Networking

New networking features in Azure Government

Azure Gov Team April 10, 2020 Apr 10, 2020 04/10/20

We recently announced Azure Virtual WAN along with other networking services you won’t want to miss, and now you can utilize Express Route and Point-to-Site VPN gateway with Azure Virtual WAN. In addition, you can now use IPv6 support within Azure Virtual Network to address IPv4 depletion in your own networks and expand your mobile and IoT ...

Trusted Internet Connection guidance for Azure IaaS and PaaS solutions

Azure Gov Team July 30, 2018 Jul 30, 2018 07/30/18

This post was contributed by Susie Adams, Chief Technology Officer Microsoft Federal, and Diego Lapiduz, Chief Information Security Architect - Azure Government at Microsoft. Many government customers that are working to optimize security in the cloud have asked for guidance on how to align with the policies set by the Trusted Internet ...

Application Security Groups now generally available in Azure Government

Mike Ketchum April 25, 2018 Apr 25, 2018 04/25/18

We are pleased to announce general availability of Application Security Groups (ASG) in all Azure regions including Azure Government. This feature provides security micro-segmentation for your virtual networks in Azure. The detailed announcement can be viewed here: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/applicationsecuritygroups/ ASGs ...

App Service Environment is now available in Azure Government

Gerardo Saca April 12, 2018 Apr 12, 2018 04/12/18

The App Service Environment, with Isolated pricing plans, is now available in Azure Government. The App Service Environment is a deployment of the Azure App Service and runs in your Azure Virtual Network. With an App Service Environment you have more options for: The App Service Environment can be deployed with an internet ...

Azure Advisor in Preview in Azure Government

Gerardo Saca April 9, 2018 Apr 9, 2018 04/9/18

Azure Advisor is now in preview in Azure Government. Advisor is a free offering that helps you to follow best practices to optimize your Azure deployments. It analyzes your resource configuration and usage telemetry to recommend solutions that can help you improve the cost effectiveness, performance, and high availability of your Azure ...

Accelerated Networking for both Windows and Linux is now generally available in Azure Government

Mike Ketchum March 15, 2018 Mar 15, 2018 03/15/18

We are happy to announce that Accelerated Networking (AN) for both Windows and Linux is now generally available in Azure Government. Accelerated networking provides consistent ultra-low network latency via Azure's in-house programmable hardware and technologies such as SR-IOV. By moving much of Azure's software-defined networking stack off ...

VNet Service Endpoints for Azure SQL Database now generally available in Azure Government

Mike Ketchum February 23, 2018 Feb 23, 2018 02/23/18

The Azure Networking team has announced the general availability of Virtual Network (VNet) Service Endpoints for Azure SQL Database in all Azure regions, including Azure Government. The announcement can be seen here: VNet Service Endpoints for Azure SQL Database now generally available VNet Service Endpoints for Azure SQL Database allow ...

Networking features recently made generally available in Azure Government

Mike Ketchum February 21, 2018 Feb 21, 2018 02/21/18

The Azure Government team continually strives to bring the latest Azure platform features to Azure Government. In this post I highlight networking features that have recently been made generally available in Azure Government. Network Watcher Network Watcher is a regional service that enables you to monitor and diagnose conditions at a ...

A year in review for Azure Government

Tom Keane, General Manager, Microsoft February 6, 2018 Feb 6, 2018 02/6/18

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 ...

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