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Join us: What’s next? Emerging tech impacting US government
May 20, 2021
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Join us: What’s next? Emerging tech impacting US government

Karina Homme
Karina Homme

We invite you to RSVP and join the Azure Government User Community Wednesday, May 26 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. EST for a meetup on “What’s next? Emerging tech impacting US government” via Teams Live.

SQL Server 2019 on RHEL8 container now available on Iron Bank-DoD’s Centralized Artifacts Repository
May 14, 2021
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SQL Server 2019 on RHEL8 container now available on Iron Bank-DoD’s Centralized Artifacts Repository

Nirali Shah
Nirali Shah

SQL Server container images can now be used in highly-controlled environments, such as federal government, DoD, and Defense Industrial Base organizations, where the prerequisite to leverage any container image is that it must be hardened and accredited. To get started, you can download the container image from Iron Bank. 

Meeting CMMC Level 3 on Azure
May 6, 2021
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Meeting CMMC Level 3 on Azure

Adam Dimopoulos
Adam Dimopoulos

The Azure team just released a new CMMC Level 3 initiative for Azure Policy and a corresponding blueprint sample. These preview releases are available in Azure and Azure Government. In this blog post we break down the releases and how customers can use these tools to accelerate CMMC compliance in Azure.

Zero Trust architecture in Azure for government
May 5, 2021
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Zero Trust architecture in Azure for government

TJ Banasik
TJ Banasik

The Azure Sentinel: Zero Trust (TIC 3.0) Workbook provides an overlay of Microsoft offerings to Zero Trust models, measurable over time via visualizations. Implementers, SecOps analysts, assessors, security and compliance decision makers, and MSSPs can leverage this capability to build, design, and monitor cloud security architectures.

Video: Microsoft Azure and Kubernetes—Managed Kubernetes at hyperscale for government
Apr 27, 2021
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Video: Microsoft Azure and Kubernetes—Managed Kubernetes at hyperscale for government

Nirali Shah
Nirali Shah

Brendan Burns, Microsoft CVP of Azure Compute and Co-Founder of Kubernetes, presents at the United States Air Force Software Officer, Nicolas Chaillan’s, Ask Me Anything (AMA) series on DevSecOps for DoD.

April 28: Top cloud cyber defense tactics for government
Apr 14, 2021
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April 28: Top cloud cyber defense tactics for government

Karina Homme
Karina Homme

Today’s threat landscape continues to grow in complexity, sophistication, and frequency. As advanced attacks emerge, it is critical for government agencies to keep pace with actionable tips and the latest technology to protect your enterprise. We invite you to join us to learn new cloud cyber defense preparation tactics for government.

Announcing Azure STIG solution templates to accelerate compliance for DoD
Apr 8, 2021
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Announcing Azure STIG solution templates to accelerate compliance for DoD

Nirali Shah
Nirali Shah

Today we’re announcing the availability of Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) solution templates for both Windows and Linux on the Azure Marketplace (commercial) and Azure Government Marketplace.

Join us: From code to ATO—How to accelerate deployments in government
Mar 18, 2021
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Join us: From code to ATO—How to accelerate deployments in government

Karina Homme
Karina Homme

Learn how key DevOps practices such Infrastructure as Code (IaC), continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) and automated testing, allow you and your team to develop and release changes much faster, with higher confidence.

Azure Government expands compliance coverage with 142 services now FedRAMP High
Feb 25, 2021
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Azure Government expands compliance coverage with 142 services now FedRAMP High

Azure Gov Team
Azure Gov Team

Microsoft now has 142 services covered by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) High Provisional Authorization to Operate (P-ATO) for Azure Government. We continue to maintain FedRAMP High P-ATOs issued by FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board (JAB) for both Azure and Azure Government while bringing you more services at FedRAMP High than any other cloud provider. Azure Government provides the highest level of security, protection, and compliance services, delivering on our ongoing investments in commercial parity and our commitment to providing the most secure and compliant cloud across a...