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Extract data from print and handwritten documents using Azure Form Recognizer

Azure Gov TeamJuly 8, 2020Jul 8, 202007/8/20

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 i

Commercial best practices for DevSecOps in Defense

Azure Gov TeamJune 26, 2020Jun 26, 202006/26/20

The Department of Defense has taken several measures to integrate a DevSecOps strategy across its entire organization. For example, the DoD Enterprise DevSecOps Initiative is a joint effort on behalf of the Chief Information Officer and the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to integrate tools and services

With 14 new services at FedRAMP High, Azure Government continues expanding compliance coverage

Zach KramerJune 22, 2020Jun 22, 202006/22/20

Microsoft now has 116 services covered by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) High Provisional Authorization to Operate (P-ATO) for Azure Government. We continue to bring you more services at FedRAMP High than any other cloud provider, delivering on our ongoing investments in commercial parity and our commitment to

CMMC with Microsoft Azure: System & Information Integrity (10 of 10)

TJ BanasikMay 28, 2020May 28, 202005/28/20

This is the last in a ten-part blog series where we’ll demonstrate principles of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification aligned with Microsoft Azure. In previous blogs in the series we’ve explored access control, audit & accountability maturity, asset & configuration management, identification & authentication, incident

CMMC with Microsoft Azure: System & Communications Protection (9 of 10)

TJ BanasikMay 26, 2020May 26, 202005/26/20

This is the ninth in a ten-part blog series where we’ll demonstrate principles of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification aligned with Microsoft Azure. The final blog in the series will delve into system & information integrity. In this ninth blog of the series we will explore how to leverage Microsoft Azure for system & commu

79 Azure Government services now authorized for DoD IL5 workloads

Azure Gov TeamMay 22, 2020May 22, 202005/22/20

Just over a year ago, we announced the expansion of support for Department of Defense Security Requirements Guide (DoD SRG) Impact Level 5 (IL5) to all Azure Government regions – today we have 79 services authorized for IL5 workloads in Azure Government, enabling mission owners with more services at IL5 than any other cloud provider. Thes

Integrated compliance in Azure with Xacta 360

Azure Gov TeamMay 20, 2020May 20, 202005/20/20

This guest post contributed by Vicky Frescas and Tirtza Bernstein of Telos Corporation covers how to use Xacta® 360 with Azure and Azure Government. Learn more by attending the upcoming Accelerating ATO on Azure webinar on May 28 at 2PM EST. Telos Corporation recently announced the Xacta® 360 integration with Microsoft Azure Government to

Meetup replay: Gov IT modernization in the era of COVID-19

Karina HommeMay 20, 2020May 20, 202005/20/20

Our April Microsoft Azure Government meetup featured innovative demos and influential speakers in the federal space from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), CGI Federal, C3.ai, and Microsoft discussing strategies, challenges and tools for driving government IT modernization along the impacts COVID-19 brings to these efforts. Microsoft’s Ni

CMMC with Microsoft Azure: Recovery & Risk Management (7 of 10)

TJ BanasikMay 19, 2020May 19, 202005/19/20

This is the seventh in a ten-part blog series where we’ll demonstrate principles of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification aligned with Microsoft Azure. Subsequent blogs in the series will delve into security assessment & risk management, system & communications protection and system & information integrity. In this seven

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