CenturyLink has moved to expand its cloud networking service offering to support enterprise customers on Microsoft Azure and Azure Government cloud platforms.

Microsoft has introduced a service meant to help national party committees and federal political campaigns secure online communications. The Microsoft 365 for Campaigns offering consists of multifactor authentication, advanced threat protection, data classification and security, mobile application protection and update prioritization features, the company said Wednesday.

Microsoft received a two-year, $25.4M contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to continue experimentation activities for a data and voice network designed to enable remote access to information from the Department of Defense facilities.

Microsoft has selected the city of Louisville, Ky., to be a regional hub for the company's innovation programs in the data science, internet of things and artificial intelligence areas.

Science Applications International Corp. has been granted the Microsoft Gold Partner status under thee competencies for demonstrating a capacity to deliver cloud computing and information technology modernization services to government and commercial clients.

Adam Ginsburg, former director of sales for Department of Defense enterprise services at Microsoft, has joined Fulton, Md.-based software vendor cloudtamer.io as vice president of global sales.

Esri has partnered with Microsoft to integrate the former’s ArcGIS Enterprise geospatial analytics tool into Microsoft Azure to enable cloud-based mapping for operations such as field support and emergency response.

Microsoft and Oracle have teamed up to enable clients to migrate and operate enterprise workloads across their cloud platforms.

PCM-G, a government-focused subsidiary of PCM, has received rights to sell Microsoft products to the U.S. federal government as an authorized distributor. The company will distribute Microsoft-made licensing and cloud products and services across the federal information technology market, PCM said Tuesday.

Snowflake has partnered with Microsoft to market a secure cloud-based database platform, which will enable users to collect and analyze big data, through Azure Government.

Microsoft has implemented a new curriculum under its online business education program with the goal to help government personnel understand the advantages of artificial intelligence.

Microsoft has expanded the availability of its public cloud computing services and regions in the U.S. from moderate to high impact level through a provisional authority to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.

Microsoft and the Department of Veterans Affairs have partnered to provide rural veterans with access to the internet to use telehealth services, receive educational opportunities, secure jobs and grow their businesses.

Perspecta has received gold competency certification from Microsoft for demonstrating a commitment and an ability to provide cloud computing services to government customers.

Microsoft has introduced an open-source platform designed to make elections more secure and allow voters to privately track their votes. ElectionGuard is a free software development kit under the company’s Defending Democracy Program meant to enable third-party organizations and voters to validate election results, Tom Burt, corporate vice president for customer security and trust at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post published Monday.