Azure Government
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New Azure Government Documentation!
We are happy to announce Azure Government documentation! This documentation provides guidance that is tailored to our Azure Government customers. We highlight common solutions and guidance on building government specific implementations, as well as information that you need to know about using services, Marketplace, Portal and PowerShell in Azure Government. This is just the start! Many more updates are planned as we continually expand our offerings for Azure Government. As new services come online, we will update the corresponding documentation. Over the coming months we will add additional content on h...
Preview of New Department of Defense Regions in Azure Government
Microsoft is pleased to announce the opening of the Preview of our new Azure Government Department of Defense (DoD) regions. As previously announced by Jason Zander, Microsoft Corporate Vice President for Microsoft Azure, these regions offer a comprehensive cloud that is DoD information Impact Level 5-ready for infrastructure, platform, and productivity services. Microsoft is the only hyperscale cloud provider to provide this level of support to the DoD as we continue to demonstrate our commitment to invest in the most trusted, comprehensive cloud for government. This is reflected in our announcement yesterday by...
Azure Government – 3x Growth in 2016 and over 75 new capabilities in the last 90 days
Today I am with over 600 of our federal, state and local government customers and partners at the Government Cloud Forum 2016, in Washington D.C. The Forum is queued to take our audiences through breakthrough technology and solutions impacting citizen engagement, the empowerment of government employees, how agencies can optimize their infrastructures and solutions, and the digital transformation of government services. With this in mind, I wanted to provide a few highlights from the Forum where we are speaking of our continued advancements. Continued investment in comprehensive compliance - breadth and depth I’...
Welcome to Azure Marketplace and our ISV partners in Azure Government!
We’re pleased to announce the general availability of the Azure Marketplace for Microsoft Azure Government, as well as welcoming our 3rd party ISV partners. We’ve partnered with some of the top ISVs to provide Azure Government customers with more options for finding the right solutions and quickly spinning up applications that suit their needs. Azure Marketplace is your online store for Virtual Machine images, VM extensions, and more that enable ISVs to offer pre-configured, Azure certified software to customers on the Azure US Government cloud. New ISV partners in the Azure Marketplace for Government Over th...
Get started on Splunk® Enterprise, now supported in Azure Government Cloud!
You can now combine the award-winning Splunk® Enterprise with the power and security of the Azure Government Cloud! Splunk provides the leading platform for Operational Intelligence. Splunk searches, monitors, analyzes and visualizes machine-generated big data from websites, applications, servers, networks, sensors and mobile devices – all in real time. Customers use Splunk to deepen business and customer understanding, mitigate cybersecurity risk, improve service performance and reduce costs. Splunk Enterprise indexes machine data in real time, enabling multiple roles across the organization—from system adminis...
Riverbed expands to deliver solutions in Azure Government
Riverbed Technology is bringing Riverbed SteelHead CX to the Microsoft Azure Government Cloud. Government customers are now able to understand, optimize, and control applications and data across the hybrid enterprise, extending into the cloud. With SteelHead CX in Azure you get: If you have any questions pertaining to Riverbed SteelHead CX ,please comment on this blog! We welcome your comments and suggestions to help us continually 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, click “Subscribe by...
Adding Value with Cisco CSR1000v on Azure Government
Microsoft Azure Government Cloud is an isolated and dedicated cloud platform, which enables government agencies and government approved contractors to host sensitive data. Connectivity from on-premises locations to Azure Government Cloud must be secure, scalable and dynamic.  With Cisco CSR1000v now available on Azure Government Cloud, Government Cloud customers can enjoy the same advanced routing and security benefits delivered on Azure public cloud. Cisco CSR1000v provides best in class routing capabilities that support full path encryption with the strongest cipher suites available in the market, L4-L7 firew...
Azure Blueprint takes ATO Processes to the Next Level: DoD Impact Level 4!
I am pleased to announce the release of the Azure Blueprint for the Department of Defense (DoD). Azure Blueprint recently released documentation to streamline the path for Azure Government customers working with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Moderate Baseline to attain Authorizations to Operate (ATO). Azure Blueprint has expanded to support our DoD customers working in Azure Government to document their customer security responsibilities. The Azure Blueprint Customer Responsibilities Matrix (CRM) and System Security Plan (SSP) template can now be used by DoD mission owners and t...
Securing your enterprise applications and virtual workspace with Citrix solutions and Microsoft Azure Government
Citrix and Microsoft continue to expand our strategic partnership to meet the security needs of the modern workforce with application and desktop virtualization and network delivery from Microsoft Azure Government. Citrix solution NetScaler is available now on Azure Government community cloud to help agency IT teams securely and efficiently support a mobile government workforce while cutting operational costs and delivering an unmatched user experience. With Citrix solutions available on the Azure Government Marketplace, employees can securely access the apps and data they need to provide vital services wherever...