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New Azure Blueprint for NIST SP 800-53 R4 now available on Azure Government

September 4, 2019 Sep 4, 2019 09/4/19
John Molesky
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 ...

Join us! Navigating a data-driven government in the cloud – Sept 16

September 3, 2019 Sep 3, 2019 09/3/19
Karina Homme
The President’s Management Agenda calls for the use of government’s data as a strategic asset to improve operations and effectiveness in serving citizens. Agencies are on the hook to modernize for a data-driven world and deploy data strategies that will help solve mission challenges. To gain insights on how leading government and ...

Secure Azure Computing Architecture for DoD for SCCA Compliance on Azure Government

August 27, 2019 Aug 27, 2019 08/27/19
Steve Michelotti
In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti, Principal Program Manager talks with Jason Henderson, Cloud Architect Microsoft Federal, about the Secure Azure Computing Architecture (SACA) in Azure Government. Jason starts by explaining how the SACA relates to the Secure Cloud Computing Architecture (SCCA) policy, and ...

Azure Batch on Azure Government

August 20, 2019 Aug 20, 2019 08/20/19
Steve Michelotti
In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti, Principal Program Manager, talks with Peter Shultz, Program Manager, on the Azure Batch team, about Azure Batch in Azure Government. The discussion begins with Peter describing what Azure Batch is and how Azure Batch is ideal for optimizing workloads that are ...

Join us! Mastering cloud governance and management for gov – Aug 28

August 16, 2019 Aug 16, 2019 08/16/19
Karina Homme
Managing governance and cloud spend are often cited as top challenges for government. And, while effective governance to ensure control over costs, performance, and security is essential for cloud success, many agencies are not fully leveraging the various tools, resources, and automation capabilities that can enable success. To hear how ...

Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 on Azure Government

August 13, 2019 Aug 13, 2019 08/13/19
Steve Michelotti
In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti, Principal Program Manager, talks with Sachin Dubey, Software Engineer, on the Azure Government Engineering team, to talk about Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) Gen2 in Azure Government. The discussion starts with an explanation of what ADLS is and many of the advantages of ...

Terraform on Azure Government

August 7, 2019 Aug 7, 2019 08/7/19
Steve Michelotti
In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti, Principal Program Manager talks with Kevin Mack, Cloud Solution Architect, supporting State and Local Government at Microsoft, about Terraform on Azure Government. Kevin begins by describing what Terraform is, as well as explaining advantages of using Terraform over Azure ...

Azure Cost Management on Azure Government

August 1, 2019 Aug 1, 2019 08/1/19
Steve Michelotti
In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti, Principal Program Manager talks with Adam Wise, Program Manager, on the Azure Cost Management team, about Azure Cost Management in Azure Government. Adam starts by explaining what Cost Management is – and how it can enable government customers to spend taxpayer money ...

Azure and Azure Government support for NERC CIP standards

July 25, 2019 Jul 25, 2019 07/25/19
Stevan Vidich
This blog was co-authored by Larry Cochrane , Principal Program Manager, Microsoft. We recently published two blogs on how you can use Azure Government to meet export control regulations: Export control implication on Azure and Azure Government and Managing export controls in Azure and Azure Government. This blog provides another deep dive...