Compare Azure Government vs. Azure’s commercial cloud

<p>For U.S. government agents and contractors, two flavors of Microsoft’s cloud platform are available: Azure Government and the general-purpose commercial cloud, Microsoft Azure. But which flavor will your organization prefer?</p>
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<p>Azure Government offers features that meet the specialized compliance, security and privacy needs of U.S. government agencies and contractors. That doesn’t mean, however, that these types of organizations <i>have</i> to use Azure Government. In some cases, the general-purpose Azure cloud — known as Azure commercial cloud — is a better choice, especially where cost and strategy support are a higher priority.</p>
<p>Discover the key differences between these two cloud platforms to help your organization better inform its choice.</p>
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<h2 class=”section-title”><i class=”icon” data-icon=”1″></i>What is Azure commercial cloud?</h2>
<p>Azure commercial cloud is a cloud computing platform for general-purpose use. The platform is commonly referred to by default as “Azure,” not “Azure commercial cloud”; however, the latter term can differentiate Azure’s general-purpose services from Azure Government.</p>
<p>Azure offers a <a href=”https://www.techtarget.com/searchcloudcomputing/feature/A-cloud-services-cheat-sheet-for-AWS-Azure-and-Google-Cloud”>variety of cloud services</a> to support tasks such as running cloud servers, deploying databases and storing data. While supporting applications through their entire lifecycle, the commercial cloud can also provide analytics, storage and AI automation capabilities. Azure’s commercial cloud enables businesses to harness compute power and capabilities that would otherwise require hefty software and hardware investment. This convenience is why <a target=”_blank” href=”https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/artifacts/state-of-financial-services-in-cloud” rel=”noopener”>more than 90% of organizations use the cloud</a>, according to a report by the Cloud Security Alliance.</p>
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