Azure Government

Advanced Data Security with Azure SQL Database in Azure Government

April 30, 2019 Apr 30, 2019 04/30/19

Steve Michelotti

In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti, principal program manager with Azure Government, sits down to talk with Ajay Jagannathan of the Azure SQL Database Engineering team about Advanced Data Security with Azure SQL Database in Azure Government. Ajay and Steve begin with a discussion of the types of security ...

DoD IL5 scope expands to all Azure Government regions

April 29, 2019 Apr 29, 2019 04/29/19

Dustin Martin

Earlier this month we announced that Microsoft has expanded the IL5 Provisional Authorization (PA) granted by the Department of Defense (DoD) to all Azure Government regions. This expanded coverage brings more PaaS features and services at Impact Level 5 (IL5) to customers than any other cloud provider. With six regions across the United ...

Enabling government to advance the mission

April 17, 2019 Apr 17, 2019 04/17/19

Azure Gov Team

Azure Government Secret now in private preview and pending accreditation  Azure Government Secret delivers comprehensive and mission enabling cloud services to US Federal Civilian, Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC), and US government partners working within Secret enclaves. Developed using the same foundational ...

Join us! How AI is creating what’s next in government

April 12, 2019 Apr 12, 2019 04/12/19

Karina Homme

As AI emerges from research labs and IT back offices and into the mainstream, the transformational possibilities of AI for both businesses and government are enormous. According to the Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence, released earlier this year, "AI promises to drive growth of the United States ...

Is there an easy button for gov IT modernization?

March 19, 2019 Mar 19, 2019 03/19/19

Karina Homme

To keep up with our country’s pace of innovation and ensure mission success, government agencies are under more pressure than ever to accelerate their IT modernization projects (and for some, just get them off the ground!). As agencies incur various challenges in their progress, they might be wondering if there’s an easy button for ...

Welcome to the new Azure Government Blog

March 13, 2019 Mar 13, 2019 03/13/19

Azure Gov Team

Today, we launched the Azure Government Blog on the Microsoft Dev Blogs platform which provides a more user-friendly design and better capabilities to help you stay connected with our developer community even when you’re AFK (away from keyboard). Over the last few months, a number of developer blogs also transitioned to this new platform...

The Azure Government blog is moving to a new platform

March 12, 2019 Mar 12, 2019 03/12/19

Azure Gov Team

Tomorrow, we’ll be moving the Azure Government blog to a new platform. What will stay the same is our focus on serving our government customers and partners with a dedicated channel for all things Azure Government. With our new channel under Microsoft Dev Blogs, you’ll experience a more modern, clean design, along with capabilities that...

Enhance data protection and compliance with customer managed keys

March 11, 2019 Mar 11, 2019 03/11/19

Azure Gov Team

This is the third blog in a three-part series on security in Azure Government co-authored by Robert Jaffee, Sr. Program Manager, and Diego Lapiduz, Chief Information Security Architect, with Microsoft Azure Global Government. (In case you missed them, check out the first and second blogs: Six tips for securing identity in the cloud and Five ...

Five tips for securing your IaaS workloads

February 26, 2019 Feb 26, 2019 02/26/19

Azure Gov Team

This is the second blog in a three-part series on security in Azure Government co-authored by Robert Jaffee, Sr. Program Manager, and Diego Lapiduz, Chief Information Security Architect, with Microsoft Azure Global Government. (In case you missed it, check out the first blog: Six tips for securing identity in the cloud.) In this blog, we’...

Join us: Government cloud strategies: What to know – Feb. 27

February 20, 2019 Feb 20, 2019 02/20/19

Karina Homme

Cloud technologies are critical to keeping pace with innovation and securing America’s technical advantage. Cloud enables leading edge solutions for federal and military agency missions; ranging from improved citizen services and safety to protecting our warfighters and national security. The importance of cloud to government is evident in ...