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Azure – Cross resource query between Azure Monitor and Azure Data Explorer in public preview
Azure Monitor cross resource query enables you to run cross-resource queries by using client tools that support Kusto queries. Read More for the details.

Azure – Activity Log Alerts – Change in “Description” property in the alert payload now in development
Starting April 1, 2021, the fired alert property "Description“ will contain the alert rule description. A new property “Activity Log Event Description“ added to the Activity Log fired Alert payload that will replace the old property "Description“. Read More for the details.

GCP – Running large-scale C++ workloads with Cloud Pub/Sub and GKE
For the past couple years, we’ve been working to make Google Cloud an excellent platform for running C++ workloads. To demonstrate some of the progress we’ve made so far, we’ll show how you can use C++ with both Cloud Pub/Sub and Cloud Storage to build a highly scalable job queue running on Google Kubernetes Engine […]

GCP – Find logs fast with new “tail -f” functionality in Cloud Logging
When you’re troubleshooting an app or a deployment, every second counts! Cloud Logging helps you troubleshoot by aggregating logs from across Google Cloud, on-premises or other clouds, indexing, aggregating logs into metrics, scanning for unique errors with Error Reporting and making logs available for search, all in less than a minute. And now, we’ve built […]

AWS – Amazon AppFlow now supports Salesforce Pardot
Amazon AppFlow, a fully managed integration service that enables customers securely transfer data between AWS services and cloud applications, now supports Salesforce Pardot. Salesforce Pardot is a marketing automation solution that helps companies create meaningful connections, generate more pipeline, and empower sales to close more deals. AppFlow makes it easy for customers to configure data […]

Azure – Microsoft to establish new datacenter region in Chile
The new region is anticipated to include Microsoft Azure, with Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform to follow. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon SQS announces tiered pricing
Effective Jan 1st, 2021, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) provides tiered pricing for monthly API requests. Tiered pricing will provide discounts based on your monthly usage of Amazon SQS. Amazon SQS is a fully managed message queuing service that enables you to decouple and scale microservices, distributed systems, and serverless applications. Using Amazon SQS, you can […]

Azure – Azure Automation is now available in UAE North
Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts. Read More for the details.

Azure – View changes at-scale with Application Change Analysis now in public preview
Application Change Analysis now has a new UI to view changes in all resources under selected subscriptions, without 10 rows per page limitation. Check it out and monitor your Azure resources at-scale. Read More for the details.
GCP – Set your 2021 API resolutions with these top 2020 posts
With 2020’s challenges now behind us, it’s a great time to reflect on the lessons we learned. During a time when digital transformation and technology innovation took center stage during the global health crisis, API integration and management became even more critical for organizations. With all this in mind, and to help you set your […]