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Azure Government
Trusted Cloud for Government
As of 30 August 2026, Azure Government's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. Microsoft Azure Government is a dedicated cloud for US government agencies that meets the highest compliance and security requirements. Softwr lists it under Government. Azure Government is made by Microsoft, launched in 1975, available on Web, API.
Overview
What Azure Government does
Microsoft Azure Government is a dedicated cloud for US government agencies that meets the highest compliance and security requirements. The platform provides Azure services in physically isolated datacenters with FedRAMP High, DOD IL5, and other authorizations.
What people use it for
- Hosting US government workloads in dedicated domestic datacentres
- Systems needing FedRAMP High, DoD IL2 to IL5, CJIS or ITAR authorisation
- State, local and tribal government cloud services
- Contractors processing controlled government data
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Azure Government.
- Restricted to US government entities, their solution providers and contractors handling government data, with Microsoft validating eligibility first
- A narrower service catalogue than commercial Azure
- New features arrive later than in the commercial regions
- Pricing is not published and runs through federal contract vehicles such as JWCC, GSA and NASA SEWP
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Pricing
What Azure Government costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Pay-as-you-go
Free
- Virtual Machines
- Azure SQL
- Storage
Capabilities
Features
FedRAMP High Authorized
DOD IL5 Approved
Isolated Datacenters
Hybrid Cloud
AI & ML Services
Microsoft 365
Integration with Microsoft 365
Dynamics 365
Integration with Dynamics 365
Power Platform
Integration with Power Platform
Web support
Available on web
Cli support
Available on cli
Sdk support
Available on sdk
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
How is Azure Government pricing determined?
Azure pricing follows a pay-as-you-go model where you only pay for services you use. Prices vary by product, region, and usage patterns. Committed use discounts and reserved instances can save up to 65% for compute services.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Azure Government
- Company
- Microsoft
- Based in
- Redmond, Washington
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- Best Government softwareThe shortlist, and how it was cut
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- CivicPlus
- Granicus
- DocuWare
- Google Cloud for Government
- AWS GovCloud
- Oracle Government Cloud
- Workday Government
- OpenGov
- Tyler Technologies
- CentralSquare
- CKAN
- Clariti
- DataSF
- GovPilot
- GovQA
- Google Cloud for Government
- Incode
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