Azure Government
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Log Analytics and Microsoft Operations Management Suite Portal now available in Microsoft Azure GovernmentÂ
We are excited to announce the general availability of Log Analytics and the Operations Management Suite Portal in Microsoft Azure Government.  Log Analytics in Operations Management Suite Portal Log Analytics is a service in Operations Management Suite (OMS) that helps you collect and analyze data generated by resources in your cloud and on-premises environments. It gives you real-time insights using integrated search and custom dashboards to readily analyze millions of records across all your workloads and servers regardless of their physical location. You can create a Log Analytics workspace directly fro...
Azure Blueprint: architecting secure solutions just got easier!
Azure Government Engineering is pleased to announce the initial release of the Azure Blueprint program! The program is designed to facilitate the secure and compliant use of Azure for government agencies and third-party providers building on behalf of government. Azure Government has been granted a JAB Provisional Authority to Operate (P-ATO) based on Microsoft internal security protections and processes. Customers can leverage this P-ATO to reduce the scope of security responsibilities in a cloud-based system. Inheriting security control implementations from Azure Government allows customers to focus on implem...
New portal for Azure Government now generally available
A few months ago we announced the new portal preview. Today we are excited to share that the new portal is now generally available in Azure Government. This portal provides an integrated experience allowing users to manage their Azure services and applications. The classic portal (http://manage.windowsazure.us) will continue to co-exist with the new portal so you can continue to access all your resources while we continue migration. In addition to the offerings from the new portal preview that was shared, we have added the following:   Availability Known issues There are a number of known issues that customer...
Compliance is a commitment, not a checkbox
With the recent heartbreaking public safety events in New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Minnesota and other locations around the United States, it was inspiring to have the opportunity for Microsoft to participate in the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) User Conference. It included over 700 law enforcement professionals strategizing on how to use technology to enhance their ability to achieve the goal of citizen and officer safety. One of the primary objectives of law enforcement today is to deploy solutions that connect systems, people, and devices in real-time to improve police response…and i...
Generally available, securing your data with Storage Service Encryption
We are happy to announce the general availability of Storage Service Encryption (SSE) for data at rest in Azure Government storage accounts. SSE enables customers to meet a comprehensive set of security and compliance requirements meeting government organizational needs. With this feature, Azure Storage automatically encrypts your data prior to it persisting to storage using 256-bit AES encryption, one of the strongest block ciphers available. Data is decrypted by the storage service before being returned, enabling you to secure your data without having to modify code or add code to any applications.  For mor...
Azure SQL Database v12 has landed in Azure Government
We are delighted to announce the general availability of Azure SQL Database (v12) in Microsoft Azure Government. This latest version delivers 25% more Premium performance and faster data recovery to help your objectives. Azure SQL Database is a managed cloud database for app developers. The service makes building and maintaining applications easier and more productive. With built-in intelligence that learns app patterns and adapts to maximize performance, reliability, and data protection, SQL Database is a cloud database built for developers. You can focus on rapid app development and accelerating your time to ...
IaaS just got easier for Government
We are pleased to announce the general availability of Azure VM and SQL DB deployment and management powered by Azure Resource Manager (ARM) on Microsoft Azure Government. These capabilities are some of the most requested features for Azure Government. This enables the modern management of many more of your cloud resources. The ARM deployment offers much more granular control of our access and permission over the ASM deployment model (more on that in a future post). While Azure Government has had ARM for a while, we now have support for Compute, Networking, Data & Storage that will enable you to create and ...
Azure proves leadership in disaster readiness by becoming the first hyper-scale cloud to achieve ISO 22301 certification
Many of you have asked us about how we plan and prepare in Azure so that you can learn from our best practices as well as have the peace of mind that your applications, and data, are safe and available in Azure. Today we are pleased to announce that Microsoft Azure has achieved ISO 22301 certification. Microsoft is the first hyper-scale cloud provider to achieve this important certification that ensures your Azure applications are backed by the highest standard for business continuity and disaster preparedness. For years, we’ve heard from organizations about the importance of disaster preparedness and continuo...
Azure Government adding F-Series VMs to USGov Iowa
Today we are announcing the addition of the F-Series VMs to Azure Government’s USGov Iowa datacenter. As noted in the initial release of F-Series VMs in Azure, these VMs have: Any workload which does not need as much memory or local SSD per CPU core will benefit from the value of the F-Series VMs. Due to the price-performance value, these VMs are an ideal choice for web servers, and batch processing. At the time of this posting, F series is only available in standard. Standard storage optimized F-Series sizes We will provides updates in the blog when F-series becomes available in additional datacenters....