Azure Government

Updates for building solutions across Microsoft's Clouds for Government

New cloud playbook: Migrate and modernize with Azure Government

February 26, 2020 Feb 26, 2020 02/26/20
Azure Gov Team
Looking for strategies, technical how-tos, and resources that will help ease your government agency’s cloud journey? Check out and download our newly-released Azure Government Migration and Modernization Playbook. This playbook is designed for anyone interested in or working with cloud – specifically, IaaS and PaaS. It details ways you ...

Supply Chain Risk Management for Zero Trust with Microsoft Azure (6 of 6)

February 25, 2020 Feb 25, 2020 02/25/20
TJ Banasik
This is the last blog of a six-part series where we’ve demonstrated the application of Zero Trust concepts for securing federal information systems with Microsoft Azure. In this sixth blog of the series we will explore how to leverage Microsoft Azure for supply chain risk management in Zero Trust models. This blog series is coauthored by...

Insider Threat Monitoring for Zero Trust with Microsoft Azure (5 of 6)

February 19, 2020 Feb 19, 2020 02/19/20
TJ Banasik
This is the fifth in a six-part blog series where we will demonstrate the application of Zero Trust concepts for securing federal information systems with Microsoft Azure. In this fifth blog of the series we will explore how to leverage Microsoft Azure for insider threats in Zero Trust models. The last blog in the series will include ...

Join us Feb. 26: The Need for Speed – Realizing DevSecOps ​in Gov

February 18, 2020 Feb 18, 2020 02/18/20
Karina Homme
Citizens increasingly expect higher performance and quality of government services and applications – putting developers on the hook to deliver new, secure capabilities to their agencies faster than ever. To keep pace, agencies can implement DevSecOps– a methodology that leverages agile principles, automation and integrates security from ...

Monitoring Cloud Security for Zero Trust with Azure Sentinel (3 of 6)

February 4, 2020 Feb 4, 2020 02/4/20
TJ Banasik
This is the third in a six-part blog series where we will demonstrate the application of Zero Trust concepts for securing federal information systems with Microsoft Azure. In this third blog of the series we will explore how to leverage Azure Sentinel for security monitoring in Zero Trust models. Additional blogs in the series will include ...

Azure Blueprint for FedRAMP High is now available in Azure Government and Public clouds

February 3, 2020 Feb 3, 2020 02/3/20
Selcin Turkarslan
Disclaimer: Customers are wholly responsible for ensuring their own compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Information provided in this post does not constitute legal advice, and customers should consult their legal advisors for any questions regarding regulatory compliance. Our recently released Azure Blueprint for FedRAMP ...

QnA Maker in Azure Government

January 30, 2020 Jan 30, 2020 01/30/20
Steve Michelotti
In this episode of the Microsoft Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti, Principal Software Engineer on the Azure Government team, talks with Russ Williams, Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft supporting government customers, about QnA Maker in Azure Government. Russ begins by describing what QnA Maker is: a cloud-based service ...

Protecting Cloud Workloads for Zero Trust with Azure Security Center (2 of 6)

January 28, 2020 Jan 28, 2020 01/28/20
TJ Banasik
This is the second in a six-part blog series where we will demonstrate the application of Zero Trust concepts for securing federal information systems with Microsoft Azure. In this blog we will explore how to leverage Azure Security Center for hybrid security management and threat protection in Zero Trust Architectures. Additional blogs in the...