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AWS – Announcing general availability of Amazon Redshift native JSON and semi-structured data support
Amazon Redshift native support for JSON and semi-structured data is now generally available. It is based on the new data type ‘SUPER’ that allows you to ingest and store semi-structured data in your Amazon Redshift data warehouses. Amazon Redshift also includes support for PartiQL for SQL-compatible access to relational, semi-structured and nested data. Using the SUPER […]

Azure – General availability: Azure Hybrid Benefit for Linux with RI and VMSS Support
You can now add Azure Hybrid Benefit to their Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) VMSS instances as well as RI’s, helping to significantly reduce the costs of running your workloads in the cloud. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server intelligent performance
The latest preview release of intelligent performance on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server on Postgres 11 and 12 is now available. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server now supports 8.0.21
MySQL 8.0.21 is now in general availability with Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server deployment option in all major Azure regions. Read More for the details.

Azure – The public preview of Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server is available in two new regions
France Central and Brazil South regions are now available deployment options for the public preview of Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server: Zone redundant high availability now generally available in new regions
Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server zone redundant high availability is now available in two new regions: UK South and Japan East. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure SQL—public preview updates for April 2021
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in April 2021. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Stateful and 1-minute frequency log alerts in Azure Monitor
Log search based alerts can now be automatically resolved, and query can be evaluated every minute for faster time to fire. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Application Insights work item integration in Azure Monitor
You can now create work items in Azure DevOps or GitHub based on Application Insights telemetry. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview: Forced failover now available with zone redundant high availability for Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server
Flexible Server forced failover capability is now available in all zone redundant regions. Read More for the details.