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Azure – Please upgrade your Azure AD Connect sync to a newer version by 29 February 2024
We’re retiring older versions of Azure Active Directory Connect. Read More for the details.
Azure – We are retiring Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics v2.x on 29 February 2024
Transition to Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics v3. Read More for the details.
Azure – We’re retiring the standard version of Custom Voice on 29 February 2024
Upgrade to Custom Neural Voice. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Batch rendering VM images & licensing will be retired on 29 February 2024
Azure Batching rendering VM images & licensing are being retired. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Elasticsearch Service now supports rollups, reducing storage costs for extended retention
Amazon Elasticsearch Service introduces index rollups that lets you summarize high granularity data and preserve feature-rich aggregations over large data sets for analytics while reducing the storage costs. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Network Firewall Deployment Automations for AWS Transit Gateway is Generally Available
We’re excited to announce the launch of AWS Network Firewall Deployment Automations for AWS Transit Gateway, a reference implementation to help customers deploy and configure the AWS resources needed to inspect and filter VPC-to-VPC (East-West) traffic. Read More for the details.
GCP – Introducing GKE Autopilot: a revolution in managed Kubernetes
In the years since Google invented Kubernetes, it has completely revolutionized IT operations, becoming the de facto standard for organizations looking for advanced container orchestration. Organizations that need the highest levels of reliability, security, and scalability for their applications choose Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). In the second quarter of 2020 alone, more than 100,000 companies […]
GCP – A look at the new Google Cloud Marketplace Private Catalog, now with Terraform support
In April 2019, we announced that Private Catalog was generally available to all Google Cloud Marketplace customers, giving cloud administrators, developers, and procurement managers within an organization a single, centralized home for apps and solutions that are approved for everyone’s internal use. Private Catalog makes teams more productive by making Google Cloud services, third-party and […]
AWS – Announcing two new on-demand digital courses for Media Services
AWS Training and Certification is excited to announce two new courses for Media Services: Media Supply Chain: Video Processing and Delivery and Introduction to AWS Media Services by Use Case. These digital courses are designed for organizations and individuals seeking to build cloud-based media workflows. Read More for the details.
AWS – New digital curriculum: Build Modern Apps with Purpose-Built Databases
We’re excited to announce a free new digital curriculum: Build Modern Apps with Purpose-Built Databases. The curriculum explores the benefits of Amazon purpose-built databases and illustrates a step-by-step process for creating and modeling the databases for modern applications. Designed for data engineers, database developers, and solutions architects, this intermediate, three-hour curriculum has six self-paced modules […]