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Getting Beyond Lift-and-Shift on Azure Government Video – Part 2

June 20, 2017 Jun 20, 2017 06/20/17
Steve Michelotti
Management wants you to move to the cloud. But if you simply lift-and-shift, you are missing out on tremendous opportunities to increase scalability and optimize resources, while also decreasing time and costs. In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti and Zach Kramer talk about the benefits of moving to PaaS. The ...

Microsoft Expands Data Offerings for Government with General Availability of Azure IoT Hub on Azure Government

June 12, 2017 Jun 12, 2017 06/12/17
Tom Keane, General Manager, Microsoft
(image) We're excited to announce today that Microsoft has made IoT Hub available in Azure Government, the most secure and compliant cloud platform for U.S. government to run mission workloads. Internet of Things (IoT) is revolutionizing industries such as utilities and retail, and now U.S. government customers and their partners will be ...

Data security Q&A with John Molesky, Azure Security Engineering

March 30, 2017 Mar 30, 2017 03/30/17
Pishoy Bous, Azure Technical Specialist
In this post, we interviewed Azure Program Manager, John Molesky, from the Cloud Health and Security Engineering team with commonly asked questions regarding data security.  For many customers, moving to the cloud means a change in processes to manage data, including data destruction and spillage. John's answers help address those concerns...

Microsoft Azure IaaS Architecture Best Practices for ARM

March 29, 2017 Mar 29, 2017 03/29/17
CSAJefLan
How to design and build an enterprise infrastructure in Azure using the Azure Resource Manager portal Getting started in Azure is easy to do, and you can have production workloads running in the cloud in very little time. However, there are some essential aspects of the Azure platform that require some forethought and planning. While it is ...

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...

Azure DoD Regions Accredited at Impact Level 5 and Now Generally Available

January 13, 2017 Jan 13, 2017 01/13/17
Derek Strausbaugh, Principal Program Manager
(image) Earlier today Tom Keane, General Manager, Azure announced that Azure Government is the first and only hyperscale commercial cloud service to be awarded an Information Impact Level 5 DoD Provisional Authorization by the Defense Information Systems Agency. In addition, Azure Government regions dedicated to US Department of Defense ...