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Azure – Azure Application Gateway analytics will be retired on 29 February 2024
Transition to Azure Monitor Network Insights workbook. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Batch Transcription and Customization Rest API v2 will be retired by 29 February 2024
Update your code that uses Azure Batch Transcription and Customization Rest API. Read More for the details.

Azure – Please upgrade your Azure AD Connect sync to a newer version by 29 February 2024
We’re retiring older versions of Azure Active Directory Connect. Read More for the details.

Azure – We are retiring Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics v2.x on 29 February 2024
Transition to Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics v3. Read More for the details.

Azure – We’re retiring the standard version of Custom Voice on 29 February 2024
Upgrade to Custom Neural Voice. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Batch rendering VM images & licensing will be retired on 29 February 2024
Azure Batching rendering VM images & licensing are being retired. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Elasticsearch Service now supports rollups, reducing storage costs for extended retention
Amazon Elasticsearch Service introduces index rollups that lets you summarize high granularity data and preserve feature-rich aggregations over large data sets for analytics while reducing the storage costs. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Network Firewall Deployment Automations for AWS Transit Gateway is Generally Available
We’re excited to announce the launch of AWS Network Firewall Deployment Automations for AWS Transit Gateway, a reference implementation to help customers deploy and configure the AWS resources needed to inspect and filter VPC-to-VPC (East-West) traffic. Read More for the details.

GCP – Introducing GKE Autopilot: a revolution in managed Kubernetes
In the years since Google invented Kubernetes, it has completely revolutionized IT operations, becoming the de facto standard for organizations looking for advanced container orchestration. Organizations that need the highest levels of reliability, security, and scalability for their applications choose Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). In the second quarter of 2020 alone, more than 100,000 companies […]
GCP – A look at the new Google Cloud Marketplace Private Catalog, now with Terraform support
In April 2019, we announced that Private Catalog was generally available to all Google Cloud Marketplace customers, giving cloud administrators, developers, and procurement managers within an organization a single, centralized home for apps and solutions that are approved for everyone’s internal use. Private Catalog makes teams more productive by making Google Cloud services, third-party and […]