Windows 10: Microsoft Formavailable for U.S. Government Community Cloud: GCC

Brink · Jan 29, 2019

Millions of education, commercial, and consumer customers have already been using Microsoft Forms, a simple, lightweight tool to create surveys, quizzes, and polls and today, we’re excited to announce Microsoft Forms is also generally available to Office 365 U.S. Government customers in GCC and GCC High environments.

With Microsoft Forms, employees can easily solicit client input, measure customer satisfaction, and organize team events within minutes. The app is simple to use and works on any web browser, so it can be accessed from anywhere, anytime. Microsoft Forms also makes it easy to understand the data right away, with real time responses and automatic charts that are in-built. And for more complex surveys, Forms supports question branching and Likert scales, plus the ability to collect 50,000 survey responses per form.

Additionally, Forms supports the addition of themes, logos, and images, for organizations and agencies that want to custom brand their surveys. Microsoft Forms has enterprise-grade security, supports such features as SOC FedRAMP and compliance, and has the ability for IT admins to manage user licenses.

As of today, Forms will be turned on for end users, by default, and available via the app launcher in GCC and GCC High. GCC customers can log in at forms.microsoft.com or through the Office app launcher. GCC High customers can log in at forms.osi.office365.us or through the Office app launcher.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What do admins need to do to make Forms available for their organization?
A:  By default, Microsoft Forms is turned on for everyone in an organization. Administrators can change access permissions for specific people in the organization. Learn more about administrator controls, security, trust, and compliance.

Q: What platforms does Microsoft Forms support? 
A: Microsoft Forms runs on Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, and web platforms. 

Q: What level of security and compliance does Microsoft Forms support? 
A: Forms is an Office 365 Tier-D service and part of the Office 365 compliance program. More information about Office 365 compliance is available at the Microsoft Trust Center.

Q: Can I control which users in my organization access Microsoft Forms
A: Yes, by assigning licenses to users, you control whom in your organization can access Microsoft Forms.

Q: Can forms created in GCC and GCC-High environments be shared externally?
A: Currently, forms can only be shared within your organization.

Q: Where can people in my organization go for more information?
A: Customers can learn more at https://support.office.com/en-us/forms

We invite you to continue helping us improve Forms by submitted feature suggestions, or voting on existing ones, throughout UserVoice site. You can also engage with us and other Forms users on Tech Community, and stay current on the latest releases through our blog site.
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Brink · Jan 29, 2019

Announcing Microsoft 365 for US Government

Make no mistake: over the last few years, we’ve seen faster acceleration of government organizations moving to the cloud. So why now? This move is driven largely by the desire to bring the most up-to-date tools and capabilities to employees to meet demands for mobility and create a more modern workplace—and to ensure they are better equipped to face rising security challenges. And this desire is supported by recent legislation like the Modernizing Government Technology Act, which creates IT modernization funds to help agencies replace aging infrastructure that poses security risks. That’s why today we are excited to announce the availability of Microsoft 365 for US Government Cloud environments, which will bring together Office 365, Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS), and Windows 10 for US Government organizations to help agencies provide a modern workplace while meeting US compliance and security standards.At Microsoft, we realized early on that we must continually invest in helping our government customers meet their compliance and security requirements. From a regulatory standpoint, we’ve committed to meeting US federal standards like FEDRAMP, or industry regulations like CJIS in law enforcement, FERPA in education, or HIPPA in healthcare, along with many others, to show our understanding and commitment. And when it comes to security, many organizations these days are wondering when—not if—they’ll be attacked. Microsoft can quickly update its services to protect against threats, where many government agencies with on-premises environments may take weeks if not months to deploy patches in the event of an attack. Our ability to dramatically speed up the timeline can result in real ROI savings—and better protected citizen data—for our government cloud customers. That’s especially critical for budget-constrained government agencies that need to direct funds to help citizens—not patch security holes in an aging, on-premises infrastructure.What Microsoft 365 for US Government brings to the table for government agencies of all sizes is the value of cloud services with the unique compliance commitments for handling controlled unclassified information. In addition, for US government customers, Microsoft offers three cloud environments where data is isolated in the US and in its own separate physical infrastructure—servers, racks, networks. All three environments meet the minimum bar for all government-specific regulations, data security, and privacy:

Government Community Cloud (GCC) is built to serve civilian government agencies at the state, local, and federal level.

