Azure Government

Updates for building solutions across Microsoft's Clouds for Government

Join us! Mastering cloud governance and management for gov – Aug 28

Managing governance and cloud spend are often cited as top challenges for government. And, while effective governance to ensure control over costs, performance, and security is essential for cloud success, many agencies are not fully leveraging the various tools, resources, and automation capabilities that can enable success. To hear how ...

Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 on Azure Government

In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti, Principal Program Manager, talks with Sachin Dubey, Software Engineer, on the Azure Government Engineering team, to talk about Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) Gen2 in Azure Government. The discussion starts with an explanation of what ADLS is and many of the advantages of ...

Terraform on Azure Government

In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti, Principal Program Manager talks with Kevin Mack, Cloud Solution Architect, supporting State and Local Government at Microsoft, about Terraform on Azure Government. Kevin begins by describing what Terraform is, as well as explaining advantages of using Terraform over Azure ...

Azure Cost Management on Azure Government

In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti, Principal Program Manager talks with Adam Wise, Program Manager, on the Azure Cost Management team, about Azure Cost Management in Azure Government. Adam starts by explaining what Cost Management is – and how it can enable government customers to spend taxpayer money ...

Azure and Azure Government support for NERC CIP standards

This blog was co-authored by Larry Cochrane , Principal Program Manager, Microsoft. We recently published two blogs on how you can use Azure Government to meet export control regulations: Export control implication on Azure and Azure Government and Managing export controls in Azure and Azure Government. This blog provides another deep dive...

Join us! Moving smart: Cloud accelerators for government – July 31

According to a recent Government Accountability Office report, only 11 percent of federal IT systems are running on the cloud while the Department of Defense uses cloud for about 3 percent of its tech. As many government agencies look to accelerate their drive to the cloud, they can encounter various roadblocks to picking up the pace. With ...

Export control implications on Azure and Azure Government

Disclaimer: Customers are wholly responsible for ensuring their own compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Information provided in this post does not constitute legal advice, and customers should consult their legal advisors for any questions regarding regulatory compliance. This blog is the first of two parts containing a ...

Building automated workflows on Azure Government with Logic Apps

Azure Logic Apps allows users to automate and orchestrate tasks, business processes, and workflows when you need to integrate apps, data, systems, and services across enterprises or organizations. With an easy-to-use, drag-drop user interface and hundreds of pre-built connectors allowing easy integration with other applications and services...

The need for speed: Azure DevOps

I recently had the opportunity to discuss Azure DevOps at the Microsoft Azure Government DC Meetup. During my presentation, The Need for Speed – Azure DevOps, I demonstrated how a new member of a dev team can quickly integrate and become productive with an existing project using Azure DevOps which facilitates productivity by combining ...