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AWS – Amazon Kendra releases Web Crawler to enable web site search
Amazon Kendra is an intelligent search service powered by machine learning, enabling organizations to provide relevant information to customers and employees, when they need it. Starting today, AWS customers can use the Amazon Kendra web crawler to index and search webpages. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure AD Privileged Identity Management (PIM) integration with Azure Lighthouse is now in public preview
Enable just-enough and just-in-time controls in cross-tenant management with Azure AD PIM integration, now in public preview. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview of OWASP Core Rule Set 3.2 for Azure Web Application Firewall
Try our new rule set and increased limits with OWASP Core Rule Set 3.2, now in public preview for Azure Web Application Firewall. Read More for the details.

GCP – All you need to know about Firestore: A cheatsheet
Your product teams might ask – “Why does it take so long to build a feature or application?” Building applications is a heavy lift due to the technical complexity, which includes the complexity of backend services that are used to manage and store data. Every moment focused on this technical complexity is a distraction from […]

Azure – Direct routing for Azure Communication Services now available in public preview
Developers will be able to use or extend their existing telephony infrastructure to the calling capabilities they build with Azure Communication Services. Read More for the details.

Azure – App Service Environment v3 now generally available
App Service Environments v3 is now available with no stamp fee and a simplified deployment experience for isolated workloads. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Transition to Cloud Services (extended support) with new migration tool
Accelerate your transition to Cloud Services (extended support) in Azure Resource Manager (ARM) using the new tool that provides a seamless and fully orchestrated migration of your Cloud Services (classic) deployments. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Graviton2 based M6g, C6g, R6g and T4g instances are now available in EU (Paris, Milan) regions, and M6g instances are available in Middle East (Bahrain) regions
Starting today, Amazon EC2 M6g, C6g, R6g, and T4g instances are available in EU (Paris, Milan) regions. Additionally, Amazon EC2 M6g instances are also available in Middle East (Bahrain) regions. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Application Migration Service is now available in the US West (Northern California), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Canada (Central), and South America (São Paulo) Regions
AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN) is now available in four additional AWS Regions: US West (Northern California), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Canada (Central), and South America (São Paulo). Read More for the details.
Azure – Upgrade to Azure Communication Services Calling JavaScript SDK 1.1.0 by 31 July 2021
We’ve updated JavaScript SDK 1.1.0 to address browser calling applications compatibility. Read More for the details.