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Microsoft and the State of Florida moving forward with a CJIS Lead Agency!
City of Miami Police Department has committed to executing the CJIS Personnel Security Requirements for Microsoft Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), the State of Florida's CJIS Systems Agency, recently completed an audit of Microsoft controls applicable to the CJIS Security Policy (details here). The audit results are available for all law enforcement agencies in Florida to meet their CJIS regulatory requirements. Another critical requirement of the CJIS Security Policy is the requirement for agencies to adjudicate internal and vendor employees with potential access to Criminal Justice Information (C...
Tableau Server now available in Azure Government Marketplace
Overview Government and its partners depend on business intelligence tools to visualize, analyze, and share data to make more informed decisions. Today we've expanded the portfolio of BI solutions available on Azure with the addition of Tableau Server in Azure Government. Tableau Server is now available in the Azure Government Marketplace, which means you can deploy it in just a few clicks within the strict, exclusive boundaries of Azure Government. Tableau Server enables you to see, understand, and share the data you have in Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Warehouse and Azure HDInsight. G...
Microsoft joins 500+ Law Enforcement professionals in extending commitment to Public Safety!
Oregon and Washington host annual CJIS training conferences From the opening with the local Color Guard presentation of the flags to the assurance from the CJIS Systems Agencies to public safety, and all the sessions in between, the Oregon CJIS Division Annual Training and the Northwest CJIS Users Workshop and Security Summit conferences were another commitment to the law enforcement mission. Over 500 law enforcement professionals gathered at the events to expand their knowledge on Law Enforcement Data Systems (LEDS), National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS), National Instant Criminal Background Check S...
Power BI Premium generally available for U.S. government users
With more than 20 compliance offerings, Power BI delivers an end-to-end business intelligence solution while helping organizations comply with national, regional and industry-specific requirements. Today, we are pleased to build on this legacy by announcing Power BI Premium will be generally available for both the U.S. Government Community Cloud (GCC) and U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) users beginning Oct. 1. Power BI Premium was made available in June and builds on the existing Power BI portfolio with a capacity-based licensing model that increases flexibility for how users access, share and distribute conte...
Microsoft extends commitment to CJIS compliance with Maine and Vermont!
Adding Maine & Vermont makes 32 states background checking Microsoft employees for CJIS When you are thinking about CJIS and digital transformation across your government and Justice and Public Safety priorities, you should seek a partner committed to compliance and security today and in the future. At Microsoft, we continue to expand our commitment to states contractually committing to the applicable controls in the CJIS Security Policy. Our commitment to the Policy now include the states of Vermont and Maine extending the commitment to 32 states! Microsoft is committed to compliance. Don't settle for anyt...
Use Case: Region to Region Azure Site Recovery
Azure Site Recovery (ASR) provides capabilities to automate protection and replication of virtual machines, providing a true Disaster Recovery as a Service Solution (DRaaS). ASR allows for data replication to multiple geographically dispersed regions, which provides a significant opportunity for cost savings while enhancing Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) and COOP capabilities. Region to Region Azure Site Recovery was recently introduced in Azure Government. See the announcement here. Recently, one of my customers enlisted my help to meet regulatory requirements such as NIST 800-53 and ISO 2700...
Announcing General Availability of Managed Disks in Microsoft Azure Government Cloud
We're pleased to announce General Availability of Managed Disks in the Microsoft Azure Government Cloud. Managed Disks are available in USGov Virginia, USGov Texas, USGov Arizona, USDoD Central and USDoD East Azure US Government regions. Azure Managed Disks simplifies disk management for Azure IaaS VMs by managing the storage accounts associated with the VM disks. Azure creates and manages the disk for you and handles storage for you behind the scenes. Managed Disks provides better reliability for Availability Sets by ensuring that the disks of VMs in an Availability Set are sufficiently isolated from each ot...
Region to Region preview is now available in Azure Government
We are excited to announce the preview of disaster recovery for Azure IaaS virtual machines (VMs) using Azure Site Recovery (ASR) in Azure Government. You can now easily replicate and protect IaaS based applications running on Azure to a different Azure Government region of your choice within a geographical cluster without deploying any additional infrastructure components or software appliances in your subscription. This new capability allows you to create a comprehensive business continuity and disaster recovery strategy for all your IaaS based applications running in Azure Government. As you move production a...
Join us Sept. 27! The Power of Data Analytics to Transform Government
Government agencies across the spectrum are sitting atop invaluable datasets that are locked up because of lack of resources, tools and compliance regimes. Fortunately, cloud-based analytics capabilities are allowing these datasets to be turned into knowledge. Whether it's data about the mission, citizen services or simply data from running large data centers, analytics can help these agencies visualize, analyze and optimize. To hear how, be sure to RSVP and join us for an Azure Government DC Meetup on The Power of Data Analytics to Transform Government, Wednesday, Sept 27, 6 - 8:30 p.m. at 1776 in Washington, ...