Use this tag for Azure questions scoped to Azure Government. The Azure Government environment is a physical instance that is separate from the rest of the Microsoft network. Use this tag for questions on the differences that application developers and administrators must understand to interact and work with this isolated Azure instance.
Azure Government
Microsoft Azure Government delivers a cloud platform built upon the foundational principles of security, privacy and control, compliance, and transparency. Public Sector entities receive a physically isolated instance of Microsoft Azure that employs world-class security and compliance services critical to U.S. government for all systems and applications built on its architecture.
Generally speaking, developing for Azure Government should be very similar to developing for regular Azure, however there are a few things to keep in mind such as:
- You must be an entity validated by the US Government to dev/test in Azure Government.
- Azure Government has its own Azure portal (portal.azure.us).
- Endpoint as different (for example login.microsoftonline.us)
- Developer tools might require extra configuration in order to connect to Azure Government (for example PowerShell). Some might not yet support Azure Government.
- Some Azure services are in the process of being made available in Azure Government. See list of available services.
For more information check out the Azure Government Developer's Guide
