Azure Government

Updates for building solutions across Microsoft's Clouds for Government

Azure Government - Azure Government

Region to Region preview is now available in Azure Government

September 19, 2017 Sep 19, 2017 09/19/17
Zach Kramer
We are excited to announce the preview of disaster recovery for Azure IaaS virtual machines (VMs) using Azure Site Recovery (ASR) in Azure Government. You can now easily replicate and protect IaaS based applications running on Azure to a different Azure Government region of your choice within a geographical cluster without deploying any ...

Join us Sept. 27! The Power of Data Analytics to Transform Government 

September 18, 2017 Sep 18, 2017 09/18/17
Karina Homme
(image) Government agencies across the spectrum are sitting atop invaluable datasets that are locked up because of lack of resources, tools and compliance regimes. Fortunately, cloud-based analytics capabilities are allowing these datasets to be turned into knowledge. Whether it's data about the mission, citizen services or simply data from ...

Checkout Azure Government at Microsoft Ignite! Wednesday, September 27th, 10:45am

September 14, 2017 Sep 14, 2017 09/14/17
Steve Michelotti
(image) Attending Microsoft Ignite in Orlando? Join us at our session where we will show how Azure Government can bring innovation to your agency's mission! U.S. Government and public-sector agencies live under a microscope of demands and expectations. To provide innovative services, they need the agility and speed of cloud, but with an extra...

Announcing General Availability of Blob Storage (Hot/Cool) in US Gov Virginia

September 5, 2017 Sep 5, 2017 09/5/17
Kyle Deeds, Program Manager
(image) We are happy to announce the generally availability of Blob Storage accounts in US Gov Virginia. The feature is now enabled in three regions including the recently announced US Gov Arizona and US Gov Texas. Blob storage accounts are specialized storage accounts for storing your unstructured data as blobs (objects) in Azure Storage. ...

Advance Your Skills: Azure and Azure Government Training Resources 

August 25, 2017 Aug 25, 2017 08/25/17
Steve Michelotti
Whether you are a beginner wanting to learn the basics of cloud computing or an experienced developer working with cloud services, there is a plethora of resources available that can help you gain further knowledge and insight on all of the capabilities of Azure and Azure Government.   If you have the desire to learn more about cloud ...

Microsoft has contractually committed to CJIS regulations in 60% of the United States!

August 23, 2017 Aug 23, 2017 08/23/17
Rochelle M. Eichner
Nevada is the 30th state to background check Microsoft employees for CJIS Joining states such as New York, California, Texas and many others, Nevada recently moved forward with a CJIS Information Agreement allowing the Nevada criminal justice community the opportunity to deploy mission critical justice and public safety solutions in Microsoft...

Join us! Microsoft Azure Government HackFest + Training, October 3-4 in Washington, DC

August 17, 2017 Aug 17, 2017 08/17/17
Steve Michelotti
(image) After the great success of our first Azure Government HackFest + Training event in Washington, DC - and our highly anticipated second Azure Government HackFest + Training event in Sacramento, CA - we are now happy to announce our third HackFest event - this time back in Washingon, DC!  Register now for this can't-miss opportunity ...