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AWS – Amazon QuickSight launches APIs for account create
Amazon QuickSight now supports APIs for QuickSight account creation. Administrators and developers can automate deployment of QuickSight accounts in their organization at scale. You can now programmatically create accounts with QuickSight Enterprise and Enterprise + Q editions. For more information, visit here. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Enabling JBoss EAP on Azure Red Hat OpenShift
You can now use jointly developed guidance from Red Hat and Microsoft to get JBoss EAP applications up and running quickly on Azure Red Hat OpenShift. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: User-assigned Managed Identity support for Azure Monitor Agent
Azure Monitor Agent (AMA) provides a secure, cost-effective, simplified, performant way to collect telemetry data from IaaS resources. It now supports installation and authentication at-scale using Managed Identity user-assigned mode. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Container Insights now supports Windows Server 2022
Container Insights now supports the Windows Server 2022 operating system. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Application Insights standard test for synthetic monitoring
Standard tests are a single request test which also includes SSL certificate validity, proactive lifetime check, HTTP request verb, custom headers, and custom data associated with your HTTP request. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Azure Digital Twins Data history
Data history is an integration feature of Azure Digital Twins. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Azure Functions retry policy for Event Hubs and timer triggers
Azure Functions now supports setting a retry policy for Azure Event Hubs and timer triggers. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Migration tools for Azure Monitor Agent
Migration to the cost-effective, secure, performant, and manageable new Azure Monitor agent is now made easy using migration tools and helpers. Read More for the details.

GCP – How Kitabisa re-structured its fundraising platform to drive “kindness at scale” on Google Cloud
The name Kitabisa means “we can” in Bahasa Indonesia, the official language of Indonesia, and captures our aspirational ethos as Indonesia’s most popular fundraising platform. Since 2013, Kitabisa has been collecting donations in times of crisis and natural disasters to help millions in need. Pursuing our mission of “channeling kindness at scale,” we deploy AI […]
GCP – Show off your cloud skills by completing the #GoogleClout weekly challenge
Who’s up for a challenge? It’s time to show off your #GoogleClout! Starting today, check in every Wednesday to unlock a new cloud puzzle that will test your cloud skills against participants worldwide. Stephanie Wong’s previous record is 5 minutes, can you complete the new challenge in 4? #GoogleClout Challenge The #GoogleClout challenge is a […]