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Events - Azure Government

Join us: Jumpstart your gov agency’s path to 2020 cloud vision – Jan 29

January 20, 2020 Jan 20, 2020 01/20/20
Karina Homme
More and more government agencies are reaching the tipping point with cloud; going beyond lift-and-shift as the full potential of cloud is becoming crystal clear. Without a doubt, 2020 will bring even greater focus on ways agencies can take advantage of cloud capabilities to enable their mission. With this in mind, I invite you to RSVP and ...

Join us! Driving IoT and Edge Innovation in Gov – Nov 20

November 13, 2019 Nov 13, 2019 11/13/19
Karina Homme
The next wave of computing is taking shape around us – from smart devices and sensors that can speak, listen and action; to compute-enabled in remote parts of the globe – without requiring always-on connectivity to the cloud to make real-time, insightful decisions. This is the intelligent edge, and it’s defining the next wave of ...

Join us! Government cybersecurity in the era of cloud – Oct 23

October 16, 2019 Oct 16, 2019 10/16/19
Karina Homme
In support of the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the Microsoft Azure Government user community invites you to RSVP and join us for a meetup on “Government cybersecurity in the era of cloud,” on Wednesday, Oct. 23 from 6 – 8:30 p.m. at 1776 New America in Washington, DC. During this free ...

Join us! Navigating a data-driven government in the cloud – Sept 16

September 3, 2019 Sep 3, 2019 09/3/19
Karina Homme
The President’s Management Agenda calls for the use of government’s data as a strategic asset to improve operations and effectiveness in serving citizens. Agencies are on the hook to modernize for a data-driven world and deploy data strategies that will help solve mission challenges. To gain insights on how leading government and ...

Join us! Mastering cloud governance and management for gov – Aug 28

August 16, 2019 Aug 16, 2019 08/16/19
Karina Homme
Managing governance and cloud spend are often cited as top challenges for government. And, while effective governance to ensure control over costs, performance, and security is essential for cloud success, many agencies are not fully leveraging the various tools, resources, and automation capabilities that can enable success. To hear how ...

Join us! Moving smart: Cloud accelerators for government – July 31

July 22, 2019 Jul 22, 2019 07/22/19
Karina Homme
According to a recent Government Accountability Office report, only 11 percent of federal IT systems are running on the cloud while the Department of Defense uses cloud for about 3 percent of its tech. As many government agencies look to accelerate their drive to the cloud, they can encounter various roadblocks to picking up the pace. With ...

Building automated workflows on Azure Government with Logic Apps

July 12, 2019 Jul 12, 2019 07/12/19
Yujin Hong
Azure Logic Apps allows users to automate and orchestrate tasks, business processes, and workflows when you need to integrate apps, data, systems, and services across enterprises or organizations. With an easy-to-use, drag-drop user interface and hundreds of pre-built connectors allowing easy integration with other applications and services...

The need for speed: Azure DevOps

June 28, 2019 Jun 28, 2019 06/28/19
Joel Day
I recently had the opportunity to discuss Azure DevOps at the Microsoft Azure Government DC Meetup. During my presentation, The Need for Speed – Azure DevOps, I demonstrated how a new member of a dev team can quickly integrate and become productive with an existing project using Azure DevOps which facilitates productivity by combining ...