Azure Government

Updates for building solutions across Microsoft's Clouds for Government

DoD - Azure Government

Aerospace and defense leader L3 Technologies selects Azure Government to accelerate innovation

March 27, 2018 Mar 27, 2018 03/27/18
Azure Gov Team
Today we are pleased to announce that L3 Technologies, a leading provider of a broad range of communication, electronic and sensor systems and products used on military, homeland security and commercial platforms, has chosen Microsoft Azure Government as its primary cloud platform for expanding data analytics capabilities, optimizing IT operations, and delivering greater value to customers.

A year in review for Azure Government

February 6, 2018 Feb 6, 2018 02/6/18
Tom Keane, General Manager, Microsoft
Looking back over the past year and seeing the progress we’ve made gives us a real sense of momentum as we continue to double-down on our investments in Azure Government in 2018. As the engineering lead for Azure Government, my team looks at everything from where we build datacenters, to what hardware and networking we put in those ...

Federal agencies continue to advance capabilities with Azure Government

January 24, 2018 Jan 24, 2018 01/24/18
Tom Keane, General Manager, Microsoft
We’re continuing to see agencies advance their capabilities using Azure Government. Two agencies have recently issued new Authority to Operate (ATO) designations for Azure Government: the U.S. Air Force with a DoD Impact Level 4 ATO for its Common Computing Environment (CCE) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with a FedRAMP ...

Announcing the availability of DoD regions via Government CSP Program for Azure Government

December 18, 2017 Dec 18, 2017 12/18/17
Steve Michelotti
We are excited to announce that partners can now re-sell Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 5 Azure Government regions to their customers through the Cloud Solution Provider Program (CSP). We’re committed to expanding partner opportunities to bring cloud innovation to their defense customers, and the availability of the DoD regions ...

Harnessing the intelligent cloud for Defense

November 30, 2017 Nov 30, 2017 11/30/17
Derek Strausbaugh, Principal Program Manager
(image) The rapid evolution of technology and the exploitation of data, machine intelligence and on-demand computing power is changing the landscape of defense. This is leading to a massive shift in how the United States Department of Defense (DoD) is looking to adopt cloud computing services to rapidly innovate, extend its mission ...

Power BI Premium generally available for U.S. government users

September 28, 2017 Sep 28, 2017 09/28/17
Miguel A. Martinez
With more than 20 compliance offerings, Power BI delivers an end-to-end business intelligence solution while helping organizations comply with national, regional and industry-specific requirements. Today, we are pleased to build on this legacy by announcing Power BI Premium will be generally available for both the U.S. Government Community ...

Azure Government ExpressRoute

August 16, 2017 Aug 16, 2017 08/16/17
Steve Michelotti
In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti talks with James Walters about Azure Government ExpressRoute. James starts out by explaining what ExpressRoute is and what the primary benefits are for government customers. He also clarifies the difference between ExpressRoute for commercial versus Government and the DoD. ...

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 ...

Microsoft Azure Government Now Available from Six US Datacenter Regions

July 10, 2017 Jul 10, 2017 07/10/17
Tom Keane, General Manager, Microsoft
(image) I am pleased to announce that Azure Government is commercially live in two additional datacenter regions in Arizona and Texas for U.S. government customers and their partners following my announcement late last year. With these expansions, Azure Government has capacity in proximity to government customers and partners on the East ...