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Backup - Azure Government

Fast Deduplication with NetBackup CloudCatalyst for the Azure Government Cloud

June 7, 2018 Jun 7, 2018 06/7/18
Azure Gov Team
Got Back Up? Anyone who has a basement or even a closet in their home, knows the sometimes painful necessity of clearing out space and managing storage. Government agencies embarking on digital transformation can also feel the pain of runaway costs due to storage accumulation for backups. With Veritas NetBackup 8.1 in Azure Government ...

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 ...

Empower Federal Employees with Modern Technology

November 8, 2017 Nov 8, 2017 11/8/17
Karina Homme
In Gartner’s Top Seven Priorities for U.S. Federal CIOs, they maintain that revitalizing the IT workforce should be looked at as an opportunity for CIOs to improve the quality of employees their organization has.[1] One  way of doing this is by modernizing the workforce with new and innovative technology. CIOs can leverage updated ...

Use Case: Region to Region Azure Site Recovery

September 21, 2017 Sep 21, 2017 09/21/17
Pishoy Bous, Azure Technical Specialist
Azure Site Recovery (ASR) provides capabilities to automate protection and replication of virtual machines, providing a true Disaster Recovery as a Service Solution (DRaaS). ASR allows for data replication to multiple geographically dispersed regions, which provides a significant opportunity for cost savings while enhancing Business Continuity...

Announcing General Availability of Managed Disks in Microsoft Azure Government Cloud 

September 20, 2017 Sep 20, 2017 09/20/17
Zach Kramer
We're pleased to announce General Availability of Managed Disks in the Microsoft Azure Government Cloud. Managed Disks are available in USGov Virginia, USGov Texas, USGov Arizona, USDoD Central and USDoD East Azure US Government regions.  Azure Managed Disks simplifies disk management for Azure IaaS VMs by managing the storage accounts ...

Announcing General Availability of Blob Storage (Hot/Cool) in US Gov Virginia

September 5, 2017 Sep 5, 2017 09/5/17
Kyle Deeds, Program Manager
We are happy to announce the generally availability of Blob Storage accounts in US Gov Virginia. The feature is now enabled in three regions including the recently announced US Gov Arizona and US Gov Texas. Blob storage accounts are specialized storage accounts for storing your unstructured data as blobs (objects) in Azure Storage. With Blob...

Microsoft Azure Enables NIST CSF Compliance: Recover Function

August 21, 2017 Aug 21, 2017 08/21/17
Matt Rathbun
Today, as part of our ongoing support of the Cybersecurity Executive Order, I am pleased to announce the final release in a series of documents on enabling compliance with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) through Microsoft Azure services. This release specifically outlines how to implement the Recover function requirements using the ...

Azure Site Recovery available in DoD and New Azure Government Regions

August 1, 2017 Aug 1, 2017 08/1/17
Sarah Weldon
We are pleased to announce the availability of Azure Site Recovery (ASR) to all Azure government regions in the United States. With this expansion, Azure Site Recovery is now available in all Azure government regions (US DOD Central, US DOD East, US Gov Arizona, US Gov Texas, US Gov Iowa, and US Gov Virginia). Customers can now select any of ...

Azure Backup now available in US DoD and Azure Government Regions

August 1, 2017 Aug 1, 2017 08/1/17
Sarah Weldon
Today we are announcing the expansion of Azure Backup to DoD and additional Azure Government regions. This expansion makes Azure Backup available in all Azure Government regions (US DOD Central, US DOD East, US Gov Texas, US Gov Arizona, US Gov Iowa, US Gov Virginia). Azure Backup can backup (or protect) and restore your data in Microsoft ...

General availability of Storage Service Encryption and “Secure transfer required”

July 21, 2017 Jul 21, 2017 07/21/17
Kyle Deeds, Program Manager
*Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Storage Service Encryption for Azure Files Storage, as well as the "Secure transfer required" feature now being supported in the Azure Government Storage account. Storage Service Encryption for Azure File Storage Azure File Storage is a fully managed service providing distributed ...