Insights, how-tos and updates for building solutions on Microsoft's cloud for US government
September 24, 2018Sep 24, 201809/24/18I recently had the opportunity to host a dynamic discussion among leading IT security and compliance experts at our latest Microsoft Azure Government DC Meetup, Future of Gov Security – Automated ATOs, Revamped TIC and Beyond, at 1776 in Crystal City,
August 17, 2018Aug 17, 201808/17/18IT governance is top of mind for many CIOs and the lack thereof is slowing down digital transformation. Watch the latest Azure Gov DC Meetup, IT Governance for Cloud – Gov Best Practices, for insights and strategies needed for an effective cloud migration.
May 8, 2018May 8, 201805/8/18As we participate in Citrix Synergy today, we’re excited to announce that Citrix Cloud is coming to Azure Government!
Specifically, this means that the management plane for Citrix Cloud XenApp and XenDesktop service will soon be available on Azure Government, enabling customers to use these innovative services to provide secure remote access to employees with the world-class security and broad compliance coverage of Microsoft’s government-only cloud.
April 25, 2018Apr 25, 201804/25/18We 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/
ASGs provide many security and manageability benefits such as:
Network security micro segmentation
ASGs enable you to define fine-grained network security policies based on workloads,
March 15, 2018Mar 15, 201803/15/18We are happy to announce that Accelerated Networking (AN) for both Windows and Linux is now generally available in Azure Government.
Accelerated networking provides consistent ultra-low network latency via Azure’s in-house programmable hardware and technologies such as SR-IOV. By moving much of Azure’s software-defined networking stack off the CPUs and into FPGA-based SmartNICs,
February 23, 2018Feb 23, 201802/23/18The 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 customers to isolate connectivity to their logical server from only a select subnet or subnets within their VNet.
February 21, 2018Feb 21, 201802/21/18The 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 network scenario level in,
February 12, 2018Feb 12, 201802/12/18We challenged our Azure Government DC user community to share 12-minute demos for this month’s Meetup, Cloud DemoPalooza – Azure Gov Style, to showcase cool tech to help accelerate your cloud implementation.
Be sure to RSVP and join us for our Azure Gov DC Meetup on Wednesday,
February 5, 2018Feb 5, 201802/5/18
By
Jason Henderson, Cloud Solutions Architect
Kyle Hoyer, Technical Solutions Professional
Derek Strausbaugh, Principal Program Manager, Azure Global
A rapidly increasing number of DoD customers deploying IaaS workloads to Azure have been asking for guidance setting up secure virtual networks and configuring the security tools and services stipulated by DoD standards and practice.
January 31, 2018Jan 31, 201801/31/18The federal government has an estimated $7 billion in technical debt causing increased risk to government as this debt accumulates. Much of this is due to agencies that have deferred maintenance or reduced funding for initiatives due to budgetary constraints. This tactic,
