As the JEDI cloud contract looms in the distance, Microsoft gets two wins in Washington (Tom Krazit/GeekWire)

Tom Krazit / GeekWire
As the JEDI cloud contract looms in the distance, Microsoft gets two wins in Washington – Microsoft started off the year with two small wins in the federal government sector, winning a $1.76 billion contract with the Department of Defense for software development services and a new certification for its Outlook mobile app. The five-year $1.76 billion contract was announced Friday evening guaranteed to get …