Azure Government

Updates for building solutions across Microsoft's Clouds for Government

Microsoft Expands Data Offerings for Government with General Availability of Azure IoT Hub on Azure Government

June 12, 2017 Jun 12, 2017 06/12/17
Tom Keane, General Manager, Microsoft
(image) We're excited to announce today that Microsoft has made IoT Hub available in Azure Government, the most secure and compliant cloud platform for U.S. government to run mission workloads. Internet of Things (IoT) is revolutionizing industries such as utilities and retail, and now U.S. government customers and their partners will be ...

Azure Government HackFest + Training Recap

June 9, 2017 Jun 9, 2017 06/9/17
Steve Michelotti
Our first Azure Government HackFest + Training event is in the books and it was a great event! We were thrilled to see so many enthusiastic developers and IT Pros in Azure Government interested in learning new things and getting even more hands-on with Azure Government. (image)   The first day of the event was marked by several in-...

Azure Gov May Meetup Replay: Managing the Changing Hybrid Cloud Environment in Gov

June 7, 2017 Jun 7, 2017 06/7/17
Karina Homme
For those who could not join us at the May Azure Gov DC Meetup, we are pleased to bring you the replay of "Managing the Changing Hybrid Cloud Environment in Gov." The first segment kicks off with Azure Government updates then features Brian Harrison, cloud solution architect, Microsoft, who presents Microsoft Azure's suite of services, ...

5 stories from #msbuild that inspired me – and hopefully you – as a developer

June 6, 2017 Jun 6, 2017 06/6/17
Karina Homme
This guest blog post is written by Vishwas Lele from Applied Information Sciences (AIS). AIS provides software and systems engineering services to government agencies and businesses across the United States. They specialize in cloud services, DevOps, custom application development and IT services. For additional information please visit www....

Red Hat releases partner Azure Blueprint for OpenShift on Azure Government

June 5, 2017 Jun 5, 2017 06/5/17
John Molesky
(image) As government agencies increasingly look to adopt of DevOps, cloud computing, and Linux containers, building the underlying infrastructure on a trusted and secure foundation is critical. Today Red Hat, in collaboration with Microsoft, released a partner Azure Blueprint for deploying Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on Microsoft ...

VM Images update: February – May

June 1, 2017 Jun 1, 2017 06/1/17
Sarah Weldon
We are pleased to share with you the most-recently published VM images from February through March that are now available for Microsoft Azure Government customers. Published in February- March Marketplace Images* - Added to Azure Gov and DoD: *All Marketplace Images now supported in DoD Regions! First Party ...

ArcGIS Maps for Power BI Gov by Esri now available

May 31, 2017 May 31, 2017 05/31/17
Brenda Y Lee
We are happy to announce that Power BI Gov users can now use ArcGIS Maps for Power BI Gov (preview) created by Esri! This brings several new capabilities to Power BI Gov users. Geographic information systems (GIS) helps users gain a better understanding of the world by using spatial analysis on a map's data layers. It's a way to discover, use...