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Azure – Azure Data Share snapshot sharing for SQL Database and Synapse generally available
You can now share structured data stored in relational databases and data warehouse easily and securely between internal departments, with external partners, vendors or customers for collaboration. Read More for the details.

Azure – App Service Anti-Virus Logs in public preview
Receive improved application monitoring with support for anti-virus scans . Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Data Factory is now available in five new regions
Azure Data Factory is now available in five new regions: Switzerland North, Japan West, Canada East, Germany West Central, and UK West. Read More for the details.

Azure – Microsoft Azure Purview provides unified data governance
Announcing the public preview of a unified data governance service to maximize business value of data. Read More for the details.

Azure – Logic Apps runtime platform updates and development capabilities
This public preview refresh deepens development and testing support across platforms and offers the ability to deploy and run on Azure, on any container, or on premises. Read More for the details.

Azure – Java Azure Functions support on Linux is now generally available
Developers can now build and publish Java Azure Functions Apps on Linux. Read More for the details.

GCP – Cloud Run min instances: Minimize your serverless cold starts
One of the great things about serverless is its pay-for-what-you-use operating model that lets you scale a service down to 0. But for a certain class of applications, the not-so-great thing about serverless is that it scales down to 0, resulting in latency to process the first request when your application wakes back up again. […]

GCP – AI, Kubernetes, multi-cloud, and more: Free training to take advantage of before 2021
Google Cloud is continuing to offer no-cost learning opportunities until the end of this year to help you build in-demand cloud skills. Read on to find out how you can further your knowledge of AI, Kubernetes, multi-cloud, and more. AI and machine learning Join Lak Lakshmanan, Google Cloud’s Director of Data Analytics and AI Solutions, […]

AWS – Amazon Redshift announces native console integration with partners (Preview)
Amazon Redshift, a fully-managed cloud data warehouse, now supports native integration with select AWS partners from within the Amazon Redshift Console. With the new console partner integration, you can accelerate data onboarding and create valuable business insights in minutes by integrating with select partner solutions. With these solutions, you can bring data from applications like […]
AWS – Announcing new Amazon EC2 G4ad instances, powered by AMD Radeon Pro V520 GPUs, with the best price performance for graphics intensive applications in the cloud
We are excited to announce the availability of Amazon EC2 G4ad instances that provide the best price performance for graphics intensive applications in the cloud. G4ad instances are powered by AMD Radeon Pro V520 GPUs and second-generation AMD EPYC processors, and provide up to 45% better price performance over G4dn instances for graphics intensive applications such […]