Insights, how-tos and updates for building solutions on Microsoft's cloud for US government
August 16, 2017Aug 16, 201708/16/17Azure NC-based instances are powered by NVIDIA Tesla® K80 GPUs and provide the compute power required to accelerate the most demanding high-performance computing (HPC) and AI workloads. Customers can now use these instances to run deep learning training jobs, HPC simulations,
March 16, 2017Mar 16, 201703/16/17We are happy to announce the general availability of DSv2-Series and Fs-Series (not to be confused with F-series) virtual machines in US Gov Virginia.
DSv2-series and Fs-series VMs can use Premium Storage, which provides high-performance, low-latency storage for Input/Output intensive workloads.
October 25, 2016Oct 25, 201610/25/16Riverbed Technology is bringing Riverbed SteelHead CX to the Microsoft Azure Government Cloud. Government customers are now able to understand, optimize, and control applications and data across the hybrid enterprise, extending into the cloud.
With SteelHead CX in Azure you get:
Riverbed’s #1 optimization solution in the Azure Government cloud enabling peak performance of applications across any network,
October 21, 2016Oct 21, 201610/21/16Esri is excited to announce the availability of ArcGIS for Server on the Microsoft Azure Government Cloud. ArcGIS for Server will allow you to deploy leading-edge GIS technology on Microsoft Azure virtual machines.
As the world’s leading enterprise mapping and spatial analytics platform,
October 19, 2016Oct 19, 201610/19/16We are happy to announce that government customers can now deploy Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 and 7.2 VM images in a Pay-As-You-Go model directly from the Azure Government Marketplace with per-minute billing. This is following our partnership announcement with Red Hat in Azure Government on July 27th,
July 18, 2016Jul 18, 201607/18/16We are pleased to announce that Microsoft Team Foundation Server VM Images are now available in Azure Government.
Team Foundation Server
Team Foundation Server provides a set of collaboration tools that work with your existing IDE or editor, so your team can work effectively on software projects of all shapes and sizes.
June 30, 2016Jun 30, 201606/30/16We are happy to share with you the most recently published VM images now available for Microsoft Azure Government customers.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 on Windows Server 2012 R2
SharePoint Server 2013 Trial
SQL Server 2012 SP3 Standard on Windows Server 2012 R2
SQL Server 2012 SP3 Enterprise on Windows Server 2012 R2
SQL Server 2014 SP1 Enterprise on Windows Server 2012 R2
SQL Server 2014 SP1 Standard on Windows Server 2012 R2
SQL Server 2016 RTM Enterprise on Windows Server 2012 R2
SQL Server 2016 Standard Windows Server 2012 R2
Visual Studio Community 2013 Update 5 with Azure 2.9 on Windows Server 2012 R2
Visual Studio Community 2013 Update 5 with Tools for Apache Cordova CTP 3.2 on Windows Server 2012 R2
Visual Studio Ultimate 2013 Update 5 on Windows Server 2012
Visual Studio Community 2015 with Azure SDK 2.9 on Windows Server 2012 R2
Visual Studio Community 2015 Update 2 with Azure SDK 2.9 on Windows Server 2012 R2
Visual Studio Enterprise 2015 with Azure SDK 2.9 on Windows Server 2012 R2
You can see the full list of currently available images in our Image Gallery Documentation.
June 21, 2016Jun 21, 201606/21/16<Cross posted from the Azure Blog.>
Today, I am pleased to announce additional functionality for Microsoft Azure Government. In support of key customer requests, and service portfolio expansion, we have added support for Premium Storage and several additional pre-configured Virtual Machine images.
June 9, 2016Jun 9, 201606/9/16We are happy to announce the availability of the Microsoft Azure service resiliency guidance page. We created this page because our customers have asked us for clear guidance on what to do when they experienced a service disruption. Since a service disruption can be localized (perhaps an issue on a specific host or even code within a virtual machine) or more general (impacting any number of machines within a region) it is important to understand both the scope of the impact and what you can do if you are experiencing such an event.
May 25, 2016May 25, 201605/25/16In the last few weeks, we have made Dv2-Series VMs available in the US Gov – Iowa region for Azure Government. This means that both Azure Government regions now have access to D-Series VMs. US Gov – Virginia has the original D-Series VMs.
