1. Welcome to Azure Government and IHGL
18/10/2016 3 min to read Contributors
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Overview
Microsoft Azure Government delivers a cloud platform built upon the foundational
principles of security, privacy & control, compliance, and transparency. Public Sector
entities receive a physically isolated instance of Microsoft Azure that employs world-
class security and compliance servicescritical to U.S. government for all systems and
applications built on its architecture. These services include FedRAMP and DoD
compliance certifications, CJIS state-level agreements, the ability to issue HIPAA
Business Associate Agreements, and support for IRS 1075. Operated by screened U.S.
persons, Azure Government supports multiple hybrid scenarios for building and
deploying solutions on-premises or in the cloud. Public Sector entities can also take
advantage of the instant scalability and guaranteed uptime of a hyper-scale cloud
service.
Azure Government includes the core components of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS),
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). This includes
infrastructure, network, storage, data management, identity management, and many
other services.
Azure Government supports most of the same great features that public Azure
customers have leveraged like Geo-Synchronous data replication and auto scaling.
� See the regions page for the most up-to-date services that are generally available.
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2. U.S. government organizations interested in cloud services can be confident that Azure
Government provides enormous scale and rigorous security practices to meet their
evolving needs.
Azure Government Documentation
This site describes the capabilities of Microsoft Azure Government services, and provides
general guidance applicable to all customers. Before including specifically regulated
data in your Azure Government subscription, you should familiarize yourself with the
Azure Government capabilities and consult your account team if you have any
questions.
You should refer to the Microsoft Azure Trust Center Compliance Page for current
information on the Azure Government services covered under specific accreditations
and regulations. Additional Microsoft services might also be available, but are not within
the scope of the Azure Government covered services and are not addressed by this
document. Azure Government services might also permit you to use various additional
resources, applications, or services that are provided by third parties—or by Microsoft
under separate terms of use and privacy policies—which are not included in the scope
of this document. You are responsible for reviewing the terms of all such “add-on”
offerings, such as Marketplace offerings, to ensure that they meet your needs regarding
compliance.
Azure Government is available to entities that handle data that is subject to certain
government regulations and requirements (such as NIST 800.171 (DIB), ITAR, IRS 1075,
DoD L4, and CJIS) where use of Azure Government is required to comply with
regulations. Azure Government customers are subject to validation of eligibility.
Entities with questions about eligibility for Azure Government should consult their
account team.
General Guidance for Customers
Most of the technical content that is available currently assumes that applications are
being developed for the Global Service rather than for Microsoft Azure Government, it’s
important for you to ensure that developers are aware of key differences for
applications developed to be hosted in Azure Government.

3. � First, there are services and feature differences, this means that certain features that
are in specific regions of the Global Service may not be available in Azure
Government.
� Second, for features that are offered in Azure Government, there are configuration
differences from the Global Service. Therefore, you should review your sample code,
configurations, and steps to ensure that you are building and executing within the
Azure Government Cloud Services environment.
� Third, you should refer to the Azure Government Technical services documentation
available from this site for information that identifies the Azure Government
boundary and customer regulated/controlled data guidance and best practices.
Next Steps
For supplemental information and updates, please subscribe to theMicrosoft Azure
Government Blog.
If you are interested in learning more and about Azure Government please use some of
the links below.
� Sign up for a trial / Email us IHGL: infinitypuniversitykm@gmail.com
� Acquiring and accessing Azure Government
� Microsoft Trust Center

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