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79 Azure Government services now authorized for DoD IL5 workloads

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

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 ...

US Army Corps of Engineers get real-time dredging insights from moving to Azure

December 10, 2018 Dec 10, 2018 12/10/18
Azure Gov Team
With a mission to strengthen our nation’s security by building and maintaining infrastructure, the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is a federal agency under the Department of Defense with approximately 38,000 civilians and soldiers delivering engineering services in more than 130 countries worldwide. One of the key ...

U.S. Air Force awards $30M+ Enterprise IT-as-a-Service contract to Microsoft

October 4, 2018 Oct 4, 2018 10/4/18
Azure Gov Team
Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, Oct. 4, 2018 The U.S. Air Force has awarded a transformational $30+M agreement to Microsoft to provide secure network access to DoD data and applications as well as enable access for mobile and remotely located users. Microsoft has a longstanding 30-year partnership with the DoD and this other transaction ...

Strengthening cybersecurity for the DoD – accelerating compliance

May 18, 2018 May 18, 2018 05/18/18
Azure Gov Team
Agencies such as the DoD can improve their threat detection and response times by using cloud-based security capabilities and cloud intelligence through Microsoft Azure Government. By shifting responsibilities to Azure, the DoD can get more security coverage, which enables them to reallocate security resources and budget to other agency ...

Strengthening cybersecurity for the DoD – reducing risk

May 1, 2018 May 1, 2018 05/1/18
Azure Gov Team
Defense department senior leaders have directed DoD to adopt cloud computing to support the warfighter, a direction that will help build a stronger foundation of cybersecurity. The partnership with a dedicated, certified cloud provider can be pivotal. But given the breadth of these solutions, where should the DoD turn? In the new defense ...

A hybrid approach for the Department of Defense

April 26, 2018 Apr 26, 2018 04/26/18
Azure Gov Team
Today, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is taking significant steps to modernize existing systems, opening the door for the use of emerging technologies to increase speed and agility. Accelerating adoption of cloud technologies is critical to the DoD’s ability to maintain the long-term strategic advantage of US military forces. However...

Optimizing defense systems with Advanced services

April 11, 2018 Apr 11, 2018 04/11/18
Azure Gov Team
The proliferation of data from devices and sensors creates both challenges and opportunities for US armed forces. Today, data comes from both manned and unmanned platforms—ranging from form factors like the sophisticated instrumentation on a modern aircraft to the wearable gear.  The challenge in handling all this data lies in ensuring ...