Azure Government

Insights, how-tos and updates for building solutions on Microsoft's cloud for US government

Announcement - Azure Government

Checkout Azure Government at Microsoft Ignite! Wednesday, September 27th, 10:45am

September 14, 2017 Sep 14, 2017 09/14/17
Steve Michelotti
Attending Microsoft Ignite in Orlando? Join us at our session where we will show how Azure Government can bring innovation to your agency's mission!U.S. Government and public-sector agencies live under a microscope of demands and expectations. To provide innovative services, they need the agility and speed of cloud, but with an extra level ...

Azure Government Sacramento HackFest + Training Recap

August 29, 2017 Aug 29, 2017 08/29/17
Steve Michelotti
After the huge success of our first Azure Government HackFest + Training event in Washington, DC, our next HackFest + Training event in Sacramento, CA had a lot to live up to. With over 100+ attendees packed into the California Chamber of Commerce in Sacramento, we are pleased to say that the Sacramento HackFest event surpassed the first DC ...

Setup continuous deployment to Microsoft Azure Government using Visual Studio Team Services

May 3, 2017 May 3, 2017 05/3/17
Brenda Y Lee
Continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) help teams reliably deliver quality apps to end customers at a faster pace of update. From code through build, test, and deployment you can define efficient and fully managed pipelines that automate and control the entire process.Release Management in Visual Studio Team Services is...

Azure HDInsight and Power BI now available in Azure Government 

March 6, 2017 Mar 6, 2017 03/6/17
Zach Kramer
As announced in Tom Keane’s data launch announcement, we are pleased to bring the general availability of Azure HDInsight on Linux in Microsoft Azure Government, as well as, Power BI US Government with Office 365 US Government Community subscriptions.HDInsightAzure HDInsight deploys and provisions clusters from the Apache Hadoop ecosystem...

New Azure Government Documentation!

October 26, 2016 Oct 26, 2016 10/26/16
Ryan GH
 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 ...

Azure Government – 3x Growth in 2016 and over 75 new capabilities in the last 90 days

October 25, 2016 Oct 25, 2016 10/25/16
Tom Keane, General Manager, Microsoft
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 ...

Welcome to Azure Marketplace and our ISV partners in Azure Government!

October 25, 2016 Oct 25, 2016 10/25/16
Megan Yount (MSFT)
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 ...

Riverbed expands to deliver solutions in Azure Government

October 25, 2016 Oct 25, 2016 10/25/16
Brenda Y Lee
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 ...

Adding Value with Cisco CSR1000v on Azure Government

October 24, 2016 Oct 24, 2016 10/24/16
Sarah Weldon
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, ...

Emerging from the depths, Godzilla G-series VMs for Azure Government

October 19, 2016 Oct 19, 2016 10/19/16
Dan E. Price
Update, 10/21: Azure GS-Series Virtual Machines A G-Series variant, the GS-Series now supports Premium storage in the US Gov Virginia region.  GS-Series VMs enable resource-intensive applications with the fastest processors, the most memory, and the highest input/output operations per second (IOPS) (for storage disk performance compared to...