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GCP – In case you missed it: All our free Google Cloud training opportunities from Q1
No-cost training opportunities remain a core part of how we help you build your cloud knowledge and showcase your cloud competencies. Since January, we’ve introduced a number of opportunities for you to grow your skills, and we wanted to bring them together into one handy resource so you don’t miss out. Join the Google Cloud […]

AWS – You can now use macros and transforms in CloudFormation templates to create AWS CloudFormation StackSets
AWS CloudFormation StackSets extend the functionality of stacks by enabling you to create, update, or delete stacks across multiple AWS accounts and Regions with a single operation. We are now announcing the support for CloudFormation Macros and transforms in templates that are used to create a stack set. AWS CloudFormation macros perform custom processing on […]

GCP – 5 cheat sheets to help you get started on you Google Cloud journey
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, and that’s where these cheat sheets come in handy. Cloud Developer Advocate Priyanka Vergadia has built a number of guides that help developers visually navigate critical decisions, whether it’s determining the best way to move to the cloud, or deciding on the best storage options. Below are […]

GCP – Tracking index backfill operation progress in Cloud Spanner
One of the cool things about Google Cloud Spanner, a horizontally scalable relational database, is that you can do an online schema update. Your database is never down for schema update operations. Cloud Spanner continues to serve data during ongoing schema updates. Imagine your application is querying data from a large table in the Cloud […]

Azure – General availability: Event source start options in Azure Time Series Insights Gen2
The new event source start options feature in Azure Time Series Insights Gen2 gives you flexibility when configuring an event source. Read More for the details.

Azure – User data through Azure Instance Metadata Service now generally available
Leverage user data to customize your VM instance provision and configuration. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Azure Sphere version 21.04 expected on April 29, 2021
Participate in the retail evaluation now to ensure full compatibility. The OS evaluation period provides 14 days for backward compatibility testing. Read More for the details.

GCP – Predictable serverless deployments with Terraform
As a software developer, you want your code to reliably work. If your code is deployed in any sort of complex architecture, your code may be correct, but a misconfigured deployment could mean the entire system doesn’t work. The ability to reliably deploy complex infrastructure is essential. Having detailed documentation is useful, but just one […]

AWS – Amazon Elasticsearch Service now supports integration with Microsoft Power BI
Amazon Elasticsearch Service now supports integrating with Microsoft Power BI, a business analytics service that delivers insights to enable fast, informed decisions. Powered by the Open Distro for Elasticsearch ODBC Driver you can now integrate your Microsoft Power BI environment with you Amazon Elasticsearch Service domains using the Open Distro for Elasticsearch SQL Engine. Read […]
AWS – AWS Data Exchange launches post-subscription wizard to configure revision exports to Amazon S3
AWS Data Exchange now gives customers an easy way to set up export jobs upon subscribing to products. Instead of navigating to separate screens, subscribers can use the AWS Data Exchange console to configure export jobs that will begin automatically after their subscription is completed. This functionality reduces friction and time to value for customers. For […]