GCC High is built to serve government customers in highly sensitive situations and the commercial organizations that do business with those entities, like air and defense contractors.

DoD Cloud is specifically for Department of Defense—not just the military, but also for agencies that sit within the armed forces.

Government agencies at every level—federal, state, and local—are feeling a push from all of us as citizens for deeper engagement, more transparent communications, and more modern ways to connect with government representatives. They are also trying to figure out how to attract and retain talent in a competitive job market. And finally, they need to empower their current employees to engage with citizens, create more innovative services, and improve operations. The modern workplace tools in Microsoft 365 can help government agencies connect with citizens, work from anywhere using any device, collaborate better across departmental and agency boundaries, gain unique insights into government programs and agency operations, and stay securely connected when they’re in the field. That’s why we designed Microsoft 365 for US Government with the following principles in mind:

Teamwork. We’re enabling teams to work better together. OneDrive for Business and SharePoint Online enable people to collaborate more cohesively via secure sharing and real-time co-authoring, while Skype for Business Online provides a single platform for calling, conferencing, video, and sharing across almost any device. And Surface Hub helps agencies constrained by tight travel budgets connect and collaborate more effectively through immersive, real-time meetings.

Intelligent security. Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) provides identity-driven protection for critical data. Government employees can work and collaborate securely from anywhere on any device using familiar, cloud-based Office 365 apps and tools. Government agencies can leverage automated file level data encryption with Azure Information Protection, Conditional Access with Multifactor Authentication with Azure Active Directory, manage and PCs and mobile devices with Microsoft Intune, and protect on premises identities from advanced attacks with Microsoft Advanced Threat Protection. These innovative technologies ensure protection at the data, user, app, and device level, helping IT to intelligently safeguard government and citizen data.

Insight-driven productivity. Nobody should be locked out of data. Government employees need to see data in real time, to address citizen issues right away. Power BI Pro delivers compliant BI capabilities, so employees can securely analyze and share data in easily consumable visual formats to identify issues and opportunities to serve citizens better.

Built-in creativity. Employees can use intelligent services in Office apps like PowerPoint Designer and Word Editor to create more compelling content. We’ve also incorporated more capabilities to bring out the power of the pen or touch to make devices more accessible for users with a wide range of preferences and abilities.

Accessibility. Governments often lead the charge on accessibility standards, and we’re constantly learning from them how we can improve to ensure we are creating technology and services that are accessible to everybody.

At Microsoft, we’ve listened closely to how our US Government customers want us to package and transact our services, and we’ve listened to their concerns and questions about security, privacy, and regulatory requirements. The result is reliable, scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud services for government agencies at all levels. To learn more, visit Microsoft 365 for US Government.
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hurricane51 · Jan 29, 2019

Edge Search Does Not Permit Change of Region

I got these suggestions from the Microsoft Community forum.No. 1 worked for me:

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am glad to assist you on this.
We have reproduce the issue here and we are able to access non-regional search for google using Microsoft Edge.
I would suggest you to try the below steps and check if it helps.
Step 1:
Clear browsing data option of Microsoft Edge and check if you face the issue. To do so perform the steps below.

Click on the More actions icon next to the feedback icon present on top right corner of the Project Spartan homepage.

Select Settings and click on Choose what to clear.

Check the boxes Browsing history, Cookies and saved website data and Cached data and files and click on Clear.

Step 2:
I suggest you to create a new user account and check if the issue occurs.

Go to Settings.

Choose Accounts and then select Family and other users.

Select add someone else on this PC.

Enter a user name and hit next.

Click on Finish.

Sign out from the current Account and Log into the new account.

Step 3:
It could also happen because of network issue. I suggest you to try with different network connection and check if it helps.

timta2 · Jan 29, 2019

Microsoft Announces Global Anti-Piracy Day

Ok, I'm just tired of Microsoft starting these programs that they claim will benefit US the people when really it ONLY benefits them!

"Microsoft is taking these steps as part of its commitment to working with communities, national governments and local law enforcement agencies around the world to help protect its customers"

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