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Automation Runbooks & DSC: How Operational Management Suite keeps Customers Safe & Secure in Azure

November 10, 2016 Nov 10, 2016 11/10/16
Brian Christopher Harrison
(image) In my last post, I talked about the second of the two services within the Operational Management Suit (OMS) that focuses on Backup & Recovery of your On-Prem or Cloud related infrastructure. However, this is only one piece of the operational management footprint that Public Sector customers' IT departments need to keep their ...

Site Recovery: How Operational Management Suite keeps customers safe and secure on Azure

November 9, 2016 Nov 9, 2016 11/9/16
Brian Christopher Harrison
In my last post, I spent some time providing an overview of Operational Management Suite (OMS) and specifically, the Azure Backup service. I tried to focus on the advantages of the suite from the perspective of a potential Azure Government customer as well as the perspective of customers that have already implemented or are implementing a ...

Microsoft Azure Government and Booz Allen Announce Virtual Cloud Defense

November 4, 2016 Nov 4, 2016 11/4/16
Derek Strausbaugh, Principal Program Manager
Cloud Security Suite Brings Power and Simplicity to Securing Cloud Deployments Microsoft and Booz Allen Hamilton are pleased to announce the general availability of Virtual Cloud Defense (VCD) for Azure Government. Virtual Cloud Defense from Booz Allen helps Azure Government customers secure cloud workloads and protect data by deploying cost...

DoD Region Preview frequently asked questions

November 2, 2016 Nov 2, 2016 11/2/16
Derek Strausbaugh, Principal Program Manager
Since announcing our Azure Government DoD Region Preview last week at Microsoft’s Government Cloud Forum, we have had overwhelming interest from customers and partners in participating.  We’ve spent time compiling answers to the most frequently ask questions we’ve heard to help customers and partners understand what this unprecedented ...

Use Case: Azure Site Recovery in Azure Government

November 1, 2016 Nov 1, 2016 11/1/16
Pishoy Bous, Azure Technical Specialist
An organization must have the ability to withstand all hazards and sustain its mission through environmental changes.  These changes can be gradual, such as economic or mission changes, or sudden, as in a disaster event. (NIST Special Publication 800-34 Rev. 1 Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems , 2010) Azure ...

Microsoft and Fortinet Extend Partnership to Secure Mission-Critical Workloads in Azure Government Cloud  

October 27, 2016 Oct 27, 2016 10/27/16
Sarah Weldon
(image) Co-author: Chad Whalen – VP Cloud Security, Fortinet Fortinet and Microsoft today announced an extension of their partnership to protect the cloud environments of their joint government customers. The US Federal Government sets the world’s highest security standards for data protection. Other public institutions, like state and...

New Azure Government Documentation!

October 26, 2016 Oct 26, 2016 10/26/16
Ryan GH
  (image) 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 ...

Preview of New Department of Defense Regions in Azure Government

October 26, 2016 Oct 26, 2016 10/26/16
Derek Strausbaugh, Principal Program Manager
Microsoft is pleased to announce the opening of the Preview of our new Azure Government Department of Defense (DoD) regions. As previously announced by Jason Zander, Microsoft Corporate Vice President for Microsoft Azure, these regions offer a comprehensive cloud that is DoD information Impact Level 5-ready for infrastructure, platform, and ...