Azure Government
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Enhancing Zero Trust in Azure and Azure Government with Zscaler
This guest post was contributed by Zscaler’s Jose Padin, Director of Pre-sales Engineering for US Public Sector; and Anup Barde, Sales Engineer; and Microsoft’s Adam Dimopoulos, Senior Program Manager for Government Cybersecurity, Azure Global Critical Infrastructure As government users are working remotely now more than ever, the apps they rely on are moving to the cloud to meet the demands of today's workloads. Legacy security perimeters that agencies once relied on are disappearing because of this user and workload decentralization. Classic castle-and-moat perimeters no longer exist, and organizations must ...
What’s new in Azure Government
Hear about the wide range of new Azure services and capabilities to help government organizations meet their critical needs in this video, What’s New in Azure Government, featuring Zach Kramer and Steve Michelotti of Azure Global Government Engineering for Microsoft Ignite 2020. In this video, Zach and Steve discuss the unique ways Azure Government empowers government missions across a broad range of data classifications and tactical scenarios from cloud-to-edge. Topics covered include: Check out the video, and to keep up with the latest in Azure and Azure Government: ...
97 Azure Government services now authorized for DoD IL5 workloads
We continue to drive expansion of support for Department of Defense Security Requirements Guide (DoD SRG) Impact Level 5 (IL5) to all Azure Government regions. We’ve added 18 new services for a total of 97 services authorized for IL5 workloads in Azure Government – more than any other cloud provider. These services include a broad range of IaaS and PaaS capabilities to enable mission owners to move further, faster. Mission owners can choose from multiple regions across the country and benefit from decreased latency, expanded geo-redundancy, and a range of options for backup, recovery, and cost optimization. ...
Join us online Sept. 30: How government can put AI into action
Today’s AI solutions perform increasingly complex tasks that can enhance government’s mission; from predictive maintenance to language translation to improving farming and expediting disaster response. While the magnitude of impact AI can have on agencies is significant, there are many roadblocks to adoption and understanding optimal scenarios and how to best leverage data to fuel these solutions. To learn more about the impact of AI and analytics on government, we invite you to RSVP and join us Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 6:30 p.m. ET for a virtual Azure Government meetup, How government can put AI into action, ho...
Microsoft publishes secure isolation guidance for Azure and Azure Government
Azure is a hyperscale public multi-tenant cloud services platform that provides customers with access to a feature-rich environment incorporating the latest cloud innovations. While a multi-tenant cloud platform implies that multiple customer applications and data are stored on the same physical hardware, Azure uses logical isolation to segregate each customer's applications and data. This approach provides the scale and economic benefits of multi-tenant cloud services while rigorously helping prevent customers from accessing one another's data or applications. To provide customers with more detailed informati...
Got CMMC questions? Join an ‘Ask Microsoft Anything’ session on Aug. 25th
In preparing for the new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) from the Department of Defense (DoD), many customers and partners have asked for more information on how to prepare for audits, and about Azure accreditation and our CMMC acceleration program. On Tuesday, Aug. 25, you can get answers to your questions around how we can help you achieve CMMC compliance with your Microsoft Azure subscriptions during an "Ask Microsoft Anything" (AMA) session hosted on the Microsoft Public Sector Tech Community. Be sure to save the date! To join, simply, visit the Government AMA space on Tuesday, August ...
Strategies to stand up a modern gov software factory + cloud PMO
Today’s government organizations face ever-increasing and evolving mission demands, requiring greater speed and agility to modernize IT. Some agencies have discovered a path to success by establishing software factories and cloud PMOs to accelerate development and delivery of better mission apps. To learn more about this new approach, we invite you to RSVP and join us Wednesday, Aug. 26 at 6:30 p.m. EDT for our virtual Azure Government meetup, Strategies to stand up a modern gov software factory + cloud PMO, to be hosted on Teams Live. During this meetup, which is free and open to the public, you’ll hear fr...
Azure Blueprint for NIST SP 800-171 R2 is now available in Azure Government and commercial clouds
Disclaimer: Customers are wholly responsible for ensuring their own compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Information provided in this post does not constitute legal advice, and customers should consult their legal advisors for any questions regarding regulatory compliance. Our recently released Azure Blueprint for NIST SP 800-171 R2 is now available in Azure Government and commercial clouds. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publishes a catalog of security requirements, Special Publication (SP) 800-171, for federal information systems. Our new NIST SP 800-171 R2 bluep...
Extract data from print and handwritten documents using Azure Form Recognizer
Now available in Azure Government, Form Recognizer is an AI-powered document extraction service that understands your forms, enabling you to extract text, tables, and key value pairs from your documents, whether print or handwritten. With just a few samples, Form Recognizer tailors its understanding to your documents, both on-premises and in the cloud. Turn forms into usable data at a fraction of the time and cost, so you can focus more time acting on the information rather than compiling it. For example, you can extract data from documents and forms such as tax documents, court forms, W2s and more. Top use...