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AWS – Amazon API Gateway HTTP APIs now supports wildcard custom domain names
Customers can use wildcard custom domain names to easily create multiple URLs that route to one Amazon API Gateway HTTP API. This update extends API Gateway’s current support for wildcard custom domain names to include HTTP APIs. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Glue version 2.0 featuring 10x faster job start times and 1-minute minimum billing duration
AWS Glue version 2.0 featuring 10x faster Spark ETL job start times, is now generally available. With Glue version 2.0, job startup is faster and more consistent. In addition, AWS Glue version 2.0 Spark jobs will be billed in 1-second increments with a 1-minute minimum rather than a 10 minute minimum. As a result, customers […]

Azure – Azure Functions: PowerShell 7 support is now generally available
Develop and deploy Azure Functions Apps for production scenarios using the latest version of PowerShell. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Lambda now provides IAM condition keys for VPC settings
You can now govern the virtual private cloud (VPC) settings for your Lambda functions using IAM condition keys. Using these condition keys, you can enforce that users only deploy functions that are connected to a VPC. VPC-enabled functions send all traffic through your VPC and abide by your VPC’s network controls. You can use these […]

AWS – Amazon Elastic Container Service launches more network metrics for containers using the EC2 launch type
Today, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) announced the availability of additional network metrics for containers using the EC2 launch type in either bridge or awsvpc networking modes. You can now measure the rate of network traffic to and from your containers in both ECS Container Insights in Amazon CloudWatch or the ECS task metadata endpoint. This lets […]

AWS – Amazon AppStream 2.0 now supports local printer redirection
Today, Amazon AppStream 2.0 adds support for local printer redirection with the AppStream 2.0 client for Windows. With local printer redirection, AppStream 2.0 users can redirect print jobs from their streaming application to a printer that is connected to their local computer. No printer driver needs to be installed on the AppStream 2.0 streaming instance […]

AWS – New AWS Solutions Consulting Offer – IoT Foundations
IoT Foundations is an AWS Solutions Consulting Offer delivered via consulting engagement from Trek10, an AWS Partner Network (APN) Premier Consulting Partner with the AWS DevOps, AWS IoT Consulting and AWS SaaS Consulting Competencies. IoT Foundations is intended for those that want to create and connect devices to an AWS IoT infrastructure. Devices can be conceptual, […]

Azure – The Azure Cloud Shell tools image is now open sourced
The Azure Cloud Shell tools image is now generally available on GitHub. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Cloud Shell can now run in an isolated virtual network (public preview)
Cloud Shell now supports virtual networks. Read More for the details.
Azure – New GPU NCas T4 v3 VMs are in public preview
NCas T4 v3 Series VMs are now available for preview in US West 2. Read More for the details.