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April 28: Top cloud cyber defense tactics for government

April 14, 2021 Apr 14, 2021 04/14/21
Karina Homme
Today’s threat landscape continues to grow in complexity, sophistication, and frequency. As advanced attacks emerge, it is critical for government agencies to keep pace with actionable tips and the latest technology to protect your enterprise. We invite you to join us to learn new cloud cyber defense preparation tactics for government.

Join the meetup: Achieving speed to capability in government – Dec. 2, 2020

November 23, 2020 Nov 23, 2020 11/23/20
Karina Homme
Today’s mission speed continues to outpace government’s ability to deliver modern capabilities to end users. To keep pace with mission demands, agencies are reimagining their IT efforts including leveraging powerful technologies such as continuous software deployment, container management, automated machine learning, and serverless PaaS...

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

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

Meetup replay: Gov IT modernization in the era of COVID-19

May 20, 2020 May 20, 2020 05/20/20
Karina Homme
Our April Microsoft Azure Government meetup featured innovative demos and influential speakers in the federal space from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), CGI Federal, C3.ai, and Microsoft discussing strategies, challenges and tools for driving government IT modernization along the impacts COVID-19 brings to these efforts. Microsoft’s ...

Meetup replay: Gov cloud demopalooza

April 24, 2020 Apr 24, 2020 04/24/20
Karina Homme
About 80 Microsoft Azure Government user community members joined us last month for our first-ever virtual meetup, Gov cloud demopalooza, featuring TechTrend Inc., Mobius Logic, Leidos and Microsoft. In case you missed it, we invite you to watch the replay on our Azure Government meetup channel to see the innovative demos and great ...

Join us online April 29: Gov IT modernization in the era of COVID-19

April 7, 2020 Apr 7, 2020 04/7/20
Karina Homme
It was recently announced that the Technology Modernization Fund could get an additional $3 billion for agencies to upgrade IT tied to the COVID-19 response. Now, more than ever, there’s a great sense of urgency and demand for government to modernize and adopt cloud technologies to ensure it can best serve citizens. With this in mind, we ...

Join us March 18: Gov Cloud Demopalooza (now virtual)

March 17, 2020 Mar 17, 2020 03/17/20
Karina Homme
We will be virtual only this month for the Microsoft Azure Government DC Meetup, Gov Cloud Demopalooza, on Wednesday, March 18. RSVP and get the broadcast link on our Meetup site. We have an exciting showcase of demos lined up so grab your dinner and drink(s), engage in Q&A, and enjoy our Gov Cloud Demopalooza! Featured speakers ...

Join us Feb. 26: The Need for Speed – Realizing DevSecOps ​in Gov

February 18, 2020 Feb 18, 2020 02/18/20
Karina Homme
Citizens increasingly expect higher performance and quality of government services and applications – putting developers on the hook to deliver new, secure capabilities to their agencies faster than ever. To keep pace, agencies can implement DevSecOps– a methodology that leverages agile principles, automation and integrates security from ...