Azure Government

Updates for building solutions across Microsoft's Clouds for Government

App Service Environment is now available in Azure Government

April 12, 2018 Apr 12, 2018 04/12/18

Gerardo Saca

The App Service Environment, with Isolated pricing plans, is now available in Azure Government. The App Service Environment is a deployment of the Azure App Service and runs in your Azure Virtual Network. With an App Service Environment you have more options for: The App Service Environment can be deployed with an internet ...

Optimizing defense systems with Advanced services

April 11, 2018 Apr 11, 2018 04/11/18

Azure Gov Team

(image) The proliferation of data from devices and sensors creates both challenges and opportunities for US armed forces. Today, data comes from both manned and unmanned platforms—ranging from form factors like the sophisticated instrumentation on a modern aircraft to the wearable gear. The challenge in handling all this data lies in ...

Announcing Azure DevTest Labs in Azure Government

April 10, 2018 Apr 10, 2018 04/10/18

Gerardo Saca

Today, we're excited to announce the availability of Azure DevTest Labs in Azure Government. Azure DevTest Labs is a self-service sandbox environment in Azure that enables you to quickly create dev/test environments while minimizing waste and controlling costs. Developers and testers need to spend considerable time configuring their self-...

ExpressRoute monitoring with Network Performance Monitor (NPM) is now generally available in Azure Government

April 9, 2018 Apr 9, 2018 04/9/18

Azure Gov Team

This blog was contributed by: Abhave Sharma, Program Manager, R&D Networking IDC We are pleased to announce the availability of ExpressRoute monitoring with Network Performance Monitor (NPM) in Azure Government Cloud-Virginia. Check out what the new capability can do for you below: Overview You can now monitor end-to-end ...

Azure Advisor in Preview in Azure Government

April 9, 2018 Apr 9, 2018 04/9/18

Gerardo Saca

Azure Advisor is now in preview in Azure Government. Advisor is a free offering that helps you to follow best practices to optimize your Azure deployments. It analyzes your resource configuration and usage telemetry to recommend solutions that can help you improve the cost effectiveness, performance, and high availability of your Azure ...

Mobile Apps Powered by Azure Government

April 5, 2018 Apr 5, 2018 04/5/18

Steve Michelotti

In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti sits down with Eric Egland and Andrew Ditmer of the Microsoft Global Black Belt team to discuss building mobile apps on Azure Government. Have you ever wanted to get a mobile app up and running quickly but figured it would take way too much time and effort? Eric and ...

Power BI Premium and Power BI Embedded available for Azure Government

April 4, 2018 Apr 4, 2018 04/4/18

Azure Gov Team

Power BI Embedded and BI Premium are now generally available for Microsoft Azure Government, extending existing Power BI capabilities to support U.S. government agencies and their partners in advancing the mission.

New eBook on strengthening cybersecurity for the DoD

April 4, 2018 Apr 4, 2018 04/4/18

Azure Gov Team

The rapid evolution of technology and the exploitation of data, machine intelligence, and on-demand computing power is changing the requirements of cybersecurity. Fortunately, the tools available to the DoD are changing, too.

Azure Government AAD Authority Endpoint Update

April 3, 2018 Apr 3, 2018 04/3/18

Bernarldo Ellis

We are continuing our efforts to provide a differentiated US Government platform and have updated our Identity architecture to bring additional capabilities inside the Azure Government infrastructure boundary. Part of this, as shared in our Azure Government endpoint mappings, is changing the Azure Active Directory (AAD) Authority for Azure ...