Azure Government

Updates for building solutions across Microsoft's Clouds for Government

Microsoft + GitHub = Empowering Developers

June 5, 2018 Jun 5, 2018 06/5/18
Azure Gov Team
(image) Yesterday, we announced an agreement to acquire GitHub, the world’s leading software development platform. Developers are at center of solving the world’s most pressing challenges. The era of the intelligent cloud and intelligent edge is upon us. Computing is becoming embedded in the world, with every part of our daily life and ...

Modernize Citizen Services with AvePoint

May 24, 2018 May 24, 2018 05/24/18
Azure Gov Team
Advancements in technology can challenge government agencies to meet rising citizen expectations. At the same time, they provide an opportunity for agencies to modernize operations, becoming more responsive, transparent, and efficient. AvePoint, who won the 2017 Microsoft Partner of the Year award for Public Sector: Microsoft CityNext, offers...

Announcing general availability of Azure API Management in Microsoft Azure Government

May 21, 2018 May 21, 2018 05/21/18
Azure Gov Team
We are pleased to announce that Azure API Management is now generally available in Microsoft Azure Government. API Management is a turnkey, full-lifecycle solution for publishing APIs to external and internal consumers. Customers use API Management to quickly create consistent and modern API gateways for existing back-end services hosted ...

Strengthening cybersecurity for the DoD – accelerating compliance

May 18, 2018 May 18, 2018 05/18/18
Azure Gov Team
(image) Agencies such as the DoD can improve their threat detection and response times by using cloud-based security capabilities and cloud intelligence through Microsoft Azure Government. By shifting responsibilities to Azure, the DoD can get more security coverage, which enables them to reallocate security resources and budget to other ...

Custom Speech Service for Government

May 15, 2018 May 15, 2018 05/15/18
Steve Michelotti
In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti talks with Vishwas Lele (CTO of Applied Information Sciences) about Custom Speech for the government. They start out with some Custom Speech history and then move into highlighting key changes in this space such as cloud enabled computing power for large dataset vocabulary ...

Microsoft Azure Government at AFCEA Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium in Baltimore

May 14, 2018 May 14, 2018 05/14/18
Azure Gov Team
(image) Join the Microsoft Azure Government team at the upcoming AFCEA Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium, May 15 – 17, in Baltimore, Maryland. Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Azure CTO and distinguished author will deliver a keynote on Thursday, May 17 at 10:45 a.m. in Hall E of the Baltimore Convention Center. Mark will shed some light on...

Join us May 23: Harnessing cloud – how to accelerate your mission apps

May 10, 2018 May 10, 2018 05/10/18
Karina Homme
(image) IT modernization is top of mind for government. While most agencies are leading with cloud for their new applications, many struggle to realize the full value of modernization by moving the majority of their enterprise apps to the cloud and creating new citizen services. And, now, with the latest orders from the White House, there ...

How to use GPUs by NVIDIA on Azure Government for Virtual Machines and AI

May 3, 2018 May 3, 2018 05/3/18
Steve Michelotti
In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti talks with Anthony Robbins (Vice President, Public Sector, NVIDIA) about the background of GPUs and NVIDIA’s involvement in expanding GPU usage. Then, dive into key scenarios and use cases applicable to government customers, before learning about GPU capabilities ...