{"id":9720,"date":"2018-10-09T14:57:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T14:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/09\/microsoft-announces-cloud-service-expansion-ahead-of-jedi-deadline\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:29:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:29:47","slug":"microsoft-announces-cloud-service-expansion-ahead-of-jedi-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/it-networks\/cloud\/2018\/10\/09\/microsoft-announces-cloud-service-expansion-ahead-of-jedi-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft announces cloud service expansion ahead of JEDI deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In advance of the submission deadline for one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/it-networks\/2018\/07\/26\/jedi-10b-final-request-drops-and-its-still-single-award\/\" target=_blank>largest federal cloud contracts issued<\/a> in the last few years, Microsoft is ramping up its government offerings and rounding out its high-level security authorizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft announced Oct. 9 the expansion of its government cloud authorization coverage to include 50 total services, as well as company plans to increase the impact level of those services by the end of 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMoving forward, we are simplifying our approach to regulatory compliance for federal agencies, so that our government customers can gain access to innovation more rapidly,\u201d Julia White, corporate vice president of Microsoft Azure, wrote in a blog post on the changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn addition, we are adding new options for buying and onboarding cloud services to make it easier to move to the cloud. 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