In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti talks with Gerardo Saca about running containers with Kubernetes on Azure Government. The discussion starts off with the basics: what are containers and how are they useful? Then Gerardo goes into more depth about Orchestrators and why they are important. After the brief opening...
The proliferation of data from devices and sensors creates both challenges and opportunities for US armed forces. Today, data comes from both manned and unmanned platforms—ranging from form factors like the sophisticated instrumentation on a modern aircraft to the wearable gear. The challenge in handling all this data lies in ensuring the intell...
In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti sits down with Eric Egland and Andrew Ditmer of the Microsoft Global Black Belt team to discuss building mobile apps on Azure Government. Have you ever wanted to get a mobile app up and running quickly but figured it would take way too much time and effort? Eric and Andrew d...
This blog was contributed by Stuart McKee, Chief Technology Officer, US State and Local Government, Microsoft Corporation Many government agencies would like to take their first steps toward adopting cloud services. With so many options available, it’s hard to know where to start, and the idea of modernizing everything can be daunting. In most c...
Partners interested in reselling Azure Government can become an authorized Cloud Solution Provider for Government (Government CSP). To learn more, check out the Government CSP application process.  If you’re already a Government CSP and want to know how to create your first customer or even explore high level security and role-based access control...
Last week we announced general availability for Virtual Network (VNet) Service Endpoints and Firewalls for Azure Storage in all Azure public cloud and Azure Government regions. The announcement can be seen here: Virtual Network Service Endpoints and Firewalls for Azure Storage now generally available Azure Storage Firewalls and Virtual Networks us...
Azure Fundamentals Training at AFCEA WEST We’re looking forward to seeing those of you attending AFCEA WEST and invite technical and business leaders to join us for an exclusive commercial cloud training event on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., in room 27A at the San Diego Convention Center. This is a great opportunity to learn about the late...
Government needs the agility to respond to almost any situation. While cloud can enable this agility, many cloud models aren’t designed with government in mind, and don’t adhere to strict government security and regulation standards.  To provide insight into how government cloud solutions help agencies realize the benefits of cloud while remainin...
With the recent announcement of the industry-wide, hardware-based CPU vulnerability, organizations must ensure they have appropriately updated their infrastructure to secure their environment. Microsoft Azure Government customer environments were patched prior to the public announcement. Additionally, Microsoft publicly announced the patching proce...
In this episode of the Microsoft Azure Government video series, Steve Downs, senior program manager, Microsoft Azure Government, sits down with Jose Padin, sales engineering director, US Public Sector, Citrix to discuss Citrix's Secure Digital Workspace capabilities available in Azure Government. During this video, VDI with Citrix on Azure Governm...
