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  • Microsoft Adds 12 Services to FedRAMP-Compliant Azure Govt Cloud Suite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Adds 12 Services to FedRAMP-Compliant Azure Govt Cloud Suite

    Microsoft has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program approval to include an additional 12 customer-facing services in the Azure Government Cloud‘s provisional authorization-to-operate. The company said Wednesday it now offers 32 infrastructure and platform service offerings that comply with FedRAMP’s high-impact baseline requirements. Microsoft’s entire Operations Management Suite is certified for use in Azure Government and designed to help customer agencies utilize the hybrid cloud along with […] More

  • John Dancy: CSRA to Migrate Workload to Microsoft Azure Government Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Dancy: CSRA to Migrate Workload to Microsoft Azure Government Cloud

    CSRA will transfer its workload to Microsoft’s Azure Government cloud platform under a three-year enterprise agreement between the two companies. The deal also allows CSRA to use Microsoft’s Office 365 software platform for the cloud environment, CSRA said Monday. John Dancy, chief information officer of CSRA, said the company aims to operate 70 percent of its applications […] More

  • Microsoft Introduces Azure Blueprint for DoD Impact Level 5 ATO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Introduces Azure Blueprint for DoD Impact Level 5 ATO

    Microsoft has expanded the Azure Blueprint program in efforts to help Defense Department mission owners achieve authorization to operate under the Impact Level 5 baseline. John Molesky writes in a blog post published Monday the new Azure Blueprint release covers a DoD L5 Customer Responsibility Matrix and System Security Plan template to assist personnel who implement mission-level […] More

  • Microsoft's Azure Govt Cloud Gets DoD Impact Level 5 Provisional Authorization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft’s Azure Govt Cloud Gets DoD Impact Level 5 Provisional Authorization

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has granted Microsoft‘s government cloud platform an information level impact 5 provisional authorization that offers Defense Department personnel an option to use the cloud service to manage controlled unclassified data. Tom Keane, Microsoft Azure general manager, wrote in a blog post published Friday the company worked with DISA and other mission partners to help Azure Government meet cloud computing […] More

  • Microsoft Gets FedRAMP Board Approval to Add 8 Services to Azure Govt Cloud’s P-ATO Certification Scope - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Gets FedRAMP Board Approval to Add 8 Services to Azure Govt Cloud’s P-ATO Certification Scope

    Microsoft has added eight service offerings to the Azure Government cloud platform’s provisional authority-to-operate certification coverage under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The company said Wednesday it secured clearance from FedRAMP’s Joint Authorization Board to add the services to the cloud’s P-ATO at the “high impact level.” The addition of the services brings […] More

  • Microsoft Unveils New Azure FedRAMP High Baseline Guide - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Unveils New Azure FedRAMP High Baseline Guide

    Microsoft‘s Azure Government Engineering unit has released a new platform for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program High Baseline system that will serve as a guide to receive authority-to-operate designations. A blog post published Tuesday says the Azure Blueprint is now available on the FedRAMP High Baseline system and will work to help facilitate the use […] More

  • Microsoft Introduces Support Tool for Azure Govt Users in DoD - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Introduces Support Tool for Azure Govt Users in DoD

    Microsoft has released the Azure Blueprint tool for Defense Department clients in an effort to help Azure Government users at the agency attain authorizations to operate. Nate Johnson, a senior project manager at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post published Monday the Azure Blueprint has expanded in a push to aid DoD customers that utilize the Azure Government cloud platform […] More

  • Microsoft Rolls Out New Azure Government Security Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Rolls Out New Azure Government Security Program

    Microsoft has released a new program in support of its Azure Government offering to help government agencies and third-party providers comply with regulations when they use the service. The initial release of Azure Blueprint program is designed to help information system security officers define responsibilities for each security control in a cloud ecosystem, Microsoft’s Nate Johnson […] More

  • Microsoft Offers Big Data Migration Service for Azure Govt Cloud Users - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Offers Big Data Migration Service for Azure Govt Cloud Users

    Microsoft has launched a service offering intended to help customer agencies move huge amounts of data into or out of the company’s blob storage within the Azure Government cloud network. Brenda Lee, a Microsoft program manager, wrote in a blog entry posted Wednesday the Azure Import/Export Service offering will work to help government organizations migrate data through shipment of hard […] More

  • Paul Smith: Red Hat Extends Subscription Program to Microsoft's Azure Govt Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paul Smith: Red Hat Extends Subscription Program to Microsoft’s Azure Govt Cloud

    Red Hat and Microsoft have expanded their partnership to help public sector clients adopt Microsoft’s cloud computing technology through their existing open-source Red Hat software subscriptions. Paul Smith, senior vice president and general manager of Red Hat’s public sector business, wrote in a blog entry posted Friday the company’s Cloud Access program now allows clients to migrate their subscriptions to Azure […] More

  • CGI Launches Records Mgmt Offering For Government Users - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI Launches Records Mgmt Offering For Government Users

    CGI has unveiled a new records management platform meant to help government agencies meet the White House’s target dates for the government-wide electronic records management modernization directive. The company said Monday its Records Management as a Service offering is based on OpenText‘s Content Suite platform and Microsoft‘s Azure Government cloud computing system. CGI added it designed RMaaS to meet the Defense Department‘s electronics records […] More

  • Eccovia Solutions to Offer Case Mgmt System Through Microsoft Azure Govt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eccovia Solutions to Offer Case Mgmt System Through Microsoft Azure Govt Platform

    Eccovia Solutions plans to offer a case management system to agencies and other enterprise organizations in the health and human services sector through Microsoft‘s Azure Government cloud computing platform. Eccovia said Wednesday the case management tool works to address the need for integrated technology systems that support collaboration between government agencies and social service organizations, care providers and others. Eccovia CEO […] More