Azure Government

Updates for building solutions across Microsoft's Clouds for Government

Thought Leadership - Azure Government

Elevating the Value of the CIO

November 1, 2017 Nov 1, 2017 11/1/17
Karina Homme
(image) As the Microsoft Azure Government federal lead partnering with CIOs, I'm often asked: "What are the top priorities for modernizing government?" With new legislation empowering CIOs to take a greater leadership role in transforming the business of government, we're seeing new opportunities to innovate while reducing technology debt A...

Utilizing the cloud for greater security everywhere

October 24, 2017 Oct 24, 2017 10/24/17
Susie Adams
(image) In my day-to-day work, I help government agencies implement initiatives to protect, detect and respond to breaches. You've likely heard statistics - on average globally, it takes 191 days to identify a data breach and that the median number of days an attacker stays dormant within a network before detection is over 200. To put that in ...

National Cyber Security Awareness Month

October 10, 2017 Oct 10, 2017 10/10/17
Tom Keane, General Manager, Microsoft
In support of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security, we're kicking off a blog series to share best practices from our experiences with our customers as part of our commitment to enabling U.S. government with a complete, trusted, and secure cloud platform. In today's guest blog, Ann Johnson, ...

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. (image)   The first day of the event was marked by several in-...

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
(image) 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 ...

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...

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 ...