Welcome to above the clouds

GCP – What is Cloud Scheduler?
If you want to get right into using Google Cloud Scheduler, check out this interactive tutorial! So, there you are relishing in the fact that you’ve just set up a new database and pipeline to process large amounts of your organization’s data regularly. Feeling alive! Your manager congratulates you (great job, btw!) and then informs […]

Azure – GA: Azure Pipelines task to build and deploy to Azure Container Apps
Use an Azure Pipelines task to build and deploy to Azure Container Apps. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public Preview – Azure Cache for Redis now supports aAAD based authentication and authorization
Preview password-free authentication with integrated Azure Active Directory (AAD) complemented with role-based access control supported by open source Redis. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public Preview: Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) in Azure Container Apps
You can now enable CORS for your Azure Container App through the portal or CLI. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Init containers in Azure Container Apps
You can now have separate containers that run before application containers are started in a replica and can perform all of the initialization logic. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public Preview: Database-is-alive metrics for monitoring Azure Postgres Flexible Server database availability.
Monitor the database availability for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server via database-is-alive metric. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure VMware Solution now available in Qatar with AV36P
We are excited to announce that the Azure VMware Solution has gone live in Qatar Central and is now available to customers. Read More for the details.

Azure – General Availability: AzAcSnap 8 — Azure Application Consistent Snapshot tool updates
AzAcSnap Version 8 Release Read More for the details.

Azure – Alert processing rules fields update
Alert processing rules are a set of rules that allow for modifications to be made to fired alerts, distinct from alert rules which generate new alerts. With alert processing rules, you can add or remove action groups from your fired alerts. Read More for the details.
Azure – General Availability: Azure Automation supports Python 3.8 runbooks
Azure Automation support for Python 3.8 runbooks is now Generally Available. Read More for the details.