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Azure – Generally available: Automated key rotation in Azure Key Vault
Key Vault now enables you to automatically rotate keys for encryption of your data. Read More for the details.

AWS – Clone AWS Launch Wizard inputs to simplify future SAP deployments
AWS Launch Wizard now allows you to clone the inputs when you deploy an SAP system for use in future deployments. In most cases, the majority of these parameters will remain the same across deployments. Today’s launch eliminates the need to re-enter every parameter manually for subsequent deployments, allowing you to save time and reduce […]

AWS – AWS Network Firewall now supports AWS Managed Threat Signatures
AWS Network Firewall now supports AWS Managed Threat Signatures to detect threats and block attacks against known vulnerabilities so you can stay up to date on the latest security threats without writing and maintaining your own rules. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Rekognition introduces Streaming Video Events to provide real-time alerts on live video streams
Today, AWS announced the general availability of Amazon Rekognition Streaming Video Events, a fully managed service for camera manufacturers and service providers that uses machine learning (ML) to detect objects such as people, pets, and packages in live video streams from connected cameras. Amazon Rekognition Streaming Video Events sends them a notification as soon as the […]

AWS – AWS Service Catalog support for the AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) is now available
AWS Service Catalog constructs for the AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) are now available. Service Catalog administrators can now define their catalog in code within a CDK application that deploys through AWS CloudFormation. They can also define a Service Catalog product entirely in code in CDK without having to upload and reference CloudFormation templates in […]

AWS – Amazon Polly now offers a new Neural TTS voice in Brazilian Portuguese
Amazon Polly is a service that turns text into lifelike speech. Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of a neural version of Vitória, Polly’s Brazilian Portuguese female text to speech (TTS) voice. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL now supports M6i and R6i instances with new instance sizes up to 128 vCPUs and 1,024 GiB RAM
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL, version 11 and higher, now supports M6i and R6i instances. M6i instances are the 6th generation of Amazon EC2 x86-based General Purpose compute instances, designed to provide a balance of compute, memory, storage, and network resources. R6i instances are the 6th generation of Amazon EC2 memory optimized […]

AWS – Amazon RDS for MySQL now supports M6i and R6i instances with new instance sizes up to 128 vCPUs and 1,024 GiB RAM
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MySQL version 8.0 now supports M6i and R6i instances. M6i instances are the 6th generation of Amazon EC2 x86-based General Purpose compute instances, designed to provide a balance of compute, memory, storage, and network resources. R6i instances are the 6th generation of Amazon EC2 memory optimized instances, designed […]

AWS – Amazon MSK Serverless is now generally available
We are pleased to announce the general availability of Amazon MSK Serverless, a type of Amazon MSK cluster that makes it easier for developers to run Apache Kafka without having to manage capacity. MSK Serverless automatically provisions and scales compute and storage resources and offers throughput-based pricing, so you can use Apache Kafka on demand […]
Azure – Public preview: Azure Lab Services April 2022 update
Improve performance, reliability, and scalability for Azure Lab Services in the latest update. Read More for the details.