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Azure – Azure Blob storage—NFS 3.0 protocol support public preview now supports GPV2 storage accounts
NFS 3.0 support for Azure Blob Storage preview now supports premium performance tier in all available regions and lower cost standard performance tier in Australia East, Korea Central, and South Central US. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Repos – New enhancements to pull request experience
In this sprint, we’re doubling down our investments in the pull request experience with a list of new enhancements. Read More for the details.

GCP – Control access to your web sites with Identity-Aware Proxy
Does your company need to make an internal website accessible to employees, temporary workers, and contractors? How about running a public site open to all, but with some functions requiring personalization? Or perhaps providing a highly restricted site that only authorized users, running on secure platforms, can access? Those are all common use cases, and […]

Azure – Transparent Data Encryption with customer-managed keys for SQL Database Hyperscale
This feature enables bring your own key (BYOK) support for data protection at rest, using Azure Key Vault, for Azure SQL Database Hyperscale customers. Read More for the details.

Azure – Private link for Azure SQL Data Sync on Azure SQL Database now in public preview
Private link enables SQL Data Sync users to choose a service managed private endpoint for the sync service to securely connect to member and hub databases during data synchronization. Read More for the details.

Azure – Stop/start functionality for Azure Database for MariaDB is now in public preview
The stop/start feature can enable cost savings on your database servers as you can stop your Database for MariaDB server when not in use and start the server when you resume activity–paying only for what you use. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Azure Monitor for containers new Reports(tab) & deployment live logs
Now access all your Kubernetes related visualizations such as Node-disk, Node-network, Workloads & Persistent Volume, and many more in new Reports(tab). As part of this update you can also view, search, and filter pod Live Logs of AKS deployments for quick troubleshooting. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Single Server: logical decoding feature is now generally available
With logical decoding and wal2json support, unlock change data capture scenarios with Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Single Server. Read More for the details.

Azure – App Service Environment v3 now available in public preview
Available with no stamp fee via new Isolated v2 SKU. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure resource logs for Azure Storage is now in public preview
With Azure Storage logs and native export options, it’s more convenient to troubleshoot issues on requests to your storage account. Read More for the details.