Azure Government

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2016 - Page 2 of 10 - Azure Government

Azure Government Marketplace Loves Open Source and Bitnami

November 18, 2016 Nov 18, 2016 11/18/16
Aravind Aluri, Product Manager, Azure Government
(image)    (image)    (image) 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...

Azure Government Cloud expands P-ATO scope with addition of five new offerings

November 16, 2016 Nov 16, 2016 11/16/16
Nate Johnson, Sr. Program Manager
(image) We are pleased to announce that Azure’s Government Cloud has expanded its FedRAMP Provisional Authorization to Operate (P-ATO) with the addition of five new offerings. Service Bus, Notification Hubs, Site Recovery, StorSimple, and Backup have all received Joint Authorization Board (JAB) approval for addition to Azure Government’...

Log Analytics: How Operational Management Suite keeps customers safe and secure on Azure

November 15, 2016 Nov 15, 2016 11/15/16
Brian Christopher Harrison
(image) This is my last post in this series where we have been talking about the Operational Management Suite (OMS) within Azure Government and how it can make customers feel safe & secure. In the previous posts we focused on the Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, and Azure Automation services that help make up the suite. Now I want to ...

Automation Runbooks & DSC: How Operational Management Suite keeps Customers Safe & Secure in Azure

November 10, 2016 Nov 10, 2016 11/10/16
Brian Christopher Harrison
(image) In my last post, I talked about the second of the two services within the Operational Management Suit (OMS) that focuses on Backup & Recovery of your On-Prem or Cloud related infrastructure. However, this is only one piece of the operational management footprint that Public Sector customers' IT departments need to keep their ...

Site Recovery: How Operational Management Suite keeps customers safe and secure on Azure

November 9, 2016 Nov 9, 2016 11/9/16
Brian Christopher Harrison
In my last post, I spent some time providing an overview of Operational Management Suite (OMS) and specifically, the Azure Backup service. I tried to focus on the advantages of the suite from the perspective of a potential Azure Government customer as well as the perspective of customers that have already implemented or are implementing a ...

Join us: Cybersecurity Best Practices for Cloud in Government — Nov. 16 in DC

November 9, 2016 Nov 9, 2016 11/9/16
Karina Homme
(image) With billions of connected devices, our digital life is more convenient than ever. But those devices also create opportunities for attackers to move quickly from an initial breach to a major loss; and it can happen within minutes.   Join us for the Microsoft Azure Government DC Meetup on Wednesday, Nov. 16 starting at 6 pm. as we ...

Microsoft Azure Government and Booz Allen Announce Virtual Cloud Defense

November 4, 2016 Nov 4, 2016 11/4/16
Derek Strausbaugh, Principal Program Manager
Cloud Security Suite Brings Power and Simplicity to Securing Cloud Deployments Microsoft and Booz Allen Hamilton are pleased to announce the general availability of Virtual Cloud Defense (VCD) for Azure Government. Virtual Cloud Defense from Booz Allen helps Azure Government customers secure cloud workloads and protect data by deploying cost...