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Microsoft and Carahsoft have partnered together to provide a series of self-guided tours of Microsoft's products and features. Similar to a live demo, the self-guided tours explores how Microsoft's products and features applies to a specific technology vertical such as MultiCloud.

 

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Microsoft’s Defender for Cloud bolsters security measures for CNAPP deployments and enhances cloud security across multicloud environments. Security admins gain centralized visibility into unused or excessive access permissions, facilitating least privilege controls across Azure, AWS and Google Cloud within Defender CSPM. This integration enriches attack path analysis, visualizing potential exploits of identity and access issues. Leveraging AI algorithms, Defender CSPM identifies complex attack paths quickly, including those spanning multicloud tools. The public preview of risk prioritization offers a focused approach to remediation, assigning risk levels based on exploitability and business impact. Microsoft’s multicloud capabilities in Defender for Cloud empowers agencies to address critical security issues efficiently and effectively.


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GCC-High

Microsoft 365 suites in GCC-High delivers compliance with FedRAMP High, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS), DISA Cloud Computing Security Requirement Guide (CC SRG) Impact Level 4, and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). To meet the evolving requirements of the United States DoD, as well as contractors holding or processing DoD controlled unclassified information (CUI), or subject to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Microsoft offers GCC High and DoD environments.

Benefits:

  • Strict USA only based customers & support options as well as background screening & verification measures for users to ensure compliance protocol.
  • GCC-High environments include the core Exchange Online, SharePoint, and Skype for Business/Teams features.
  • Several ISV, MSSPs and vendors that can support customers to seamlessly migrate to GCC-High as well as provide services around security to ensure on-going compliance.
  • Microsoft developed a product placemat representing how Microsoft's cloud services satisfy the requirements for CMMC practices.
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GCC

To meet the unique and evolving requirements of the United States Federal, State, Local, and Tribal governments, as well as contractors holding or processing data on behalf of the US Government, Microsoft offers the Office 365 Government GCC environment

Benefits:

  • Background screening & verification measures for users to ensure compliance protocol.
  • GCC licenses are government level licenses but still live withing the Azure commercial cloud which results in an ease of migration to the GCC cloud.
  • Office 365 Government GCC service description is designed to serve as an overlay to the general Office 365 service description. It defines the unique commitments and differences compared to Office 365 for enterprise offerings.
  • Several ISV, MSSPs and vendors that can support customers to seamlessly migrate to GCC as well as provide services around security to ensure on-going compliance.
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Microsoft Azure Arc

Microsoft Azure Arc is a cloud-based service that extends the Azure Resource Manager-based management model to non-Azure resources like virtual machines, Kubernetes clusters, and containerized databases. Arc allows you to manage infrastructure in AWS, GCP, and On-Premises from a centralized, unified way through the Azure Portal, Azure CLI, Azure Powershell, or Azure Rest API. Currently, Arc allows you to manage the following resource types hosted outside of Azure: Servers, Kubernetes clusters, Azure data services, SQL Server, and Virtual Machines. Arc will also allow you to simplify security as it can provide governance for applications, data, and infrastructure across diverse environments.

Benefits:

  • Implement consistent inventory, management, governance, and security for servers across your environment.
  • Configure Azure VM extensions to use Azure management services to monitor, secure, and update your servers.
  • Perform virtual machine lifecycle and management operations for VMware vSphere and Azure Stack HCI environments.
  • A unified experience viewing your Azure Arc-enabled resources, whether you are using the Azure portal, the Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell, or Azure REST API.
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Azure Stack HCI

Azure Stack HCI is a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solution that hosts Windows and Linux VM or containerized workloads and their storage. It's a hybrid product that connects the on-premises system to Azure for cloud-based services, monitoring, and management. An Azure Stack HCI system consists of a server or a cluster of servers running the Azure Stack HCI operating system and connected to Azure. You can use the Azure portal to monitor and manage individual Azure Stack HCI systems as well as view all of your Azure Stack HCI deployments. You can also manage with your existing tools, including Windows Admin Center and PowerShell. To acquire the servers to run Azure Stack HCI, you can purchase Azure Stack HCI integrated systems from a Microsoft hardware partner with the operating system pre-installed, or buy validated nodes and install the operating system yourself.

Benefits:

  • You pay for the software monthly via an Azure subscription instead of when buying the hardware.
  • It can be monitored and managed from the Azure portal or using on-premises tools such as Microsoft System Center, Active Directory, Group Policy, and PowerShell scripting.
  • It works with popular third-party backup, security, and monitoring tools.
  • Flexible hardware choices allow customers to choose the vendor with the best service and support in their geography.
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Azure Stack Hub

Azure Stack Hub is a hybrid cloud platform that enables you to run Azure services on-premises, providing a consistent cloud experience. It's important for scenarios where you need cloud capabilities but must keep data and operations local due to regulatory, technical, or policy requirements. Azure Stack Hub helps with rapid development and offers a range of Azure services, ensuring agility and innovation in a hybrid environment.

Benefits:

  • Azure Stack Hub provides a consistent cloud experience, allowing you to run applications using the same tools and APIs as Azure, ensuring a seamless hybrid environment.
  • It enables the deployment of Azure services on-premises, helping organizations meet regulatory and policy requirements by keeping data and operations local.
  • Azure Stack Hub supports a wide range of application models, including traditional and cloud-native applications, providing flexibility in how you build and deploy solutions.
  • It is ideal for edge and disconnected scenarios, allowing you to process data locally and then aggregate in Azure for further analytics, ensuring that your applications can run and be managed effectively, even with intermittent connectivity.
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Azure Stack Edge

Azure Stack Edge is a cloud-managed appliance that enables the transfer of data and computation to the edge, offering a blend of machine learning, storage, and compute capabilities. It's designed to address latency-sensitive and disconnected scenarios by processing data locally and then transferring it to Azure for further operations. This is particularly important for environments where connectivity is limited or for applications that require real-time processing capabilities.

Benefits:

  • Azure Stack Edge enables the processing of data close to the source, reducing latency and allowing for real-time insights and actions.
  • It provides the capability to run machine learning models at the edge, which can be used for predictive analytics and anomaly detection without the need for cloud connectivity.
  • Offers seamless integration with Azure services, allowing for easy deployment and management of applications and data across cloud and edge environments.
  • Its form factor is designed for portability and flexibility, making it suitable for a range of environments, from retail stores to remote field sites.

Microsoft's Benefits Snapshot:

 

  • Enhance security posture with contextual management: Gain comprehensive visibility and continuous monitoring across MultiCloud and hybrid environments.
  • Strengthen cyberthreat defense: Ensure comprehensive protection across infrastructure, application and data with cloud-native detection and response capabilities, enabling swift prevention, detection and response to cyberthreats.
  • Streamline DevOps security: Empower security teams with unified management across MultiCloud and multiple-pipeline environments. Enhance cloud application security from inception by integrating security seamlessly into DevOps processes.