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Securing your agency’s remote workforce for today and beyond

February 12, 2021 Feb 12, 2021 02/12/21
Karina Homme
With the flip of a switch, COVID-19 accelerated digital transformation for many agencies to empower an expanded remote workforce to deliver on their mission. As we approach a year of that switch, along with the hope of returning to “normal,” securing the remote workforce remains a top concern. With that in mind, we invite you to RSVP ...

120 Azure Government services now authorized for DoD IL5 workloads

February 11, 2021 Feb 11, 2021 02/11/21
Azure Gov Team
We continue to drive expansion of our support for Department of Defense Security Requirements Guide (DoD SRG) Impact Level 5 (IL5) across all Azure Government regions. Our latest addition of 23 new services brings a total of 120 services authorized for IL5 workloads in Azure Government – more than any other cloud provider. These services ...

Join us Jan. 27: Mastering cloud fundamentals for government in 2021

January 19, 2021 Jan 19, 2021 01/19/21
Karina Homme
The accelerated adoption of cloud last year due to COVID-19 was phenomenal; advancing IT modernization for many organizations while also bringing a wealth of lessons learned. While much progress was made, many government agencies find there can still be challenges to getting started with cloud. With that in mind, we invite you to RSVP and ...

Resources to accelerate your CMMC journey

October 30, 2020 Oct 30, 2020 10/30/20
Azure Gov Team
We’re actively building out our program by developing resources for both partners and Defense Industrial Base (DIB) companies to leverage in their Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) journey. In a recent blog, Richard Wakeman, senior director of Aerospace & Defense for Microsoft Azure Global, shares current resources to ...

Enhancing Zero Trust in Azure and Azure Government with Zscaler

October 14, 2020 Oct 14, 2020 10/14/20
Azure Gov Team
This guest post was contributed by Zscaler’s Jose Padin, Director of Pre-sales Engineering for US Public Sector; and Anup Barde, Sales Engineer; and Microsoft’s Adam Dimopoulos, Senior Program Manager for Government Cybersecurity, Azure Global Critical Infrastructure As government users are working remotely now more than ever, the apps ...

New cloud playbook: Migrate and modernize with Azure Government

February 26, 2020 Feb 26, 2020 02/26/20
Azure Gov Team
Looking for strategies, technical how-tos, and resources that will help ease your government agency’s cloud journey? Check out and download our newly-released Azure Government Migration and Modernization Playbook. This playbook is designed for anyone interested in or working with cloud – specifically, IaaS and PaaS. It details ways you ...