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Azure Blueprint helps DoD Mission Owners accelerate compliance with L5 security controls
Azure Government Engineering is pleased to announce the release of Azure Blueprint for the DoD Information Impact Level 5 baseline. Azure Blueprint provides DoD customers with a simplified method to understand the scope of their security responsibilities when architecting solutions in Azure, streamlining the path to attain a mission-level Authority to Operate (ATO). This release includes a DoD L5 Customer Responsibility Matrix and System Security Plan template designed for use by DoD Mission Owners, Authorizing Officials, and other security personnel who are implementing and documenting mission-level system secu...
Azure DoD Regions Accredited at Impact Level 5 and Now Generally Available
Earlier today Tom Keane, General Manager, Azure announced that Azure Government is the first and only hyperscale commercial cloud service to be awarded an Information Impact Level 5 DoD Provisional Authorization by the Defense Information Systems Agency. In addition, Azure Government regions dedicated to US Department of Defense customer workloads are now generally available. In anticipation of high demand for the DoD regions, we’ve spent time compiling answers to the most frequently asked questions we’ve heard during our recently completed Preview program to help interested customers and partners understand w...
How to manage Azure Government directories with Powershell
When utilizing a new directory for your Azure Government environment, one gap commonly encountered is assigning an alternate email address to each user. This attribute is only mandatory for accounts given a Service Administrator role, thus many accounts, including Co-Administrators, do not have the attribute set. Enabling features such as Self-Service Password Reset requires the alternate email address to be assigned as well. The Azure Active Directory V2 PowerShell module can be used to solve this issue. If you have used this PowerShell module for Azure Public, it is very similar with the exception of connecting...
Join us Jan 25 in DC: “How to Jumpstart Your Move to the Cloud – Gov Edition”
As we enter the New Year, many government agencies continue to resolve to take advantage of cloud computing. However, oftentimes, agencies find that they are stuck, unprepared and seeking ways to help them transition to the cloud. With these challenges in mind the Microsoft Azure Government DC User Community is kicking off 2017 with a can't-miss Meetup, How to Jumpstart Your Move to the Cloud - Gov Edition, on Wednesday, Jan. 25 from 6 – 8:30 p.m. at 1776 in Washington, DC. Be sure to RSVP today and join us for this month's Meetup featuring a speaker lineup of cloud experts who will help you figure out wh...
Announcing features for Backup and Site Recovery Services (OMS Suite) with Resource Manager
Azure Government revamps Azure backup and Azure site recovery services to facilitate advanced capabilities for Government cloud users. This update brings various enhancements, summarized in the table below. For more information and technical Documentation on Backup and Site Recovery please see Azure Government Documentation. We welcome your comments and suggestions to help us improve your Azure Government experience. To stay up to date on all things Azure Government, be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed and to receive emails by clicking “Subscribe by Email!” on the Azure Government Blog. To experience the powe...
California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) approves Microsoft Government Cloud services for Criminal Justice Information
California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) provides law enforcement and criminal justice agencies access to FBI and state Criminal Justice Information, along with the ability to communicate messages to other agencies within California, other states and Canada. As the interface to criminal justice information systems, CLETS approval is required for access to critical, life-saving public safety information. Last week, CLETS approved the Chula Vista Police Department to utilize Azure and Microsoft Office 365 government cloud services for Criminal Justice Information. This approval allows law enfor...
Docker announces federal security and compliance controls for Docker Datacenter built on Azure Blueprint
Security and compliance are top of mind for government IT organizations. It is important for these enterprises to have the ability to deploy applications on a commercial cloud platform that adheres to strong baseline security controls. U.S. Federal agencies and many non-government organizations are dependent on various standards and security assessments to ensure their systems are operating in controlled environments. One such standard is NIST Special Publication 800-53, which provides a library of security controls to which information technology systems should adhere. NIST 800-53 defines three security baseli...
Eight new service offerings added to Azure Government certification scope
We are pleased to announce the addition of Azure Resource Manager, Automation, Azure Batch, Log Analytics, Azure Media Services, Policy Administration Service/RBAC, Redis Cache, and Scheduler to certification scope in Microsoft Azure Government. Each of these service offerings has received Joint Authorization Board (JAB) approval for addition to Azure Government’s P-ATO at the High Impact Level. With the addition of these eight offerings, the total number of Azure Government offerings that meet the FedRAMP High baseline grows to 26 services; 20 more services than AWS GovCloud. These services may be used by Fed...
Azure Blueprint is now available for the FedRAMP High Baseline
Azure Government Engineering is pleased to announce the release of Azure Blueprint for the FedRAMP High Baseline. As previously announced, the Azure Blueprint program is designed to facilitate the secure and compliant use of Azure Government, providing a simplified way to understand the scope of customer security responsibilities when architecting solutions in Azure, and streamlining the path to attain a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Authorizations to Operate (ATO). This release includes documentation to assist Azure customers with documenting their security control implementations ...