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Azure export controls white paper updates

March 16, 2022 Mar 16, 2022 03/16/22
Stevan Vidich
The Azure export controls white paper offers a brief overview of US, UK, EU, and Japan export control laws and regulations as they may apply to customers using Microsoft Azure cloud services. Also provided is some general guidance concerning the considerations that Azure and Azure Government customers should bear in mind when assessing their

Fast Deduplication with NetBackup CloudCatalyst for the Azure Government Cloud

June 7, 2018 Jun 7, 2018 06/7/18
Azure Gov Team
Got Back Up? Anyone who has a basement or even a closet in their home, knows the sometimes painful necessity of clearing out space and managing storage. Government agencies embarking on digital transformation can also feel the pain of runaway costs due to storage accumulation for backups. With Veritas NetBackup 8.1 in Azure Government ...

Announcing Microsoft Azure Government services in the Cloud Solution Provider program

June 21, 2017 Jun 21, 2017 06/21/17
Tom Keane, General Manager, Microsoft
We are excited to announce that Azure Government services are now available through the Cloud Solution Provider program (CSP). The CSP program enables partners to make Microsoft Cloud services part of their customer offerings, expanding U.S. government customer options in meeting their mission goals. With the CSP program, partners can now ...

Azure Government HackFest + Training Recap

June 9, 2017 Jun 9, 2017 06/9/17
Steve Michelotti
Our first Azure Government HackFest + Training event is in the books and it was a great event! We were thrilled to see so many enthusiastic developers and IT Pros in Azure Government interested in learning new things and getting even more hands-on with Azure Government.   The first day of the event was marked by several in-depth ...

Microsoft Azure Government Expands Support for Defense Industrial Base and Defense Contractors – Announcing Support for DFARS Requirements

May 11, 2017 May 11, 2017 05/11/17
Matt Rathbun
Microsoft is furthering its commitment to U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contractors and the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) by announcing support for Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) requirements for Azure Government Services. This allows DoD's mission partners to host Covered Defense Information (CDI) in Microsoft'...

Register and join us May 12: Defense Contracting: Delivering on the Demands of Secure Cloud for DOD

May 10, 2017 May 10, 2017 05/10/17
Derek Strausbaugh, Principal Program Manager
Register to join Washington Technology and Microsoft on Friday, May 12, from 7:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., for a free morning event, at the Ritz Carlton, Tysons Corner. Defense contractors, systems integrators and members of the Defense Industrial Base will gather to hear insights into technologies and strategies that can help deliver secure ...

Azure Friday video featuring Azure Government!

May 5, 2017 May 5, 2017 05/5/17
Spenser Bullock
In the newest episode of Azure Friday, Steve Michelotti talks with Scott Hanselman about Azure Government, which provides a separate physical and network-isolated instance of Azure for federal, state, and local governments with a higher level of compliance for US Government workloads. Steve shows how easy it is to get connected and get started...

The Azure Podcast: featuring Azure Government

April 19, 2017 Apr 19, 2017 04/19/17
Spenser Bullock
In the latest episode of The Azure Podcast, Steve Michelotti of the Azure Government engineering sits down with The Azure Podcast team to discuss the latest and greatest of Azure Government. Steve also provides an update on what is going on in Azure Government including: Check it out! Additional ways to listen: Listen on ...

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 ...

Veterans Affairs issues FedRAMP High ATO for Microsoft Azure Government

March 15, 2017 Mar 15, 2017 03/15/17
Matt Rathbun
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 PII and ...