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Azure – Public preview: Apply settings inside machines using Azure Policy’s guest configuration
Azure Policy can audit or configure settings inside a machine, both for machines running in Azure and Arc-enabled hybrid machines. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure AD B2C redirect URL login.microsoftonline.com will be retired on 31 August 2022
Update apps using Azure AD B2C to new redirect b2clogin.com. Read More for the details.

Azure – Basic and Standard A-series VMs will retire on 31 August 2024
Migrate your Azure workloads to Av2-series VMs before 31 August 2024. Read More for the details.

Azure – Community support for PHP 7.3 is ending on 6 December 2021
Upgrade to PHP 7.4 before 6 December 2021. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Data Factory Compute Optimized data flows will be retired on 31 August 2024
Transition from Compute Optimized data flows to General Purpose data flows by 31 August 2024. Read More for the details.

Azure – Cloud Services (classic) deployment model is retiring on 31 August 2024
Migrate your cloud services to a new deployment model before 31 August 2024. Read More for the details.

Azure – Machine Learning Studio (classic) will retire on 31 August 2024
Machine Learning Studio (classic) will be retired by 31 August 2024 – transition to Azure Machine Learning. Read More for the details.

Azure – Transition to new work item integration in Application Insights by 31 August 2022
Work item integration (classic) will be retired on 31 August 2022. Read More for the details.

GCP – Best practices using Web Risk API to help stop phishing and more
Whether you are a social media site, security company, or enterprise email manager, keeping users safe is always the goal. However, the top two threats to users’ security, phishing and malware, can make that challenging. The Safe Browsing teamat Google has been dedicated to defending the web from malware, phishing, and more threats for more […]
GCP – What’s the key to a more secure Cloud Function? It’s a secret!
Google Cloud Functions provides a simple and intuitive developer experience to execute code from Google Cloud, Firebase, Google Assistant, or any web, mobile, or backend application. Oftentimes that code needs secrets—like API keys, passwords, or certificates—to authenticate to or invoke upstream APIs and services. While Google Secret Manager is a fully-managed, secure, and convenient storage […]