AvePoint Public Sector Supports Cloud-ready Government Agencies with Microsoft Azure Government Integration

Utilizing Microsoft Azure Government technologies and the Managed Service Provider (MSP) program, AvePoint Public Sector provides comprehensive Office 365, SharePoint Online, SQL, Project Server, CRM Online, and Azure Storage solutions to government agencies incorporating cloud strategies

Arlington, VA — June 25, 2015 — AvePoint Public Sector, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AvePoint, Inc., the enabler of enterprise collaboration across platforms and devices, today announced the integration of AvePoint Online Services with Microsoft Azure Government. With this integration, AvePoint Public Sector will join Microsoft’s government community cloud platform for U.S. state, local, and federal government agencies, which presents best-in-class partner services such as compute resources, storage, data, networking, and applications – all hosted in Microsoft datacenters located within the U.S. and managed by cleared U.S. personnel.

Azure Government provides hybrid, hyperscale, and enterprise-grade solutions that enable government agencies to run the operating systems, languages, and applications of choice in Microsoft’s government cloud, public cloud, or their own datacenter with a consistent platform as well as the flexibility and capacity to scale up or down on demand.

Additionally, AvePoint Public Sector was approved for the Managed Service Provider (MSP) program within Azure Government Services. This will enable Azure Services to be utilized for custom solutions deployment in public and private cloud environments – including AvePoint Innovative Business Solutions such as AvePoint Podium, which allows city and government officials to provide consistent engagement and communication with all citizens. Azure Government Services allows MSPs to create solutions and applications that integrate with the Microsoft Azure platform, as well as offer managed IT administration and support.

“Microsoft’s mission with Azure Government is to provide the most complete cloud for any government organization aiming to be more productive, agile, and efficient in today’s mobile-first, cloud-first world,” said Vince Menzione, General Manager of Microsoft’s Public Sector Partner business. “With the work that AvePoint Public Sector has done to integrate AvePoint Online Services with Azure Government, agencies are able to begin utilizing cloud services or scale their existing cloud platform with comprehensive solutions covering management, governance, and compliance.”

AvePoint Online Services

Serving more than three million global users and backing up a petabyte of data, AvePoint Online Services is the industry’s first and only 100 percent Azure-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform for Office 365. Requiring no installation or agents, AvePoint Online Services provides a central home for business users, decisions makers, and IT administrators to seamlessly access resources and extend cloud computing as needs dictate. AvePoint Online Services includes the following fully integrated applications:

• DocAve Online enables organizations to extend cloud computing and respond to evolving information architecture requirements by simplifying Office 365 administration and security management, easily restructuring content and propagating site elements, and streamlining global synchronization and publication.
• Compliance Guardian Online allows organizations to minimize risk of privacy violations and information security breaches as well as mitigate accessibility and site quality issues for websites, web applications, and SharePoint Online sites without adding additional infrastructure.
• DocAve Governance Automation Online empowers users with self-service IT services for provisioning, moving, or restructuring SharePoint Online content, as well as lifecycle and permissions management.
• AvePoint File Share Navigator Online removes the barriers to seamless global collaboration by consolidating enterprise-wide access to all content via SharePoint Online.

“By integrating with Azure Government technologies, AvePoint provides agencies with software solutions for their unique needs in in the cloud – all hosted in the U.S. through trusted data centers,” said Chris Foreman, CEO of AvePoint Public Sector. “Three million users not only trust AvePoint Online Services to ease their move to cloud, but also meet organizational compliance and governance initiatives to allow decision makers, users, and IT administrators to work better together on Office 365.”

For more information on AvePoint Online Services and its integration with Azure Government, please visit our website.

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