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Cloud DemoPalooza – Azure Gov Style (On Demand)
We challenged our Azure Government DC user community to share 12-minute demos at last month's Meetup, Cloud DemoPalooza – Azure Gov Style, to showcase cool tech to help accelerate your cloud implementation. If you weren’t able to join us in person, we invite you to replay the demos on the Microsoft Azure Government Meetup YouTube Channel. And, be sure to subscribe, too! Featured demos can be found on YouTube in the Cloud DemoPalooza – Azure Gov Style playlist or viewed individually here: Segment 1: Welcome & Introductions – Karina Homme, Senior Director, Microsoft Azure Government and Microsoft MVP Vis...
New and improved Azure Log Analytics is now available in Azure Government
New and improved Azure Log Analytics is now available in Azure Government. This is biggest upgrade to Log Analytics since its launch and includes new features for powerful search, smart analytics, and even deeper insights. This upgrade provides an interactive query language and an advanced analytics portal, powered by a highly scalable data store for consistent monitoring experience. Key features- How to upgrade?- Simple, no user action is required. All existing Log Analytics workspaces are automatically upgraded to new experience, and new workspaces will start with new experience. Learn more a...
Accelerated Networking for both Windows and Linux is now generally available in Azure Government
We are happy to announce that Accelerated Networking (AN) for both Windows and Linux is now generally available in Azure Government. Accelerated networking provides consistent ultra-low network latency via Azure's in-house programmable hardware and technologies such as SR-IOV. By moving much of Azure's software-defined networking stack off the CPUs and into FPGA-based SmartNICs, compute cycles are reclaimed by end user applications, putting less load on the virtual machine (VM), decreasing jitter and inconsistency in latency. Information needed to deploy a VM with accelerated networking can be found here: Windo...
Join us March 21: Intersection of AI and Analytics in Government
Many believe AI will advance government; changing the speed, reliability, and ability for agencies to make more informed decisions and better deliver on their missions. Integral to leveraging the power of AI is data which floods many agencies yet is often underutilized or even locked up due to lack of resources, knowledge of tools, and compliance. Fortunately, cloud-based analytics capabilities allow these datasets to be turned into knowledge that can empower agencies to take advantage of AI capabilities that can help agencies make more informed decisions, drive efficiency and become more citizen friendly. Wi...
Bringing cloud innovation to US state and local government
A primary challenge for US state and local government agencies is to drive IT innovation while maintaining regulatory compliance. As citizens expectations rise, agencies must work to modernize infrastructure while keeping costs contained. Many agencies are moving to the cloud to achieve both mandates. As they make this move, they need to assess and manage a whole new aspect of regulatory compliance, which varies depending on whether the agency is choosing Infrastructure-as-a- Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), or Software as a Service (SaaS) for a particular workload Microsoft Azure Government is bu...
Announcing Microsoft Jenkins Solution Template for Azure Government Cloud
Since the launch of Microsoft Jenkins offer in Azure Marketplace in mid-2017, it’s exciting to see the growing number of customers using our solution template to run Jenkins on Azure. Jenkins is a popular open source CI/CD server. With our solution template, you can stand a Jenkins master running on a Linux (Ubuntu 16.05 LTS) VM up on Azure in as fast as 20 minutes. Today, we are happy to announce that you can deploy the solution template to Azure Government cloud. Some quick facts if you are not familiar with the solution template: Hint: to upgrade (and you should always keep Jenkins serve...
Accelerating cloud capabilities for Government customers
At the Microsoft Government Tech Summit in Washington D.C. today, we are pleased to share a host of new capabilities for Azure Government customers as we take the next step forward in meeting the mission-critical needs of our U.S. Government customers. Below you will find full detail on some of our key announcements. For a summary of the Tech Summit news, see the announcement from Tom Keane, Head of Global Infrastructure, Microsoft Azure: Two new Azure Government Secret regions coming soon! Further expanding our support for government workloads across a broad spectrum of data classifications, we’re excited to...
Announcing Azure Stack integration with Azure Government
This blog was contributed by Natalia Mackevicius, Director, Azure Stack Since the launch of Microsoft Azure Stack, we have been excited to see how customers and partners are unlocking new possibilities with hybrid cloud environments. At the same time, we have been working hard on incorporating customer feedback into the product roadmap. Today, we are excited to share with you some updates. In mid-2018, Azure Stack will integrate with the Azure Government cloud, enabling connections to Azure Government identity, subscription, registration, billing, backup/DR, and Azure Marketplace. Azure has always be...
Run remote applications anytime anywhere with Frame for Azure Government
Today, at the Microsoft Government Tech Summit, we announced that Frame is available in Azure Government. Frame enables our customers to deploy a secure Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) capability without the high cost of on-premises Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI); and Frame Government Edition enhances that capability with the ability to deploy to the government cloud with the leading number of security accreditations – Microsoft Azure Government. Frame customers will just need a web browser to utilize graphics intensive applications hosted in Azure Government and backed by our NV series virtual machines. An ex...