Welcome to above the clouds
Azure – Serverless offer for Azure Cosmos DB now in preview
A new consumption-based offer that requires no capacity management is now available Read More for the details.
Azure – PowerShell support in Durable Functions is in public preview
Developers can now orchestrate complex automation workflows in Azure Functions using familiar language constructs in PowerShell 7 Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Ultra Disk is now generally available in more regions and Availability Zones
Azure Ultra Disk is now available in Australia East, East Asia, Brazil South, and Canada Central, while Azure Ultra Disk support has been expanded to the 3 Availability Zones in US East 2 and Japan East. Read More for the details.
Azure – Cost optimization enhancements now available in Azure Advisor
New Advisor cost optimization enhancements help you optimize and reduce your overall Azure spend. Read More for the details.
Azure – New Azure IoT Central App Template – Video Analytics is now available
Microsoft and Intel have collaborated to build end-to-end video analytics solutions using Azure IoT Central & Live Video Analytics. IoT Central application template is removing the complexity and challenges related to Video Analytics solution development and deployment. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Backup for SAP HANA databases running on RHEL is now generally available
On August 1, 2020, Azure Backups support for HANA databases running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) became generally available. This offering is available across all Azure regions except for Germany Northeast, Germany Central, France South, and US Gov IOWA. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure IoT Central UI new and updated features—July 2020
July updates include jobs improvements, CLI updates, documentation enhancements, new REST APIs, and a new mobile gateway sample. Read More for the details.
GCP – New GKE Dataplane V2 increases security and visibility for containers
One of Kubernetes’ true superpowers is its developer-first networking model. It provides easy-to-use features such as L3/L4 services and L7 ingress to bring traffic into your cluster as well as network policies for isolating multi-tenant workloads. As more and more enterprises adopt Kubernetes, the gamut of use cases is widening with new requirements around multi-cloud, […]
GCP – Bringing databases to the center of a modern business
For many decades, databases have been the engines fueling the most business-critical enterprise workloads across industries such as retail, banking, manufacturing, and healthcare. These are the systems that, for example, allow money to move around the world and supplies to get to hospitals and patients when they need it most. These workloads require the highest […]
GCP – Get more from every core: Announcing CPU overcommit for Compute Engine
As part of our commitment to provide the most enterprise-friendly, intelligent, and cost effective options for running workloads in the cloud, we are excited to announce CPU overcommit for sole-tenant nodes is now generally available. With CPU overcommit for sole-tenant nodes, you can over-provision your dedicated host virtual CPU resources by up to 2X. CPU […]