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Steampipe dashboards and benchmarks for your data
In Steampipe unbundled we showed how its plugins, which originally worked only with the foreign data wrapper loaded...
Google Vertex AI Studio puts the promise in generative AI
Vertex AI Studio is an online environment for building AI apps, featuring Gemini, Google’s own multimodal generative...
Public Preview: Azure SQL Database Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric
Mirroring Azure SQL Database provides an easy experience to continuously replicate SQL DB data directly into Microsoft...
Azure Static Web Apps distributed functions capability now in Public Preview
Reduced latency by distributing managed functions to regions of high demand.
Public Preview: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) on VMware
Using AKS on VMware (Preview), customers can now centrally manage all their VMware workloads using a single-step...
Vertex AI Studio puts the promise in generative AI
Vertex AI Studio is an online environment for building AI apps, featuring Gemini, Google’s own multimodal generative...
Ethics makes a comeback in cloud-based systems
Years ago, I found myself sitting in a conference room dealing with a question that I’ve gotten thousands of times in...
Redis moves to source-available licenses
Starting with Redis 7.4, all future versions of Redis software will be dual-licensed under the Redis Source Available...
Breaking Changes to Azure API Management Workspaces
As part of our commitment to enhancing workspaces (in Public Preview) within Azure API Management, we are implementing...
General Availability: Automatic Scaling for App Service Web Apps
Azure App Service is pleased to announce general availability of the "Automatic Scaling" feature.
Preview: New Features in Azure Container Storage
Azure Container Storage is a fully managed volume orchestration service built natively for containers. New...
Public Preview: Agentless multi-disk crash consistent backup by Azure Backup for VM
Azure VM backup now supports agentless multi-disk crash consistent backups in public preview.
10 cloud development gotchas to watch out for
The benefits of developing software in the cloud include increased flexibility and reliability, greater efficiency,...
Action required: Upgrade your App Service apps to Node 20 LTS by 30 April 2025
Extended support for Node 18 LTS is ending
Important Notice: Azure Product Retirement: End of Life Announcement of Azure Maps Creator Feature State Service Versions 31 March 2025
Azure Maps Creator Feature State Service will be retired on 31 March 2025.
Azure Content Moderator will be retired on 15 March 2027
We encourage users to explore our new offering Azure AI Content Safety that offers both new and updated capabilities...
Basic and Standard A-series VMs on HDInsight will retire on 31 August 2024
On 31 August 2024, Azure will retire Basic and Standard A-series VMs as announced earlier on 24 August 2021. Before 31...
Support for Connector for AWS in Cost Management is ending on 31 March 2025
The Connector for AWS in the Cost Management service will be retired on 31 March 2025. By that date, please consider...
Is Kubernetes worth it?
I’ll go ahead and say it: When looking closer at the total cost of ownership (TCO) associated with Kubernetes, more...
Building a smarter Azure Kubernetes for developers
With KubeCon Europe taking place this week, Microsoft has delivered a flurry of Azure Kubernetes announcements. In...