Azure Government

Updates for building solutions across Microsoft's Clouds for Government

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New course: How to leverage the power of cloud for government

January 23, 2018 Jan 23, 2018 01/23/18
Karina Homme
Government needs the agility to respond to almost any situation. While cloud can enable this agility, many cloud models aren’t designed with government in mind, and don’t adhere to strict government security and regulation standards.   To provide insight into how government cloud solutions help agencies realize the benefits of cloud ...

Join us: Advancing Digital Government in the Cloud — July 26

July 14, 2017 Jul 14, 2017 07/14/17
Karina Homme
(image) It's no secret that cloud computing empowers organizations to deliver better government. While cloud adoption is still in early stages, how to take advantage of new technologies is at the forefront of every government IT department. Hear from government and industry IT leaders who are paving the way to advance digital government at ...

Microsoft publishes CJIS Implementation Guidelines to help Law Enforcement Agencies

July 19, 2016 Jul 19, 2016 07/19/16
Rochelle M. Eichner
The Criminal Justice Information Services Division (CJIS) Implementation Guidelines is designed to provide insight into the CJIS security controls applicable to Microsoft Cloud services, and provide guidance to law enforcement agencies on where to access detailed information to assist in CJIS audits. This document provides guidelines and ...

Have AzCopy, Will Travel

June 6, 2015 Jun 6, 2015 06/6/15
SteveK-MS
[Update: Azure uses sparse storage, so only the bits that represent user data are transferred. When transferring disk VHDs that are less than full, this will make the throughput look seemingly much better.] As some of the Azure Government blog posts have eluded to, AzCopy is the preferred way to move files around. Many of us are using Azure ...