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Oct 28 - Nov 03 Updates
Last Week Cloud Platform Updates
Oct 28 - Nov 03 | AWS, Azure & GCP Updates
AWS AppSync has launched AppSync Events, a new solution for creating scalable, serverless WebSocket APIs to enable real-time web and mobile experiences. AppSync Events simplifies broadcasting real-time data to any number of subscribers without the need to manage WebSocket connections or scaling. Ideal for live applications like sports scores, group chats, and inventory updates, this service allows developers to build efficient, real-time experiences without high operational overhead. With no API code required, you can deploy production-ready WebSocket APIs quickly, paying only for usage.
AWS has launched new security group sharing features for Amazon VPC, allowing you to associate a single security group with multiple VPCs in the same account through Security Group VPC Associations. Additionally, for shared VPCs, you can now share security groups with participant accounts via Shared Security Groups. This update simplifies security group management, enabling consistent traffic filtering rules across VPCs and participant accounts, making it easier to maintain and configure security across your organization.
AWS has launched Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database, enabling seamless scaling for Aurora clusters to handle millions of write transactions per second and manage petabytes of data within a single database. This capability provides a serverless endpoint that automatically distributes data and queries across multiple Aurora Serverless instances, ensuring transactional consistency without custom logic or multiple databases. Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database dynamically scales compute resources based on workload demands, optimizing costs by scaling down during low demand and eliminating the need to provision for peak capacity.
AWS Amplify Hosting now integrates with Amazon S3 to host static website content with ease. This integration allows you to deploy content stored in S3 onto a globally available content delivery network (CDN) powered by Amazon CloudFront, ensuring secure, high-performance static website hosting. Amplify Hosting simplifies website deployment, providing HTTPS URLs, free SSL certificates, custom domain setup, redirects, and environment management. It also remembers your S3 connection, enabling one-click updates to your site as you make changes in S3.
AWS now supports UDP protocol over both IPv4 and IPv6 for AWS PrivateLink and dual-stack Network Load Balancers (NLB). Previously, PrivateLink only supported TCP, and NLB supported UDP solely over IPv4. This update allows customers to access UDP-based applications like media streaming, gaming, and VoIP via AWS PrivateLink and IPv6 clients. Service owners can create UDP listeners on dual-stack NLBs to support both IPv4 and IPv6, ensuring greater flexibility and connectivity.
Application Insights Code Optimizations helps you identify and resolve performance bottlenecks at the code level in your running .NET applications. Utilizing an advanced AI-based model, it analyzes Application Insights profiler traces and provides actionable next steps in the Azure portal at no additional cost.
Virtual network integration in App Service previously required one subnet per App Service plan integration. If you are working with many App Service plans, managing the subnets can be an unnecessary administrative task. Therefore, we are happy to announce the general availability of multi plan subnet join (MPSJ).
MPSJ reduces subnet sprawl when dealing with many apps across many plans and simplifies management of networking control such as Network Security Groups and Route tables across App Service plans.
With MPSJ you can join a virtual network/subnet in a different subscription, but all App Service plans joining a specific subnet must be in the same subscription.
We are announcing the public preview of Azure API Management & API Center synchronization (Links).
Managing your API inventory in Azure API Center just got a whole lot easier with our latest feature, “Links”. This seamless integration with Azure API Management service ensures that your API inventory in Azure API Center stays automatically synced and updated, saving you time and effort:
Automatic Synchronization: Keep your API inventory up-to-date effortlessly. Changes made in Azure API Management are automatically reflected in Azure API Center, ensuring consistency and accuracy.
Enhanced Efficiency: Reduce manual effort and potential errors with automated synchronization. Focus on developing and managing your APIs without worrying about manual updates.
Real-Time Updates: Experience real-time synchronization, providing immediate visibility into your API landscape. Stay informed about the latest changes and maintain control over your API ecosystem.
Seamless Integration: Enjoy an easy setup process in Azure API Center, allowing you to enable synchronization. You can link not just one, but multiple Azure API Management instances to a single Azure API Center instance, providing greater flexibility and control over your API ecosystem.
Experience the convenience and reliability of synchronized API management with Azure API Center. Keep your API inventory accurate and up to date, enhancing your overall API management strategy.
We are announcing the public preview of Edit network features with no downtime for Azure NetApp Files volumes. Standard Network Features provide you with an enhanced Virtual Networking experience for a seamless and consistent experience along with security posture for Azure NetApp Files.
You are now able to edit existing Azure NetApp Files volumes and upgrade Basic network features to Standard network features with no downtime. This feature is currently in preview in the Australia East, Central India, North Central US, and Switzerland North regions. We will be expanding to other regions.
Upon choosing Standard network features, you can now take advantage of the below supported following new features for Azure NetApp Files volumes/delegated subnets:
Increased IP limits for the VNets with Azure NetApp Files volumes on par with VMs to enable customers to provision volumes in their existing topologies/architectures, eliminating the need for you to rearchitect your network topologies.
Enhanced network security with support for Network Security Groups on the Azure NetApp Files delegated subnet. NSGs on the delegated subnets have been a long-standing requirement from customers to meet enterprise security needs.
Enhanced network control with support for User-defined routes to and from Azure NetApp Files delegated subnets. You can now direct the traffic to and from volumes via your choice of Network Virtual Appliances for traffic inspection.
Connectivity over Active/Active VPN gateway setup for highly available connectivity to ANF from on-prem.
ExpressRoute FastPath connectivity to Azure NetApp Files. FastPath is designed to improve the data path performance (low latency and high bandwidth connectivity) between on-premises network and Azure virtual network.
Log Scopes (Public Preview): You can now create and manage log scopes using the Google Cloud CLI, alongside the Cloud Console and Terraform, allowing greater flexibility in managing logging configurations.
Tagging for Log Buckets: You can now use tags to annotate log buckets and manage access to them, enhancing organization and security controls within Cloud Logging.
Service Extensions Plugins (Preview): Google Cloud Application Load Balancers, excluding Classic, now support Service Extensions plugins in Preview. These allow you to insert WebAssembly (Wasm) plugins into the data path within a fully managed, serverless environment.
Stateful Cookie-Based Session Affinity (GA): Application Load Balancers, except Classic, now support stateful cookie-based session affinity for maintaining stickiness with a backend by including an HTTP cookie in responses, ensuring continuous sessions.
Migration to Global External Load Balancer: You can now migrate from Classic to the global external Application Load Balancer to leverage enhanced features and infrastructure.
The Identity Platform now supports SMS-based authentication flows with reCAPTCHA Enterprise API in Preview. This integration also includes reCAPTCHA's SMS toll fraud protection and the ability to use custom reCAPTCHA keys, providing enhanced security and flexibility for SMS-based user authentication.