Blockchain, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and augmented reality continues to create buzz throughout many industries and government is no exception. The US federal government budget for fiscal year 2020 calls on agencies to adopt emerging technologies to better empower their workforce, and accelerate and innovate public services. Key to moving forward is the ability for agencies to define emerging tech use cases and get started wit...

Azure Developer Camp is a free one-day technical training event that delivers best practices and insights directly from Microsoft experts. This iteration of Developer Camp is all about containers on Azure – what are they and how can you use them to migrate/modernize/build new applications. Come join us for day of instruction and hands-on practice with containers on Azure! Increases level of technical understanding of Microsoft Azure, Azu...

Keeping pace with mission demands is an increasing challenge for government. Developers are on the hook to deliver new capabilities to their agencies faster than ever. To hear how DevOps and cloud can help agencies accelerate their mission speed and capabilities, RSVP and join the Microsoft Azure Government DC user community for a DevOps focused meetup. During this meetup, you’ll hear from government and industry experts who will: Discus...

As AI emerges from research labs and IT back offices and into the mainstream, the transformational possibilities of AI for both businesses and government are enormous. According to the Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence, released earlier this year, AI promises to drive growth of the United States economy, enhance our economic and national security, and improve our quality of life. To discuss how AI is...

To keep up with our country’s pace of innovation and ensure mission success, government agencies are under more pressure than ever to accelerate their IT modernization projects (and for some, just get them off the ground!). As agencies incur various challenges in their progress, they might be wondering if there’s an easy button for modernization. To explore successful strategies and hear practical execution tips for IT modernizatio...