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AWS – Amazon S3 Replication now supports SSE-C encrypted objects
Amazon S3 Replication now supports objects encrypted with server-side encryption with customer-provided keys (SSE-C). SSE-C is an encryption option that allows you to store your own encryption keys to satisfy compliance or security requirements, rather than having AWS store the keys on your behalf using SSE-S3 or SSE-KMS. Now you can automatically replicate your SSE-C […]

AWS – AWS Batch increases compute and memory resource configurations for Fargate type jobs by 4X
AWS Batch customers can now submit Fargate type jobs to use up to 16 vCPUs, an approximately 4x increase from before. vCPUs are the primary compute resource in Fargate type Batch job. Larger vCPUs enable compute-heavy applications like machine learning inference, scientific modeling, and distributed analytics to more easily run on Fargate. In addition, customers […]

AWS – Amazon Aurora now supports T4g instances in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon Aurora now supports AWS Graviton2-based T4g database instances in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. T4g database instances deliver a performance improvement of up to 49% over comparable current generation x86-based database instances. You can launch these database instances when using Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition. Read More for the details.

Azure – Continuous delivery setting of Azure VMSS will be retired on 31 March 2023 – Use Azure DevOps to create pipelines
Start using Azure Pipelines by 31 March 2023 instead of Azure Portal to create Continuous delivery pipelines for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon EBS Snapshots Archive is now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions enabling customers to save up to 75% in snapshot storage costs
Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) Snapshots Archive helps customers save up to 75% on storage costs for Amazon EBS Snapshots that they rarely access and intend to retain for more than 90 days. Amazon EBS Snapshots are incremental in nature, storing only the changes since the last snapshot. This makes them cost-effective for daily and […]

AWS – Amazon Cognito now provides user pool deletion protection
You can now activate deletion protection for your Amazon Cognito user pools. When you configure a user pool with deletion protection, the pool cannot be deleted by any user. Deletion protection is now active by default for new user pools created through the AWS Console. You can activate or deactivate deletion protection for an existing […]

Azure – Generally available: SFTP support for Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage now supports provisioning an SFTP endpoint with just one click. Read More for the details.

Azure – Community support for PHP 8.0 is ending on 26 November 2023
Community support for PHP 8.0 is ending on 26 November 2023 – transition to PHP 8.1 by that date. Read More for the details.

Azure – Community support for Node 16 LTS is ending on 11 September 2023
Community support for Node 16 LTS is ending on 11 September 2023 – transition to Node 18 LTS by that date. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview: Availability zone volume placement for Azure NetApp Files
Deploy new Azure NetApp Files volumes in Azure availability zones (AZs) of your choice to support workloads across multiple availability zones. Read More for the details.