Welcome to above the clouds

Azure – Public preview: Stable URLs for preview environments in Azure Static Web Apps
Azure Static Web Apps preview deployments now support stable URLs. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Azure Monitoring Agent supports custom and IIS logs
New collection types supported by Azure Monitoring Agent that extends beyond the standard data available today. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure SQL—Public preview updates for mid-April 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Azure SQL Database Hyperscale reverse migration to general purpose tier
Easily move your previously migrated databases on Azure SQL Database Hyperscale back to the general purpose tier. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Zone redundancy for Azure SQL Database general purpose tier
Make your general purpose provisioned and serverless Azure SQL databases and elastic pools more resilient with catastrophic datacenter outages, without any changes of the application logic by selecting zone redundancy. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB unique index re-indexing
Unique indexes can now be created in existing collections with data in the API for MongoDB. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Azure Cosmos DB autoscale RU/s entry point is 4x lower
Set autoscale on your database or container with a new scale range of 100 RU/s – 1000 RU/s. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Azure SQL Migration extension for Azure Data Studio
Assess, receive Azure recommendations, and then migrate your SQL Server databases using the Azure SQL Migration extension in Azure Data Studio. Read More for the details.

GCP – The journey to the cloud mitigates enterprise risk
Over the past decade, cybersecurity has posed an increasing risk for organizations. In fact, cyber incidents topped the recent Allianz Risk Barometer for only the second time in the survey’s history. The challenges in combating these risks only continue to grow. Adversaries tend to be agile and are consistently looking for new ways to land […]
GCP – Broad Institute speeds scientific research with Cloud SQL
Editor’s note: The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, a nonprofit biomedical research organization that develops genomics software, needs to keep pace with the latest scientific discoveries. Here’s how they use managed database services from Google Cloud to move fast and stay on the cutting edge. The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is a […]