Azure Government

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Announcements - Azure Government

Application Security Groups now generally available in Azure Government

April 25, 2018 Apr 25, 2018 04/25/18
Mike Ketchum
We are pleased to announce general availability of Application Security Groups (ASG) in all Azure regions including Azure Government. This feature provides security micro-segmentation for your virtual networks in Azure. The detailed announcement can be viewed here: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/applicationsecuritygroups/ (image) ...

Accelerating cloud capabilities for Government customers

March 5, 2018 Mar 5, 2018 03/5/18
Lily Kim, General Manager, Azure Global
(image) At the Microsoft Government Tech Summit in Washington D.C. today, we are pleased to share a host of new capabilities for Azure Government customers as we take the next step forward in meeting the mission-critical needs of our U.S. Government customers. Below you will find full detail on some of our key announcements. For a summary ...

VNet Service Endpoints for Azure SQL Database now generally available in Azure Government

February 23, 2018 Feb 23, 2018 02/23/18
Mike Ketchum
The Azure Networking team has announced the general availability of Virtual Network (VNet) Service Endpoints for Azure SQL Database in all Azure regions, including Azure Government. The announcement can be seen here: VNet Service Endpoints for Azure SQL Database now generally available VNet Service Endpoints for Azure SQL Database allow ...

Networking features recently made generally available in Azure Government

February 21, 2018 Feb 21, 2018 02/21/18
Mike Ketchum
The Azure Government team continually strives to bring the latest Azure platform features to Azure Government.  In this post I highlight networking features that have recently been made generally available in Azure Government. Network Watcher Network Watcher is a regional service that enables you to monitor and diagnose conditions at a ...

Get started on Splunk® Enterprise, now supported in Azure Government Cloud!

October 25, 2016 Oct 25, 2016 10/25/16
Sarah Weldon
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...

Securing your enterprise applications and virtual workspace with Citrix solutions and Microsoft Azure Government

October 24, 2016 Oct 24, 2016 10/24/16
Megan Yount (MSFT)
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 ...

ArcGIS for Server on Microsoft Azure Government

October 21, 2016 Oct 21, 2016 10/21/16
Brenda Y Lee
(image) Esri is excited to announce the availability of ArcGIS for Server on the Microsoft Azure Government Cloud. ArcGIS for Server will allow you to deploy leading-edge GIS technology on Microsoft Azure virtual machines. As the world’s leading enterprise mapping and spatial analytics platform, ArcGIS for Server provides a complete Web ...

Azure App Service generally available in Azure Government

October 13, 2016 Oct 13, 2016 10/13/16
Brenda Y Lee
We are excited to share the general availability of Azure App Service on Azure Government. App Service is a cloud platform which enables developers to build, deploy and run powerful web apps, mobile back-ends and API apps that connect to data anywhere in the cloud. It is an integrated solution which streamlines development and provides ...

Log Analytics and Microsoft Operations Management Suite Portal now available in Microsoft Azure Government 

October 12, 2016 Oct 12, 2016 10/12/16
Sarah Weldon
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 ...

New portal in preview for Azure Government

August 3, 2016 Aug 3, 2016 08/3/16
Brenda Y Lee
We are happy to provide a preview of our new Azure Government Portal (http://portal.azure.us). This portal provides an integrated experience allowing users to manage their Azure services and applications. Services included in the preview of the new Azure Government Portal are – Virtual machines (classic), Cloud services (classic), Storage ...