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Cloud Strategy - Azure Government

Region to Region preview is now available in Azure Government

September 19, 2017 Sep 19, 2017 09/19/17
Zach Kramer
We are excited to announce the preview of disaster recovery for Azure IaaS virtual machines (VMs) using Azure Site Recovery (ASR) in Azure Government. You can now easily replicate and protect IaaS based applications running on Azure to a different Azure Government region of your choice within a geographical cluster without deploying any ...

Identity Guidance for Azure Government Apps Now Available!

September 12, 2017 Sep 12, 2017 09/12/17
Bernarldo Ellis
Getting identity right is important. On the Azure Government engineering team we receive a lot of questions about how to enable identity in an Azure Government application. We recently released Planning identity for Azure Government applications; which serves as the first of many upcoming articles that cover key scenarios for Azure ...

Advance Your Skills: Azure and Azure Government Training Resources 

August 25, 2017 Aug 25, 2017 08/25/17
Steve Michelotti
Whether you are a beginner wanting to learn the basics of cloud computing or an experienced developer working with cloud services, there is a plethora of resources available that can help you gain further knowledge and insight on all of the capabilities of Azure and Azure Government.   If you have the desire to learn more about cloud ...

Meetup Replay: Advancing Digital Government in the Cloud

August 10, 2017 Aug 10, 2017 08/10/17
Karina Homme
This guest blog post is written by Vishwas Lele from Applied Information Sciences (AIS). AIS provides software and systems engineering services to government agencies and businesses across the United States. They specialize in cloud services, DevOps, custom application development and IT services. For additional information please visit www....

What does it take to migrate to Azure Government?

July 14, 2017 Jul 14, 2017 07/14/17
Steve Michelotti
In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti talks with Scott Gruenemeier about what it takes to migrate to Azure Government. Scott draws upon his vast experience working directly with customers to clearly articulate the most important steps for getting started with your cloud migration. Steve and Scott discuss the ...

Microsoft Azure Government adds Premium Storage and expanded Virtual Machine image coverage

June 21, 2016 Jun 21, 2016 06/21/16
Brenda Y Lee
<Cross posted from the Azure Blog.> Today, I am pleased to announce additional functionality for Microsoft Azure Government. In support of key customer requests, and service portfolio expansion, we have added support for Premium Storage and several additional pre-configured Virtual Machine images.  Azure Government customers can begin...