government in accordance with guidelines spelled out under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), a U.S. government program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud services used by the federal government. Significant outages The following is a list of Microsoft Azure outages and service disruptions. Certifications A large variety of Azure certifications can be attained, each requiring one or multiple successfully completed examinations. Certification levels range from beginner, intermediate to expert. Examples of common certifications include: Azure Fundamentals Azure Developer Associate Azure Administrator Associate Azure Data Engineers Associate Azure Security Engineer Associate Azure Solutions Architect Expert Azure DevOps Engineer Expert Key people Dave Cutler, Lead Developer, Microsoft Azure Mark Russinovich, CTO, Microsoft Azure Scott Guthrie, Executive Vice President of the Cloud and AI group in Microsoft Jason Zander, Executive Vice President, Microsoft Azure Julia White, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Azure See also Cloud-computing comparison Comparison of file hosting services Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching CBL-Mariner References Citations Sources Azure Documentation Microsoft Azure Further reading External links Cloud computing providers Cloud computing Cloud infrastructure Cloud platforms Cloud storage Computer-related introductions in 2010 Microsoft cloud services