Azure Government

Updates for building solutions on Microsoft's Clouds for Government

Decoding AI: Part 2, From anomalies to action

September 26, 2023 Sep 26, 2023 09/26/23

Welcome to Part 2 of our Decoding AI: A Government Perspective learning series. In the previous module, we embarked on a fascinating journey into the world of generative AI. As we progress, our aim is to delve deeper into the ways AI can shape the future of federal processes and governance. Today, we will shed light on the indispensable role ...

Decoding AI: Part 1, Introduction to generative AI

September 12, 2023 Sep 12, 2023 09/12/23

Jason Payne, Steven Truitt, Miri Rodriguez

Welcome to Part 1 of our Decoding AI: A government perspective learning series, where over the course of eight modules, you will learn about the emerging field of generative AI and what this technology can mean for government. This series will not only help you understand how generative AI can help increase your organization’s productivity, ...

Microsoft Azure OpenAI Approved as a Service within the FedRAMP High Authorization for Azure Commercial

August 1, 2023 Aug 1, 2023 08/1/23

Bill Chappell

Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI service is now included within the US Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) High Authorization for Azure Commercial. This Provisional Authorization to Operate (P-ATO) within the existing FedRAMP High Azure Commercial environment was approved by the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board (JAB). This ...

Azure Virtual Desktop is now generally available in Azure Government Secret

July 19, 2022 Jul 19, 2022 07/19/22

Steve Downs

Today we’re announcing that Azure Virtual Desktop received Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 6 (IL6) accreditation and is now available to all customers in Azure Government Secret. Azure Virtual Desktop enables government agencies to host secure, compliant, mission-critical workloads in Azure. Whether a government agency requires a...

How to use Azure-SSIS integration runtime to run SSIS packages in Azure and Azure Government

June 29, 2022 Jun 29, 2022 06/29/22

Aarti Riley

Integration runtime for Azure-SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) makes it possible to simply run SSIS packages in Azure and Azure Government. The feature provides similar functionality and behavior to when you schedule SSIS packages by using SQL Server Agent in your on-prem environment. Azure Data Factory provides the engine to execute ...

Azure Government Secret expands DoD IL6 services, receives highest level information categorization

June 27, 2022 Jun 27, 2022 06/27/22

Brian Eshenbrenner

In our previous blog post, we shared that Azure Government Secret achieved Provisional Authorization (PA) at Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 6 (IL6) in addition to Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 503 Authorization to Operate (ATO) with facilities accredited at ICD 705. Today, we’re announcing that Azure Government Secret DoD ...

Defending Federal Systems with the Microsoft Sentinel Threat Analysis & Response Solution

June 2, 2022 Jun 2, 2022 06/2/22

TJ Banasik

This blog is jointly authored by Lili Davoudian, Senior Product Manager, Cloud & AI Security; Ashwin Patil, Senior Security Researcher, Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center; and Ron Marsiano, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Sentinel. With the growing need for federal agencies to evaluate coverage of respective threat detection ...

Announcing the Microsoft Sentinel: NIST SP 800-53 Solution

May 17, 2022 May 17, 2022 05/17/22

Lili Davoudian, TJ Banasik

Today, we’re announcing the Microsoft Sentinel: NIST SP 800-53 Solution which enables compliance teams, architects, SecOps analysts, and consultants to understand their cloud security posture related to Special Publication (SP) 800-53 guidance issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This workbook is designed ...

Jumpstart threat intelligence programs with the Microsoft Sentinel Threat Intelligence Workbook

May 9, 2022 May 9, 2022 05/9/22

Lili Davoudian, TJ Banasik

We’re releasing the next evolution of the Microsoft Sentinel Threat Intelligence Workbook. This solution provides enhanced capabilities in indicator ingestion and indicator search, empowering organizations to centralize and correlate threat data across their workloads and operationalize these insights for investigation and response. As a ...