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GCP – Automated Cleanup of Unused Google Cloud Projects
As an organization increasingly relies on cloud, its number of cloud projects can also increase. Over time, project sprawl creeps in, and an organization can be left with tens, or even hundreds, of unnecessary projects. While these projects can be deleted in bulk, it becomes challenging to determine which projects are no longer needed. As […]
AWS – AWS announces native AOT tooling support for .NET applications on AWS Lambda
Today, we are excited to announce general availability of tooling support to build and deploy native AOT compiled .NET 7 applications to AWS Lambda. .NET 7 is the latest version of .NET and brings several performance improvements and optimizations, including support for the native AOT deployment model. Native AOT compiles .NET applications to native code. By using […]
AWS – Amazon EKS and Amazon EKS Distro now support Kubernetes version 1.24
Kubernetes is rapidly evolving, with frequent feature releases and bug fixes. You can now use Amazon EKS and Amazon EKS Distro to run Kubernetes version 1.24. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS announces centralized logging support for Windows containers on Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS
AWS announces the availability of AWS Fluent Bit container images for Windows Server on Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS, to help customers easily process and forward their container logs to various AWS and third-party destinations, such as Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon S3, Amazon Kineses Data Firehose, Datadog, and Splunk. This capability helps customers to centrally view, […]
AWS – AWS Nitro Enclaves is now available in Asia Pacific (Osaka) and Asia Pacific (Jakarta) regions
Starting today, you can use AWS Nitro Enclaves in Asia Pacific (Osaka) and Asia Pacific (Jakarta) regions. Read More for the details.
GCP – How to migrate on-premises Active Directory users to Google Cloud Managed Microsoft AD
One benefit of cloud migration is having access to managed services, which can reduce operational overhead. For organizations operating in Microsoft-centered environments, Google Cloud offers a highly-available, hardened Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory running on Windows virtual machines. Managed Microsoft AD provides benefits such as automated AD server updates, maintenance, default security configurations, and […]
Azure – General availability: Azure Sphere TKS updated; OS version 22.11 expected December 1
Participate in retail evaluation now to ensure compatibility. The Azure Sphere team has also updated the trusted keystore of Azure Sphere devices, resulting in an additional reboot for production devices. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) integration
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle now supports integration with Amazon Elastic File System (EFS). You can now transfer files between the RDS for Oracle DB instance and Amazon EFS file system. Amazon EFS is designed for 99.999999999% (11 9s) of durability and up to 99.99% (4 9s) of availability. You can scale […]
AWS – Concurrency scaling for write workloads is now generally available for Amazon Redshift
Amazon Redshift concurrency scaling is leveraged by thousands of customers to support virtually unlimited concurrent users and queries, and meet their SLAs for BI reports, dashboards and other analytics workloads. In addition to the read queries, Amazon Redshift concurrency scaling is now extended to support scaling of most common write operations performed as part of […]
AWS – Amazon Connect Customer Profiles now supports profile search using multiple search terms through the API
Companies using the Amazon Connect Customer Profiles APIs for custom agent applications and automated interactions (e.g., IVR) can now search for profiles using multiple search terms, making it easier to find the right profile. Using the enhanced SearchProfiles API, customers can search for profiles using up to 5 terms to narrow down or expand search […]