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GCP – A journey from App Engine to Cloud Run: Adopting containers and reducing infrastructure costs by 70 percent
Editor’s note: In today’s guest post we hear from SAP about their application modernization journey towards a serverless application architecture with Cloud Run. SAP developers partnered with Google Cloud Professional Services to migrate App Engine workloads to Cloud Run in just three weeks by focusing on small but efficient changes to the application, achieving remarkable […]

GCP – Canary deployments using Kubernetes Gateway API, Flagger and Google Cloud Deploy
Canary deployment is an advanced technique used to test changes in a production environment by gradually rolling out the changes to a small subset of users before fully deploying them to the entire user base. This allows for real-world testing of the changes, and the ability to quickly roll back the changes in the event […]
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GCP – [Infographic] Navigating secure digital transformation in financial services
Adopting cloud computing technologies and services presents financial services institutions with opportunities to address many forms of security risks in new, innovative, and more effective ways. However, firms often lack the tools required to map out their digital transformation journey in the context of security and risk governance. That’s why it is important for Chief […]

Azure – Generally available: Azure Active Directory authentication for SQL Server 2022
Customers with SQL Server 2022 can enable Azure Active Directory authentication, single sign-on, unify SQL Server authentication and leverage multi-factor authentication. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Tribal Group events available to Azure Event Grid customers
You can now subscribe to events Tribal Group applications and automate your processes based on Tribal Group application state changes. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public Preview: Container insights support for AKS hybrid clusters
Container insights now supports AKS hybrid clusters Read More for the details.

Azure – General Availability: Active Directory Connector for Arc-enabled SQL MI
Active Directory Connector (ADC) for Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance is now available to perform Active Directory authentication. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Machine Learning – Public preview announcements for January 2023
New features now available in Public Preview include the ability to build an end-to-end training pipeline with no-code, recover a deleted workspace, and identify root causes of pipeline failure. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Machine Learning – Generally availability updates for January 2023
New features in GA include the ability to place customized tags, search for machine learning assets, isolate network for managed online endpoints, build custom metrics views, and simplify data security. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview: Azure Database for MySQL – Logic Apps and Power Automate integration
Use the Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server connector to connect to MySQL data and build with Power Automate and Logic Apps. Read More for the details.