighting of the newest ExpressRoute in Dallas, US. This new location will be able to provide consumers in the area more convenience and allow them to save money as well. We will keep you updated as more ...

Join us! DC Azure Gov Meetup on open source technology in government –  Aug. 31 

August 18, 2016 Aug 18, 2016 08/18/16
Karina Homme
The recent release of the White House's Federal Source Code policy is just the latest example of how the federal government has come to embrace. open source ideology. This policy promotes efficiency and re-use by encouraging agencies to use open source code for custom applications and building communities around it. Please join us to discuss ...