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Azure – Generally available: Burstable compute for single node configurations for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Use new burstable compute in single node configurations to start small with distributed Postgres and scale out later. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Power BI with Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server
Integrate Power BI with Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server directly from the Azure portal to quickly get started with building your data visualizations! Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Migration feature with Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Use the new migration tool to migrate workloads from Single Server to Flexible Server on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure. Read More for the details.

Azure – New Azure for Operators products and partner programs released
Azure for Operators announces the next wave of services to empower operators to modernize and monetize their 5G investments, enable enterprises with ubiquitous computing from cloud to edge. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Virtual Network Manager Event Logging now in public preview
Interact with Azure Virtual Network Manager (AVNM) event logs for network group membership changes. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Neptune Serverless now scales down to 1 NCU to save costs
Starting today, Amazon Neptune Serverless has lowered its minimum scaling requirements to 1 Neptune Capacity Unit (NCU) from 2.5 NCUs. This brings down the cost of running Neptune Serverless by reducing the resources used by up to 2.5X when the graph database is not actively responding to user queries. With a 1 NCU minimum, you […]

AWS – Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports Cross Region Automated Backups with encryption
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for SQL Server now supports Cross Region Automated Backups with encryption. The Amazon RDS Cross-Region Automated Backups feature enables disaster recovery capability for mission-critical databases by providing you the ability to restore your database to a specific point in time within your backup retention period. This allows you to quickly […]

AWS – Amazon Kinesis Data Streams increases On-Demand write throughput limit to 1 GB/s
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams now supports an increased On-Demand write throughput limit to 1 GB/s, a 5x increase from the current limit of 200 MB/s. Amazon Kinesis Data Streams is a serverless streaming data service that makes it easy to capture, process, and store streaming data at any scale. On-Demand is a capacity mode for […]

Azure – Now Available: Azure Monitor Ingestion client libraries
The initial stable release of the Azure Monitor Ingestion client libraries is now available. Upload custom logs to Log Analytics workspaces in .NET, Java, JavaScript, and Python. Read More for the details.
AWS – Introducing Amazon Lightsail for Research
Amazon Lightsail now offers Amazon Lightsail for Research, a new offering that makes it simple for you to accelerate your research using the power of the cloud. Lightsail for Research provides access to analytical applications such as Scilab, RStudio, and Jupyter running on powerful virtual computers in just a few clicks. Read More for the […]