Microsoft Entra ID Governance for government

We are pleased to announce that Microsoft Entra Identity Governance will be available to federal agencies in the U.S. Government Community Cloud (GCC), GCC-High, and the Department of Defense, state and local governments, and government contractors starting November 1, 2024. Cloud environment. Entra ID Governance launched for commercial customers on July 1, 2023, and expanded to Education (EDU) and Frontline Worker (FLW) customers earlier this year due to high demand. Now we’ve made the same Entra ID Governance product available to government customers.

EntraID Governance Organizations ensure that the right people have the right access to the right apps and resources at the right time. public institutions such as National Gallery of Art Entra ID Governance helps you reduce administrative burden, improve user experience, and spend less time managing user access so you can spend more time with your members.

Like our commercial, education, and frontline customers, Entra ID Governance helps government organizations comply with requirements and follow Zero Trust principles. KuppingerCole recently published the following report to provide an in-depth analysis of these principles: Executive View White Paper This includes an identity governance scenario overview and an Entra identity governance review.

As next steps, we recommend that eligible organizations:

• Learn more to https://aka.ms/AboutEntraIDGovernance
• walk Administrator experience https://aka.ms/EntraIDGovGuides
• Trial settings by visiting https://aka.ms/EntraTrialsPage If you already have a tenant in a GCC, GCC-H, or DoD cloud, or contact your Microsoft account team.
• Purchase a license. Entra ID Governance for government customers is available in the GCC, Government Contractor (GCON), GCC-High, and DoD clouds through volume licensing. GCC customers can also purchase through the web or through Microsoft licensing partners.

Caitlin Murphy

Senior Director, Identity and Network Access Product Marketing

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