Azure Government

Bringing cloud innovation to US state and local government

March 14, 2018 Mar 14, 2018 03/14/18

Stuart McKee, Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft

(image) A primary challenge for US state and local government agencies is to drive IT innovation while maintaining regulatory compliance. As citizens expectations rise, agencies must work to modernize infrastructure while keeping costs contained. Many agencies are moving to the cloud to achieve both mandates. As they make this move, they ...

Announcing Microsoft Jenkins Solution Template for Azure Government Cloud

March 13, 2018 Mar 13, 2018 03/13/18

Gerardo Saca

Since the launch of Microsoft Jenkins offer in Azure Marketplace in mid-2017, it’s exciting to see the growing number of customers using our solution template to run Jenkins on Azure. Jenkins is a popular open source CI/CD server. With our solution template, you can stand a Jenkins master running on a Linux (Ubuntu 16.05 LTS) VM up on ...

Accelerating cloud capabilities for Government customers

March 5, 2018 Mar 5, 2018 03/5/18

Lily Kim, General Manager, Azure Global

(image) At the Microsoft Government Tech Summit in Washington D.C. today, we are pleased to share a host of new capabilities for Azure Government customers as we take the next step forward in meeting the mission-critical needs of our U.S. Government customers. Below you will find full detail on some of our key announcements. For a summary ...

Announcing Azure Stack integration with Azure Government 

March 5, 2018 Mar 5, 2018 03/5/18

Azure Gov Team

This blog was contributed by Natalia Mackevicius, Director, Azure Stack   Since the launch of Microsoft Azure Stack, we have been excited to see how customers and partners are unlocking new possibilities with hybrid cloud environments. At the same time, we have been working hard on incorporating customer feedback into the product ...

Run remote applications anytime anywhere with Frame for Azure Government

March 5, 2018 Mar 5, 2018 03/5/18

Steve Downs

Today, at the Microsoft Government Tech Summit, we announced that Frame is available in Azure Government. Frame enables our customers to deploy a secure Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) capability without the high cost of on-premises Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI); and Frame Government Edition enhances that capability with the ability to ...

Modernize your government agency with the latest in Azure and Microsoft 365

March 2, 2018 Mar 2, 2018 03/2/18

Azure Gov Team

(image) We hope to see you at Microsoft Government Tech Summit in Washington, D.C. on March 5–6, 2018! It will be two incredible days of technical learning, networking, and hands-on skill-building, led by the experts behind Microsoft’s cloud services. Who should attend? This exclusive learning event is targeted at ITI, ITDM, IT ...

Jumpstart Your Move to the Cloud – Gov Edition (Recap)

February 27, 2018 Feb 27, 2018 02/27/18

Karina Homme

Many government agencies often find that they are stuck, unprepared and seeking ways to help them transition to the cloud. To learn how others tackle this challenge, more than 90 members of the Microsoft Azure Government DC user community recently participated in a “Jumpstart Your Move to the Cloud - Gov Edition” Meetup featuring ...

VNet Service Endpoints for Azure SQL Database now generally available in Azure Government

February 23, 2018 Feb 23, 2018 02/23/18

Mike Ketchum

The Azure Networking team has announced the general availability of Virtual Network (VNet) Service Endpoints for Azure SQL Database in all Azure regions, including Azure Government. The announcement can be seen here: VNet Service Endpoints for Azure SQL Database now generally available VNet Service Endpoints for Azure SQL Database allow ...

Announcing Azure US Government regions on Azure Status page

February 21, 2018 Feb 21, 2018 02/21/18

Sachin Dubey

We are happy to announcement that Azure US Government regions are now listed on Azure Status page. Microsoft Azure Government customers can now visit the page to view the availability status of various services and also get the latest status on any ongoing service interruption incidents. Status information on the page is near real time and ...

Networking features recently made generally available in Azure Government

February 21, 2018 Feb 21, 2018 02/21/18

Mike Ketchum

The Azure Government team continually strives to bring the latest Azure platform features to Azure Government.  In this post I highlight networking features that have recently been made generally available in Azure Government. Network Watcher Network Watcher is a regional service that enables you to monitor and diagnose conditions at a ...