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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...

Cloud DemoPalooza – Azure Gov Style (On Demand)

March 19, 2018 Mar 19, 2018 03/19/18
Karina Homme
We challenged our Azure Government DC user community to share 12-minute demos at last month's Meetup, Cloud DemoPalooza – Azure Gov Style, to showcase cool tech to help accelerate your cloud implementation.  If you weren’t able to join us in person, we invite you to replay the demos on the Microsoft Azure Government Meetup YouTube ...

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

July 14, 2017 Jul 14, 2017 07/14/17
Karina Homme
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 the ...

Microsoft Tech Summit DC to feature government-focused sessions – March 6-7

March 1, 2017 Mar 1, 2017 03/1/17
Karina Homme
Are you headed to the Microsoft Tech Summit March 6-7 in Washington, DC?  If so, be sure to connect with the Azure Government Engineering team.  Among the more than 50 technical training sessions, we are hosting 14 government-specific sessions starting with a can’t-miss “What’s New in Azure Government Cloud” by Tom Keane, General ...

Azure Government Marketplace Loves Open Source and Bitnami

November 18, 2016 Nov 18, 2016 11/18/16
Aravind Aluri, Product Manager, Azure Government
       Azure Government is excited to expand our partnership with Bitnami via the Azure Government Marketplace beyond the initial offering in Image Gallery. We are happy to announce the first wave of open source images published by Bitnami to the Azure Government marketplace. The first wave of free open source and Bring Your Own License...

Microsoft and Red Hat Partnership Expanded to Government

July 27, 2016 Jul 27, 2016 07/27/16
Karina Homme
We are pleased to announce the expansion of the Microsoft and Red Hat partnership that will now enable government organizations additional options to migrate their Red Hat subscriptions to Microsoft Azure Government.  This extends Microsoft Azure's certification as a Red Hat Certified Cloud and Service Provider (CCSP) to now serve our U.S. ...

Join us at Red Hat’s DevNation Federal 2016 in Washington, DC – July 28

June 30, 2016 Jun 30, 2016 06/30/16
Karina Homme
This week, Microsoft is made several announcements highlighting our commitment to customer choice and support for open source technologies, including Monday’s general availability of .NET Core 1.0 and ASP.NET Core 1.0. This release is a huge accomplishment for the entire open source ecosystem – with more than 18,000 developers ...