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Azure – Public preview: Azure Storage Explorer support for Azure App Configuration resources
Work with your App Configuration resources in Storage Explorer on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Azure Functions extension for Event Grid blob trigger
Use the Event Grid blob trigger in Azure Functions to handle events raised by a storage account. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: App Configuration references for App Service and Azure Functions
App Service and Azure Functions now support referencing key-values from Azure App Configuration. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Azure Cosmos DB integrated cache
Optimize your Azure Cosmos DB workloads using the integrated cache, an in-memory cache built-in to the Azure Cosmos DB dedicated gateway. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Unity Catalog for Azure Databricks
Unity Catalog is a unified and fine-grained governance solution for all data assets in your Lakehouse. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure SQL—Public preview updates for late August 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late August 2022 Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure SQL—General availability updates for late August 2022
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL. Read More for the details.

GCP – Real-time virtual employment services in Yolo County, CA
For decades, Yolo County has served its over 218,000 residents in northern California with government services delivered through physical offices. Constituents looking for career counseling and employment support, for instance, could visit one of the in-person satellite offices. But when the pandemic hit in 2020, offices closed, leaving the county struggling to provide real-time employment […]

GCP – Leading towards more trustworthy compliance through EU Codes of Conduct
Google is committed to be the best possible place for sustainable digital transformation for European organizations. Our Cloud on Europe’s terms initiative works to meet regional requirements for security, privacy, and digital sovereignty, without compromising on functionality or innovation. In support of this initiative, we are making our annual declaration of adherence to two important […]
GCP – Meet Ashish Vengsarkar, tackling some of Google Cloud’s most complex challenges by day and building New York Times crosswords in his free time
Editor’s note: Ashish Vengsarkar is a director in Google Cloud’s Global Networking group, which develops, builds and operates one of the world’s largest fiber optic networks. It is not work for a fainthearted technologist – Google’s core network carries petabit-scale traffic, with each individual optical stream delivering information at a speed of 400 gigabits per […]