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AWS – AWS announces open-sourced credentials-fetcher to simplify Microsoft AD access from Linux containers
AWS announces the general availability of the credentials-fetcher open source project. As you modernize your .NET applications to Linux containers, you no longer need to worry about Microsoft Active Directory (AD) dependency. You can use credentials-fetcher to access AD from services hosted on Linux containers using the service account authentication model. This package makes it […]

Azure – Public preview: Azure Arc-enabled servers in Azure China
Secure, govern, and manage your hybrid servers from Azure Read More for the details.

AWS – AppFlow now supports Salesforce version 55.0 and additional AWS PrivateLink regions
Amazon AppFlow, a fully managed integration service that helps customers to securely transfer data between AWS services and software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications in just a few clicks, now supports Salesforce API version 55.0 which is the latest API in the Salesforce Summer ’22 release. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Macie adds ability to tune findings with allow lists, and enhances machine learning models to better identify sensitive data
We are pleased to announce a new capability to create allow lists in Amazon Macie. You can now create and use allow lists to specify text or text patterns that you don’t want Macie to report as sensitive data. For example, an allow list might include corporate addresses, names of executives, or sample data that is […]

Azure – Generally available: Azure Arc-enabled servers in South Africa North
Secure, govern, and manage your hybrid servers from Azure Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports M6i and R6i instances in new regions
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle now supports M6i and R6i instances in new regions. In April 2022, Amazon RDS for Oracle has already launched the support of M6i and R6i instances in some regions. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Ephemeral OS disks supports host-based encryption using customer managed key
Create Ephemeral VMs with customer managed key encryption types for host-based encryption. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon QuickSight launches a new user interface for dataset management
Amazon QuickSight launches a new user interface for dataset management. Previously, the dataset management experience was a popup dialog modal with limited space and all functionality shown up in one small modal. The new dataset management user interface replaces the existing popup dialog modal with a full-page experience, providing a clearer breakdown of dataset management […]

Azure – Generally available: IoT Edge 1.4
The Azure IoT Edge release 1.4 is the long term servicing (LTS) release of IoT Edge. The companion release of Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows (EFLOW) 1.4 long term servicing will be coming later this fall. Read More for the details.
AWS – Announcing VMware Cloud on AWS integration with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
AWS and VMware now offer a supplemental, jointly-engineered network file system (NFS) datastore option for VMware Cloud on AWS so you can reduce costs and accelerate your migration to the cloud. Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP is a fully managed service that allows you to run NetApp ONTAP filesystems on AWS. With this integration, you […]