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AWS – AWS Backup now supports Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) Snapshots Archive in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Today, AWS Backup announces support for EBS Snapshots Archive in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, allowing customers to automatically move EBS Snapshots created by AWS Backup to EBS Snapshots Archive. EBS Snapshots Archive is low-cost, long-term storage tier meant for your rarely-accessed snapshots that do not need frequent or fast retrieval, allowing you to save […]
AWS – AWS Elastic Beanstalk now supports .NET 8 on AL2023
AWS Elastic Beanstalk now supports .NET 8 on AL2023 Elastic Beanstalk environments. Elastic Beanstalk .NET 8 on AL2023 environments come with .NET 8.0 installed by default. See Release Notes for additional details. AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a service that provides the ability to deploy and manage applications in AWS without worrying about the infrastructure that […]
Azure – Added support for Azure Monitor log search alert rules in Resource Health
Azure Resource Health helps you diagnose and get support for service problems that affect your Azure resources. Azure Resource Health now supports log search alert rules, so that you can use the activity log to check the health status of your log search alert rules. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Batch introduces the Job Queue Snapshot to view jobs at the front of the job queues
AWS Batch now offers the Job Queue Snapshot feature, enabling you to observe the jobs at the front of your queues. This feature provides visibility to the existing AWS Batch Fair Share Scheduling capabilities. The Job Queue Snapshot displays the jobs at the front of your job queues to assist administrators. Job Queue Snapshot addresses […]
AWS – AWS CloudFormation Hooks is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
AWS CloudFormation Hooks is now generally available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. With this launch, customers can deploy Hooks in these newly supported AWS Regions to help keep resources secure and compliant. With CloudFormation Hooks, you can invoke custom logic to automate actions or inspect resource configurations prior to a create, update or delete […]
AWS – AWS Transfer Family increases message size and throughput limits for AS2
AWS Transfer Family support for the Applicability Statement (AS2) protocol has increased its default message size limit from 50 MB to 1 GB and throughput limit from 30 to 100 message transfers per second. You will find these increased limits reflected on the AWS Transfer Family page within the Service Quotas console. These increased limits […]
Azure – General Availability: Audit logging in Azure API Management developer portal
We are excited to announce that audit logging for user actions in the Azure API Management developer portal is now generally available. API administrators and managers can now enable a diagnostic setting in Azure API Management to send developer portal audit logs to a storage account, event hub, or Log Analytics workspace. Read More for […]
Azure – Log search alert rules using linked storage will require using a managed identity staring July 2024
Starting July 2024, alert rules using linked storage will require a managed identity to access the linked storage. This requirement will be enforced on alert rules created with API version 2023-12-01 or newer. Creating or updating linked storage rules using an older API version will be blocked. Read More for the details.
GCP – How Philips Hue uses Google Cloud Certificate Authority Service to enable Matter integration
Signify (formerly known as Philips Lighting) is a global leader in lighting and smart home solutions, with over 35,000 employees and operations in over 180 countries. With the mission to unlock extraordinary potential of light for brighter lives and a better world, Philips Hue (one of Signify’s brands) delivers millions of smart and connected light […]
GCP – Getting started with retrieval augmented generation on BigQuery with LangChain
The ability of large language models (LLMs) to process and generate human language continues to revolutionize many aspects of business. But an LLM’s knowledge is limited to the data it was trained on, which can cause drawbacks when dealing with specific company information or nuanced industry contexts. Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) offers a powerful solution to […]