Aura has achieved Texas Risk and Authorization Management Program (TX-Ramp) certification for Aura Connect – its secure, scalable cloud platform for global voice connectivity and Microsoft Teams communications.
This milestone further strengthens Aura’s position as a trusted cloud voice provider for public sector organizations, educational institutions, and regulated industries that need secure, compliant, and resilient communications services.
TX-RAMP provides a standardized approach for security assessment, certification, and continuous monitoring of cloud computing services that process the data of Texas state agencies. It applies to state agencies, institutions of higher education, and public community colleges procuring cloud services.
What TX-RAMP Certification means for Aura Connect
Aura Connect is Aura’s secure cloud-based platform for global voice connectivity and unified communications. It enables organizations to connect Microsoft Teams and other UC platforms to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) while supporting both cloud-first and hybrid telephony environments.
With TX-RAMP Certification, Aura Connect has been validated against a framework designed specifically for cloud services used by Texas public sector organizations. For customers, this provides added assurance that Aura Connect meets recognized security requirements for cloud services operating in state agency environments.
The certification is especially important for organizations that need to modernize communications while maintaining strict security, compliance, and governance standards.
Built for secure Microsoft Teams voice transformation
Aura Connect supports Microsoft Teams Phone through Operator Connect and Direct Routing – including Microsoft Government Community Cloud (GCC), and GCC High environments.
This gives organizations a secure and flexible path to modernize voice services without forcing a disruptive rip-and-replace approach. For public sector and regulated organizations, that flexibility matters. Many teams are moving toward Microsoft Teams as their communications foundation, but still need to protect existing investments, maintain service continuity, and meet specific compliance obligations.
Aura Connect helps make that transition possible by bringing together cloud voice, global PSTN access, hybrid telephony support, and secure management in one platform.
Supporting global and hybrid communications
Aura Connect provides PSTN access in 89 countries, helping organizations simplify global voice services through a single, secure platform. It also integrates with traditional telephony systems, including SIP, PRI, and analog environments, using certified Session Border Controllers (SBCs) and gateways.
This makes Aura Connect suitable for organizations at different stages of their cloud communications journey, whether they are:
- Moving fully to Microsoft Teams Phone
- Integrating Teams with existing PBX systems
- Consolidating global voice providers
- Supporting regulated users across multiple regions
- Maintaining hybrid environments during phased migration
With a redundant, geo-dispersed architecture, automated failover, and disaster recovery, Aura Connect is designed to support mission-critical communications at scale.
Security and compliance at the core
TX-RAMP Certification adds to Aura Connect’s existing security and compliance position. The platform is delivered as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering hosted in Microsoft Azure and aligns with recognized security and privacy frameworks, including ISO/IEC 27001 and the CSA STAR Registry.
Aura Connect also supports GDPR and data processing agreement requirements for international and government users, helping organizations build a more secure foundation for communications modernization.
A trusted path to cloud voice modernization
Achieving TX-RAMP Certification is an important milestone for Aura Connect – and for the customers Aura supports.
As organizations continue to modernize voice, customer experience, and unified communications, they need partners and platforms that can reduce complexity without increasing risk.
Aura Connect helps customers move at their own pace, integrate existing infrastructure, and build a secure Microsoft-first communications foundation for the future.
For public sector organizations, educational institutions, and regulated enterprises, TX-RAMP Certification provides additional assurance that Aura Connect is ready to support secure, compliant, and scalable cloud voice transformation.
