The potential to leverage cloud computing has far-reaching implications for society, business and education. As a significant player in the industry, Microsoft’s experts are constantly exploring new ways to grow this technology field and offer innovative solutions that give customers value. Tom Keane is Corporate Vice President of Mission Engineering at Microsoft Corp., where he manages Microsoft’s mission engineering teams and shared services.

These, including DevOps support and Azure networking worldwide. He previously reported to the Server and Tools business unit at Microsoft Corp. Before joining Microsoft; Tom Keane spent 15 years with Dell Inc. in various engineering and leadership roles, including DevOps, networking, and product development.

1. Do more for the National Security mission with Azure

One area where Microsoft Azure´s Cloud has seen significant traction is in national security applications. With Azure Government, a new cloud service led by Tom Keane, those in the government sector looking to develop and run high-security applications in the cloud can now do so with the most sophisticated security features available. 

As a State Department customer, Tom built the next generation of agency portals leveraging the features of Azure Government and, in addition, Microsoft Azure Compute. With its rich feature set and high level of security, the portal has been launched internally by Tom Keane. It is now being rolled out to government agencies around the country under a pilot program.

2. Delivering Mission Success With Azure Stack

As customers look to move mission-critical applications to the cloud, Azure Stack is designed to run the entire stack and deliver mission-critical reliability, manageability, and scalability. The combination of Azure Stack with Azure Cloud Services offers customers a world-class platform that can run a hybrid of on-premises workloads and mission-critical applications. Currently, Tom Keane is the leader of all projects.