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AWS – Amazon EC2 Mac Instances now support macOS Big Sur
Starting today, customers can run macOS Big Sur (11.2.1) as Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) on EC2 Mac instances. macOS Big Sur is the current major macOS release from Apple, and introduces multiple new capabilities and performance improvements over prior macOS versions. macOS Big Sur will support running Xcode versions 12.5 and later, which will include […]

AWS – Access Amazon EFS file systems from EC2 Mac instances running macOS Big Sur
Starting today, you can access Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) file systems from your Amazon EC2 Mac instances running macOS Big Sur. You can now mount your Amazon EFS file systems on your instances by using the Amazon EFS client, an open source toolset, installed using the Homebrew package manager. You can also mount […]

AWS – Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Patches 1.8.1 / 2.6.2 / 3.3.2 now available
Patches 1.8.1 / 2.6.2 / 3.3.2 are now available for customers using Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL. For detailed release notes visit our version documentation. You can apply the new patch version in the AWS Management Console, via the AWS CLI, or via the RDS API. For detailed instructions, please see our technical documentation. Read More […]

Azure – We’re retiring Network Performance Monitor on 29 February 2024
Transition to the new Connection Monitor in Azure Network Watcher. Read More for the details.

Azure – AKS legacy Azure AD integration will be retired on 29 February 2024
Transition to AKS Managed Azure AD by 29 February 2024. Read More for the details.

Azure – Jenkins plug-ins for Azure are being retired on 29 February 2024
Start using Azure CLI for a better experience integrating with Azure service. Read More for the details.

Azure – We’re retiring Azure Network Watcher Connection Monitor (classic) on 29 February 2024
Transition to the new Connection Monitor in Azure Network Watcher. Read More for the details.

Azure – Update your Azure Media Services REST API and SDKs to v3 by 29 February 2024
We’ll be retiring version 2 of the Azure Media Services API and the associated client SDKs on 29 February 2024. Read More for the details.

Azure – Update your scripts to use Az PowerShell modules by 29 February 2024
We’ll retire AzureRM PowerShell modules on 29 February 2024. Read More for the details.
AWS – New AWS Solutions Implementation: IoT Static IP Endpoints
We are delighted to announce the addition of IoT Static IP Endpoints to the AWS Solutions Implementations portfolio. AWS Solutions Implementations help you solve common problems and build faster using the AWS platform. Read More for the details.