Azure Government

Updates for building solutions across Microsoft's Clouds for Government

July 2018 - Azure Government

Trusted Internet Connection guidance for Azure IaaS and PaaS solutions

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

Announcing the launch of Azure M-series VMs with up to 4TB RAM in USGov Arizona region

July 26, 2018 Jul 26, 2018 07/26/18
Azure Gov Team
We are excited to announce the launch of Azure M-series Virtual Machines in the USGov Virginia region. Azure M-series VMs offer memory from 192 GB up to 4 TB on a single VM with configurations from 8 to 128 hyper-threaded vCPUs, powered by Intel® Xeon® 2.5 GHz E7-8890 v3 processors. The Azure M-series is perfectly suited for your in-memory...

Machine Learning on Azure Government with HDInsight

July 25, 2018 Jul 25, 2018 07/25/18
Steve Michelotti
In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti sits down to talk with Yujin Hong, Program Manager on the Azure Government Engineering team, about Machine Learning on Azure Government with HDInsight. There are endless applications of Artificial intelligence in the Government space, from predictive analytics to object ...

Azure Government Marketplace expanding with new Pay-As-You-Go offers

July 17, 2018 Jul 17, 2018 07/17/18
Sarah Weldon
As part of our rapidly growing solution marketplace for Azure Government, we’d like to announce several new Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) marketplace offers. These new offers enable our government customers to purchase marketplace solutions directly through Azure Government, streamlining the procurement process. In addition, our partners can use ...

Join the Azure Gov DC Meetup July 25: IT Governance for Cloud – Gov Best Practices

July 13, 2018 Jul 13, 2018 07/13/18
Karina Homme
(image) One of the biggest concerns slowing down government digital transformation is the lack of effective IT governance. Unresolved concerns including privacy, security and organizational silos limiting data sharing and analysis continue to pose challenges for agencies. To discuss ways to overcome these challenges, we invite you to RSVP ...

New services and Azure Government marketplace partners

July 11, 2018 Jul 11, 2018 07/11/18
Azure Gov Team
(image) This summer we’re continuing to bring new services into Azure Government to support the innovation happening in the public sector. We would like to announce the following new services, with more coming soon: Azure Media Services is now generally available in Azure Government. Media Services makes it easy to use high-definition ...

Azure Security Center Preview now available in Azure Government

July 3, 2018 Jul 3, 2018 07/3/18
Azure Gov Team
(image) While cyber threats affect every organization and every individual, governments face unique challenges. The recent Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Infrastructure represents a key example of the growing pressure on government agencies to increase their efforts around protecting highly ...