Windows 10: Microsoft wins JEDI Cloud contract from U.S. Department of Defense

Brink · Oct 26, 2019

Over the last two years the Department of Defense has awarded more than $11 billion across 10 separate cloud contracts. As we continue to execute the DOD Cloud Strategy, additional contracts are planned for both cloud services and complementary migration and integration solutions necessary to achieve effective cloud adoption.

Today the Department of Defense has taken another step forward in the implementation of our Cloud Strategy with the award of an enterprise general-purpose cloud contract to Microsoft. This continues our strategy of a multi-vendor, multi-cloud environment as the department’s needs are diverse and cannot be met by any single supplier. This contract will address critical and urgent unmet warfighter requirements for modern cloud infrastructure at all three classification levels delivered out to the tactical edge.

This award is the conclusion of a process that began with the release of the first RFI to industry nearly two years ago. Throughout that time, the department’s focus never wavered from the need to support our warfighters with this essential capability.

The acquisition process was conducted in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. The process cleared review by the GAO and Court of Federal Claims. At the outset the competition included four different offerors. All offerors were treated fairly and evaluated consistently with the solicitation’s stated evaluation criteria. Prior to the award, the department conferred with the DOD Inspector General, which informed the decision to proceed.

The base contract period is two years with a $1 million guarantee. The department projects that user adoption will drive an estimated $210 million of spending during the two year base period. The DOD will rigorously review contract performance prior to the exercise of any options.

The Department continues to assess and pursue various cloud contracting opportunities to diversify the capabilities of the DoD Enterprise Cloud Environment. Additional contracting opportunities are anticipated.

“The National Defense Strategy dictates that we must improve the speed and effectiveness with which we develop and deploy modernized technical capabilities to our women and men in uniform,” DOD Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy said. “The DOD Digital Modernization Strategy was created to support this imperative. This award is an important step in execution of the Digital Modernization Strategy.”
DOD will continue to partner closely with industry to bring the best of commercial innovation to bear on behalf of our nation’s warfighters.
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Source: DOD Announces Enterprise General Purpose Cloud Contract Award > U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE > Release

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mta3006 · Oct 26, 2019

Microsoft on Technology and the US military

"Recently Microsoft bid on an important defense project. It’s the DOD’s Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud project – or “JEDI” – which will re-engineer the Defense Department’s end-to-end IT infrastructure, from the Pentagon to field-level support of the country’s servicemen and women."

We are doomed.

Brink · Oct 26, 2019

Surface now approved for U.S. Department of Defense

As the DoD plans for its upgrade to Windows 10, today we’re also pleased to announce that the Surface family of devices are now fully certified and available through the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Unified Capabilities (UC) Approved Products List (APL) and can be easily worked into deployment plans.

Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book, as well as Surface Pro 3 and Surface 3 have all been granted approval as Multifunction Mobile Devices (MMD). This means that Surface has met the strict security and interoperability requirements consistent with the DISA Field Security Office (FSO) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG).

That’s important because we know government and defense technology leaders share many of the same priorities as our other commercial customers across a range of industries— they are interested in how Surface can help workers to be more productive on-the-go, while also offering savings through device consolidation. They want to empower a mobile workforce and transform operations through new digital workflows, without compromising security or performance.

Surface Pro 4 is the fastest Surface adopted in business ever with a range of industries including healthcare, financial services, commercial aviation, retail, hospitality, education, engineering and manufacturing all choosing Surface to help their employees get more done. The momentum that Surface continues to build with business customers has been exciting to see.

Now with the ability to provision Surface through common contract vehicles and blanket purchase agreements, we’re eager to see how military departments and DoD agencies may put Surface to use. And with our recently announced Surface Enterprise Initiative programs designed to accelerate adoption of Surface and Windows 10 in the enterprise, there’s never been a better time for businesses of all kinds to take advantage of the value of Surface: cost savings when removing the need for both a laptop and an iPad; the ability to run full Office and desktop apps; and the strongest security and management with Windows 10.

To learn more about the benefits of Surface for Government, visit Surface.com, or talk to your local reseller or Microsoft representative.
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Source: Surface now approved for U.S. Department of Defense | Microsoft Devices Blog

lx07 · Oct 26, 2019

Windows now accounts for mere 10% of the Microsoft’s revenue.

MS has a huge contract from US Defense Department
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Do they? I was reading that the Surface had just been certified here Surface Surface now approved for U.S. Department of Defense - Windows 10 Forums so I checked what else had - all recent iPhones, Galaxy S5 and S6, and all sorts of odd (mainly quite old) devices that pass the certification process.

You can look here Approved Products List (APL) Testing & Certification or perhaps here DISA | DoD Mobility Program

Being allowed to buy something off the company list (in this case the US government) is not the same as an order.

If however you have found out that some large percentage of MS income is from the DoD (rather than what is described in this thread) then please do share the details.

Perhaps with a link with some justification.

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