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

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

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.

SQL Server 2019 on RHEL8 container now available on Iron Bank-DoD’s Centralized Artifacts Repository

Nirali Shah May 14, 2021 May 14, 2021 05/14/21

SQL Server container images can now be used in highly-controlled environments, such as federal government, DoD, and Defense Industrial Base organizations, where the prerequisite to leverage any container image is that it must be hardened and accredited. To get started, you can download the container image from Iron Bank.

Video: Microsoft Azure and Kubernetes—Managed Kubernetes at hyperscale for government

Nirali Shah April 27, 2021 Apr 27, 2021 04/27/21

Brendan Burns, Microsoft CVP of Azure Compute and Co-Founder of Kubernetes, presents at the United States Air Force Software Officer, Nicolas Chaillan’s, Ask Me Anything (AMA) series on DevSecOps for DoD.

120 Azure Government services now authorized for DoD IL5 workloads

Azure Gov Team February 11, 2021 Feb 11, 2021 02/11/21

We continue to drive expansion of our support for Department of Defense Security Requirements Guide (DoD SRG) Impact Level 5 (IL5) across all Azure Government regions. Our latest addition of 23 new services brings a total of 120 services authorized for IL5 workloads in Azure Government – more than any other cloud provider. These services ...

Quickly deploy DoD STIG-compliant images and visualize compliance using Azure

Azure Gov Team January 5, 2021 Jan 5, 2021 01/5/21

This blog is authored by members of Microsoft’s Government Cybersecurity, Azure Global Critical Infrastructure team: Michele Myauo, Principal Engineering Manager; Adam Dimopoulos, Senior Program Manager; and Shawn Gibbs, Senior Program Manager. At Microsoft, our security and compliance story is one of our greatest differentiators. ...

Join us Oct. 28: Balancing security + gov cloud innovation

Karina Homme October 22, 2020 Oct 22, 2020 10/22/20

The proliferation of data combined with the speed of advancing technology bring complex challenges to government’s ability to protect itself from evolving cyberthreats while striving to accelerate cloud innovation. In support of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we invite you to RSVP and join us for a virtual Azure Government Meetup...

97 Azure Government services now authorized for DoD IL5 workloads

Azure Gov Team September 29, 2020 Sep 29, 2020 09/29/20

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

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

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

Azure Gov Team June 26, 2020 Jun 26, 2020 06/26/20

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 ...

79 Azure Government services now authorized for DoD IL5 workloads

Azure Gov Team May 22, 2020 May 22, 2020 05/22/20

Just over a year ago, we announced the expansion of support for Department of Defense Security Requirements Guide (DoD SRG) Impact Level 5 (IL5) to all Azure Government regions – today we have 79 services authorized for IL5 workloads in Azure Government, enabling mission owners with more services at IL5 than any other cloud provider. ...

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