Microsoft‘s new cloud environment is now generally available to host classified data for the Department of Defense, the intelligence community and federal civilian agencies. Office 365 Government Secret provides a set of cloud-based productivity, compliance, collaboration and security tools that can handle military and government data at Impact Level 6, Paul Lorimer, corporate vice president […] More

Microsoft plans to launch by mid-2022 a cloud platform designed to help the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, federal civilian agencies and other government partners manage and protect classified data. Office 365 Government Secret will provide agencies an environment to secure workloads at Impact Level 6, Paul Lorimer, corporate vice president for the Office 365 […] More

Microsoft has selected Agile IT to market licenses for a cloud-based software suite built to help the Department of Defense and government contractors manage controlled unclassified information.

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Microsoft is offering its questionnaire tool to government users to help the public sector solicit input, gather customer feedback and manage activities. The Microsoft Form online application, now available via Office 365 U.S. Government, allows users to create surveys, polls and other forms of questionnaire documents, Anqi Du, program manager at Microsoft, said in a blog entry posted Tuesday.

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Microsoft’s cloud offerings have received certification in Australia to host data at the protected level. The company said Tuesday the Australian government’s signals directorate has added its Azure and Office 365 platforms to the Certified Cloud Services List. Steven Worrall, managing director of Microsoft’s Australian arm, said the Protected Level certification for Office 365 and […] More

Microsoft has made its Microsoft 365 package available for U.S. government cloud environments. Josh Rice, general manager of Microsoft’s worldwide modern workplace, wrote in a news release published Monday the Microsoft 356 package includes Windows 10, Enterprise Mobility + Security and Office 365 offerings designed to help government agencies meet U.S. security and compliance requirements. Microsoft […] More

BAE Systems and Microsoft have teamed up to facilitate the delivery of the latter’s Office 365 suite of software platforms and services to the intelligence community in support of the U.S. government’s IC Desktop Environment program that seeks to integrate intelligence agencies through a single cloud environment. Jonathan Morse, director of business architecture at BAE […] More

MIL Corp. has been selected to transition the First Responder Network Authority‘s systems to Microsoft‘s Office 365 suite of cloud-based applications. The company will be responsible for the integration and management of FirstNet’s email platforms, account configurations, collaboration tools Skype and SharePoint, service desk training and document management efforts under the one-year service agreement, MIL […] More

The City of Chicago has moved to streamline transactions and automate processes for employees and the public with Microsoft Office 365. Microsoft said Thursday the city government worked with the Microsoft premier support team to develop the new architecture and with Planet Technologies to migrate the city’s messaging systems to Microsoft Exchange Online. “We appreciate […] More

Microsoft has introduced an email security offering intended to help government and commercial organizations protect their mailboxes against sophisticated threats. The Exchange Online Advanced Threat Protection service works to filter out zero-day threats and malicious links in digital correspondence, according to a June 1 blog post by Shobhit Sahay, technical product manager of Microsoft’s Office […] More

Microsoft has received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authorization to provide Office 365 products and services that are tailored for government agencies to the Department of Health and Human Services. The company said Thursday that the authority to operate certifies Microsoft to provide HHS cloud-based email and enterprise collaboration services such as Exchange Online and SharePoint Online. Microsoft obtained […] More

Microsoft has partnered with the Houston Independent School District to support its PowerUp initiative to boost the learning and teaching experience of the district’s 14,000 students and 1,200 teachers through deployment of new education technology. Microsoft Office 365 and HP Elitebook Folio 9470m Ultrabook laptops running Windows are available to faculty, staff and students, with features designed to […] More