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The need for speed: Azure DevOps
I recently had the opportunity to discuss Azure DevOps at the Microsoft Azure Government DC Meetup. During my presentation, The Need for Speed – Azure DevOps, I demonstrated how a new member of a dev team can quickly integrate and become productive with an existing project using Azure DevOps which facilitates productivity by combining multiple aspects of DevOps into a single, integrated UI. Azure DevOps doesn’t just benefit developer onboarding, however. Whether your team is just starting off in their DevOps transformation journey; or, you already have robust version control, work item tracking, and continuous...
Azure Blueprints and compliance on Azure Government
In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti, principal program manager, Microsoft Azure Government, talks with Alex Frankel, program manager on the Azure Governance team, about Azure Blueprints and compliance on Azure Government. Historically, Azure Blueprints were compliance “checklists” that helped streamline the ATO process for different compliance regimes. Alex explains how the new Azure Blueprints is now a full-fledged service inside the Azure Government portal that automates the process of achieving compliance on Azure Government. Alex shows numerous demos in the Azure portal t...
Bot Service and LUIS on Azure Government
In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti, principal program manager, Microsoft Azure Government, talks with Sam Chan, senior program manager, Microsoft Azure Government, about the Bot Service and LUIS on Azure Government. Sam begins by explaining what both the Bot Service and LUIS are – and how these exciting AI technologies can dramatically enhance the productivity of an agency by implementing a custom chat bot. Sam then shows a demo of getting started building a chat bot, including custom language understanding features provided by LUIS – all within the high-compliance environme...
Snowflake now available on Azure Government
Snowflake, the data warehouse built for the cloud, is now generally available on Microsoft Azure Government. Snowflake is a data warehouse-as-a-service, which requires no management and features separate compute, storage, and cloud services that can scale and change independently. Snowflake’s architecture provides complete relational database support for both structured data, such as CSV files and tables, and semi-structured data, including JSON, Avro, Parquet, etc., all within a single, logically integrated solution. “The general availability of Snowflake on Microsoft Azure Government marks the first time ...
Join us! Emerging tech in gov – June 26
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotic processing automation continues to create buzz throughout many industries and government is no exception. The US federal government budget for fiscal year 2020 calls on agencies to adopt emerging technologies to better empower their workforce, and accelerate and innovate public services. Key to moving forward is the ability for agencies to define emerging tech use cases and get started with piloting new ideas. Roadblocks can include limitations with budget, procurement process, and skills required to deploy these technologies. RSVP and join us to hear f...
Knowledge Mining with Azure Search
Recently, Uche Adegbite and I had the opportunity to discuss Knowledge Mining with Azure Search at the Microsoft Azure Government DC Meetup. In our presentation we demonstrated how to use Cognitive Search to take your knowledge discovery capabilities to the next level. This brief post is a follow-up to our presentation where I make the distinction between Azure Search and Cognitive Search, and point you to resources that will teach you how to create an advanced knowledge mining solution for your organization. What is the difference between Azure Search and Cognitive Search? On occasion you may hear people use A...
Migrate and Modernize with Kubernetes on Azure Government
In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti, principal program manager, Microsoft Azure Government, sits down with Vishwas Lele, CTO, AIS, to discuss migrating and modernizing with Kubernetes on Azure Government. The discussion begins with Vishwas explaining the “traditional” approaches for migrating workloads to the cloud: (1) Rehost (lift-n-shift), (2) Refactor (PaaS approach) and (3) Reimagine (cloud-native rewrite). Each of these traditional approaches has pros and cons. Vishwas then explains how Kubernetes provides an opportunity to fundamentally rethink these traditional app...
Data Science Virtual Machine on Azure Government – Something for Everyone
In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti, principal program manager, Azure Government, sits down with Zach Kramer, principal group PM manager, Azure Government, to discuss numerous aspects of the Data Science Virtual Machine (DSVM) in Azure Government. Steve and Zach show how the DSVM is an ideal environment for data scientists creating custom machine learning models. The DSVM gives you an environment with all data science tools already pre-installed, with an ability to choose your preferred operating system and a large range of compute choices from CPU to GPU for larger workloads...
The need for speed: DevOps in gov
Keeping pace with mission demands is an increasing challenge for government. Developers are on the hook to deliver new capabilities to their agencies faster than ever. To hear how DevOps and cloud can help agencies accelerate their mission speed and capabilities, RSVP and join the Microsoft Azure Government DC user community for a meetup on Wednesday, May 22 from 6 – 8:30 p.m., at 1776 in Crystal City, Virginia. During this meetup, you’ll hear from government and industry experts who will: Featured speakers are: We hope you’ll check out the agenda and RSVP t...