Department of Defense

Announcing private preview of authorized DoD Cloud Infrastructure as Code for Azure

August 30, 2021 Aug 30, 2021 08/30/21

Zach Kramer

To help Department of Defense (DoD) customers keep pace with mission demands, we’re announcing the private preview of DoD Cloud Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for Azure – a set of preauthorized baselines that build standard environments in Azure Government to accelerate DoD adoption of cloud services.

97 Azure Government services now authorized for DoD IL5 workloads

September 29, 2020 Sep 29, 2020 09/29/20

Azure Gov Team

We continue to drive expansion of support for Department of Defense Security Requirements Guide (DoD SRG) Impact Level 5 (IL5) to all Azure Government regions. We’ve added 18 new services for a total of 97 services authorized for IL5 workloads in Azure Government – more than any other cloud provider. These services include a broad ...

Join us online Sept. 30: How government can put AI into action

September 14, 2020 Sep 14, 2020 09/14/20

Karina Homme

Today’s AI solutions perform increasingly complex tasks that can enhance government’s mission; from predictive maintenance to language translation to improving farming and expediting disaster response. While the magnitude of impact AI can have on agencies is significant, there are many roadblocks to adoption and understanding optimal ...

Commercial best practices for DevSecOps in Defense

June 26, 2020 Jun 26, 2020 06/26/20

Azure Gov Team

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 ...

DoD IL5 scope expands to all Azure Government regions

April 29, 2019 Apr 29, 2019 04/29/19

Dustin Martin

Earlier this month we announced that Microsoft has expanded the IL5 Provisional Authorization (PA) granted by the Department of Defense (DoD) to all Azure Government regions. This expanded coverage brings more PaaS features and services at Impact Level 5 (IL5) to customers than any other cloud provider. With six regions across the United ...

Enabling government to advance the mission

April 17, 2019 Apr 17, 2019 04/17/19

Azure Gov Team

Azure Government Secret now in private preview and pending accreditation Azure Government Secret delivers comprehensive and mission enabling cloud services to US Federal Civilian, Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC), and US government partners working within Secret enclaves. Developed using the same foundational ...

Azure DoD Regions Accredited at Impact Level 5 and Now Generally Available

January 13, 2017 Jan 13, 2017 01/13/17

Derek Strausbaugh, Principal Program Manager

Earlier today Tom Keane, General Manager, Azure announced that Azure Government is the first and only hyperscale commercial cloud service to be awarded an Information Impact Level 5 DoD Provisional Authorization by the Defense Information Systems Agency. In addition, Azure Government regions dedicated to US Department of Defense customer ...