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Azure – Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) support for PostgreSQL versions 13.3 and 12.7 in public preview
Hyperscale (Citus) now supports the latest PostgreSQL minor versions 13.3 and 12.7 for Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Azure Red Hat OpenShift support for OpenShift 4.7
Benefit from new features and enhancements in OpenShift release 4.7. Read More for the details.

Azure – Software inventory and agentless dependency analysis generally available with Azure Migrate
You can inventory installed applications, roles and features and perform dependency analysis on discovered Windows & Linux servers without installing any agents. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Defender for SQL now in general availability on the Azure SQL Virtual Machine blade
Configure Azure Defender to view and manage your security concerns for SQL Server on Azure virtual machines. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Lower capacity reservation tier for Azure Monitor dedicated clusters
Leverage advanced features in Azure Monitor like customer-managed key, Lockbox, infrastructure encryption for lower capacity reservation commitment. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Azure Monitor IT Service Management Connector is now certified with ServiceNow Quebec version
The Azure IT Service Management Connector is certified on the Quebec version of ServiceNow, enabling alerts integration with ITSM products. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure SQL—public preview updates for early August 2021
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL Managed Instance in early August 2021. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Azure Monitor Scheduled Query Rules API 2021-02-01-preview
Scheduled Query Rules API version 2021-02-01-preview is now available and is replacing API version 2020-05-01-preview. Read More for the details.

GCP – Google named a Leader in 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services again
For the fourth consecutive year, Gartner has positioned Google as a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services (formerly titled as Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service upto 2014 Infrastructure as a Service, or (IaaS). With our customers and communities adjusting to new ways of working and […]
AWS – New AWS Solutions Implementation: SQL-based ETL with Apache Spark on Amazon EKS
You can now set up SQL-Based ETL with Apache Spark on Amazon EKS. This solutions implementation provides declarative data processing support, codeless extract-transform-load (ETL) capabilities, and workflow orchestration automation to help data scientists and analysts access their data and create meaningful insights without the need for manual IT processes. Read More for the details.