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Azure – Azure API Management will retire 5 legacy metrics in Azure Monitor on 31 August 2023
Start using the new Requests metric in Azure Monitor. Read More for the details.

Azure – Migrate to Azure Availability Zones
Azure Migrate Server Migration now offers additional options to help you meet the resiliency requirements for business critical workloads that you are migrating to Azure by taking advantage of platform native capabilities like Availability Zones. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Polly NTTS voices now available in Singapore, Tokyo, Frankfurt, and London Regions
Amazon Polly is a service that turns text into lifelike speech. Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of all Neural Text-to-Speech (NTTS) voices in Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asian Pacific (Tokyo), EU (Frankfurt), and EU (London) Regions. You can now synthesize over 14 NTTS voices in these Regions, including the Newscaster and Conversational speaking […]

Azure – Migrate your Azure Data Factory version 1 to 2 service
We’re retiring Azure Data Factory version 1 service on 31 August 2023 Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Storage classic metrics will be retired on 31 August 2023
Transition to using metrics in Azure Monitor Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure S8 and S9 Analysis Services SKUs retiring on 31 August 2023
Migrate to S8V2 or S9V2 SKUs Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Security Center—News and updates for August 2020
New enhancements and updates that were made to Azure Security Center in August 2020. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Single Sign-On is available in three additional Asia Pacific Regions
AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) is now available in the Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), and Asia Pacific (Seoul). For a full list of the Regions where AWS SSO is available, see the AWS Region Table. Read More for the details.

GCP – Next OnAir: Business application platform sessions to accelerate digital transformation
In 2020, digital transformation journeys have been forced to accelerate and what would normally have taken years is now happening in a matter of months. From the proliferation of telehealth services to the growing primacy of online retail to the rise of digital management, forecasting, and contingency-planning, enterprises face more pressure than ever to digitally […]