Azure Government

Updates for building solutions across Microsoft's Clouds for Government

Azure - Azure Government

Building a solution on Azure Government Part I: Cognitive Services

March 9, 2017 Mar 9, 2017 03/9/17
Steve Michelotti
The Microsoft Azure Government platform is rapidly innovating with new services being introduced all the time. We have recently announced HDInsight and Power BI as GA on Azure Government. These data-centric services unlock a world of possibilities for your organization to process massive amount of data. In this developer-centric walk-through...

A former CJIS ISO perspective: Microsoft’s commitment to law enforcement from top to bottom

February 27, 2017 Feb 27, 2017 02/27/17
Rochelle M. Eichner
“I have worked with hundreds of vendors in my twelve years as CJIS ISO in Texas, and never have I found any vendor more committed to law enforcement.”  Alan Ferretti, Former CJIS ISO in Texas  Alan Ferretti, former Texas CJIS Information Security Officer (ISO), and I have been working together for nearly five years. He recently retired...

Azure Government extends lead in the Cloud with leap in FedRAMP coverage

February 22, 2017 Feb 22, 2017 02/22/17
Spenser Bullock
Microsoft continues to lead the charge in realizing the power and promise of the cloud for Government customers. We are pleased to announce that Azure Government has been granted authorization for 12 additional customer-facing services to our FedRAMP High P-ATO. We now offer 32 Infrastructure and Platform services to our customers in our Azure...

Getting Started with Azure – Backup Vaults and Policies

February 16, 2017 Feb 16, 2017 02/16/17
Brian Christopher Harrison
One of the biggest questions that government customers may have when migrating to Azure Government, is how they can quickly get up and running. There are a number of different challenges that a customer may have, and many different services that we offer within Azure. Backup Vaults and policies are one of the many services we offer to ease ...

The Importance of Regulation – Microsoft Signs CJIS Information Agreement with Missouri

February 9, 2017 Feb 9, 2017 02/9/17
Rochelle M. Eichner
Microsoft has signed agreements with 26 states – contractually committing to CJIS requirements for more than 2/3rds of the US Population Do you ever wonder why we have government regulation?  Do you have to deal with regulations to get your job done? My family runs a hog farm and there are a number of regulations that have confused me. In ...

Azure Government Documentation: January update

February 8, 2017 Feb 8, 2017 02/8/17
Ryan GH
(image) Thanks to our customers, partners, and Azure team for contributing to a great start to Azure Government documentation!  We now fully integrated with the rest of the Azure documentation.  You will notice that they add an “Other Clouds” tab where you can find Azure Government and Azure Stack documentation. We have expanded to over...