With education being one of the least likely professions to be affected by automation, the future of education looks bright. However, 66% of all the people who leave the profession do so for reasons other than retirement. With so much pressure on educators, it’s not hard to see why many feel disillusioned. Education is a vocation. Ultimately, educators want the best for their students – but how can they effectively support their st...

Embrace tools that support modern work and security, for whatever happens next. Join us for a 5-part unique experience designed to help your organization connect in a new way and thrive in the face of change. Microsoft experts will be leading each session and will be answering your questions while demonstrating: Adapt and automate– streamline your work, build accessible app solutions, tailor and automate your business process.

Today’s threat landscape continues to grow in complexity, sophistication, and frequency. As advanced attacks emerge, it is critical for government agencies to keep pace with actionable tips and the latest technology to protect your enterprise. With that in mind, we invite you to RSVP and join us to learn new cloud cyber defense preparation tactics for government in an Azure Government Meetup on Wednesday, April 28 from 6 p.m. – 7 p...

Deploying a new government service or application involves manual work such as procuring and preparing hardware, configuring operating environments, and enabling monitoring solutions. This manual work takes time, is error-prone, and can produce inconsistencies.Key DevOps practices such Infrastructure as Code (IaC), continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) and automated testing, allow you and your team to develop and release changes...

With the flip of a switch, COVID-19 accelerated digital transformation for many agencies to empower an expanded remote workforce to deliver on their mission. As we approach a year of that switch, along with the hope of returning to “normal,” securing the remote workforce remains a top concern. With that in mind, we invite you to register and join us for a virtual Azure Government Meetup, "Securing your agency’s remote workfor...

State and local government IT leaders and IT professionals are invited to join us for the Government Summit: Building Resilience for a Better Tomorrow on December 3, 2020, beginning at 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET. In 2020, state and local government leaders have been navigating unprecedented challenges affecting every aspect of public service delivery. Communities need to be supported, agencies need to provide employees with remote work capabilit...

Note: The event URL to join us is: www.aka.ms/AzureGovMeetupLive Today’s mission speed continues to outpace government’s ability to deliver modern capabilities to end users. To keep pace with mission demands, agencies are reimagining their IT efforts including leveraging powerful technologies such as continuous software deployment, container management, automated machine learning, and serverless PaaS. To hear about the latest trend...

The proliferation of data combined with the speed of advancing technology bring complex challenges to government’s ability to protect itself from evolving cyberthreats while striving to accelerate cloud innovation. In support of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we invite you to register and join us for a virtual Azure Government Meetup, “Balancing security + gov cloud innovation,” via Teams Live Event. During this fre...

Today’s AI solutions perform increasingly complex tasks that can enhance government’s mission; from predictive maintenance to language translation to improving farming and expediting disaster response. While the magnitude of impact AI can have on agencies is significant, there are many roadblocks to adoption and understanding optimal scenarios and how to best leverage data to fuel these solutions. To learn more about the impact of...

Today’s government organizations face ever-increasing and evolving mission demands, requiring greater speed and agility to modernize IT. Some agencies have discovered a path to success by establishing software factories and cloud PMOs to accelerate development and delivery of better mission apps. To learn more about this new approach, we invite you to RSVP and join us Wednesday, Aug. 26 starting at 6:30 p.m. EDT for a virtual Azure Gove...