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CSRA Signs Three Year Agreement With Microsoft To Utilize Cloud Platform

Tuesday, February 7th, 2017

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CSRA Inc. [CSRA] signed a three-year Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft [MSFT] to allow it to use Microsoft’s products, including the Azure cloud platform, CSRA said Monday.This agreement makes CSRA the first government system integrator to migrate its workload to the Azure Government cloud platform. The migration allows CSRA to have the same levels of information security requirements as its Defense Department customer while also participating in new Microsoft cloud offerings, CSRA said.CSRA is also a Gold Partner in the Microsoft…

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