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Azure – Multi-Column Distribution for Dedicated SQL pools is now available!
Multi-Column Distribution (MCD) is highly desirable for easing migrations, promotes faster query performance and reduces data skew. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Azure Monitor Alerts now support duplicating alert rules
Azure Monitor alert rule can now be duplicated via the Azure portal. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage in East US 2, North Europe and West US 2
Now available in East US 2, North Europe and West US 2region, Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage offers the most advanced general-purpose block storage solution with the best price-performance. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure SQL—General availability updates for late-March 2023
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-March 2023 Read More for the details.

Azure – GA: Azure Active Directory workload identity with AKS
You can now use AAD workload identity with AKS in production Read More for the details.

Azure – Preview: customer managed key encryption for Enterprise tier caches
Encrypt Redis persistence files using customer managed keys Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure HDInsight for Apache Kafka 3.2.0 is now available for public preview.
Azure HDInsight for Apache Kafka 3.2.0 now available for public preview and ready for production workloads. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public Preview: Connection audit logs for Enterprise tier caches
Log all connections to your cache. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public Preview: Storage in-place sharing in Microsoft Purview in additional regions
Storage in-place data sharing with Microsoft Purview public preview is now supported for Azure Data Lake Gen2 and Blob storage accounts in East US, East US2, North Europe, Southcentral US, West Central US, West Europe, West US, West US2 Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS announces Amazon DataZone (Preview)
Amazon DataZone is a new data management service to catalog, discover, analyze, share, and govern data across organizational boundaries. Visibility of and access to data are key drivers of innovation and value for business. To provide visibility and access between organizations, Amazon DataZone creates a usage flywheel. The flywheel is driven by data producers, who […]