Azure Government

Updates for building solutions across Microsoft's Clouds for Government

Azure NC Virtual Machines Availability – GPU Compute

August 16, 2017 Aug 16, 2017 08/16/17
Kyle Deeds, Program Manager
Azure NC-based instances are powered by NVIDIA Tesla® K80 GPUs and provide the compute power required to accelerate the most demanding high-performance computing (HPC) and AI workloads. Customers can now use these instances to run deep learning training jobs, HPC simulations, rendering, real-time data analytics, DNA sequencing, and many more ...

Azure Government ExpressRoute

August 16, 2017 Aug 16, 2017 08/16/17
Steve Michelotti
In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti talks with James Walters about Azure Government ExpressRoute. James starts out by explaining what ExpressRoute is and what the primary benefits are for government customers. He also clarifies the difference between ExpressRoute for commercial versus Government and the DoD. ...

Microsoft Azure Enables NIST CSF Compliance: Respond Function

August 8, 2017 Aug 8, 2017 08/8/17
Matt Rathbun
(image) Today, as part of our ongoing support of the Cybersecurity Executive Order, I am pleased to announce the second release in a series of documents on enabling compliance with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) through Microsoft Azure services. This release specifically outlines how to implement the Respond function requirements using...

Microsoft Azure leads the industry in ISO certifications

July 28, 2017 Jul 28, 2017 07/28/17
Lily Kim, General Manager, Azure Global
We are happy to announce that Microsoft Azure recently completed a new set of independent third-party ISO and Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) audits to expand our certification portfolio. Azure leads the industry with the most comprehensive compliance coverage, enabling customers to meet a wide range of regulatory obligations. If that were not ...

General availability of Storage Service Encryption and “Secure transfer required”

July 21, 2017 Jul 21, 2017 07/21/17
Kyle Deeds, Program Manager
*Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Storage Service Encryption for Azure Files Storage, as well as the "Secure transfer required" feature now being supported in the Azure Government Storage account. Storage Service Encryption for Azure File Storage Azure File Storage is a fully managed service providing distributed ...