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- Integrate GitHub Enterprise repositories with Azure Boards<\/li>\n
- Configure builds using YAML<\/li>\n
- Draft pull requests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/p>\nIntegrate GitHub Enterprise repositories with Azure Boards. Source: Microsoft<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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AZURE DATA BOX DISK NOW GENERALLY AVAILABLE<\/h4>\n
Back in July, Microsoft announced the release of Azure Data Box Disk, the lower capacity, easier-to-use alternative to Data Box. In January they revealed that the SSD-disk based option for offline transfer to Azure is now generally available! The disk promises to be easy to order and use, offers fast data transfer and is highly secure. You can have a read of the announcement here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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NEW FEATURES FOR AZURE MIGRATE AND AZURE SITE RECOVERY ANNOUNCED<\/h4>\n
Microsoft have listened to our woes and have added new features<\/a> to Azure Migrate and Azure Site Recovery that will help in your lift and shift migration journey.<\/p>\n
Azure Migrate<\/strong> is now enabled in two new geographies, Azure Government and Europe, with plans for other geographies in the pipeline.<\/p>\n
Azure Site Recovery <\/strong>has had several enhancements made to it including:<\/p>\n
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MICROSOFT LAUNCHES AZURE DEVOPS BOUNTY PROGRAM<\/h4>\n
Does a $20,000 bounty reward from Microsoft sound appealing to you? We thought it might! In January Microsoft launched their Azure DevOps Bounty Program where researchers can identify security vulnerabilities in targeted Azure DevOps services and products and get up to anywhere between $500 and $20,000 for qualified submissions! Find out how to get started now<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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IN OTHER NEWS:<\/h4>\n
Azure Monitor for containers support for AKS-engine in public preview<\/a><\/p>\n
In development: AKS cluster auto-upgrade<\/a><\/p>\n
Microsoft announces public preview of email one-time passcodes for Azure AD B2B Collaboration<\/a><\/p>\n
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AWS LAUNCHES MONGODB COMPATIBLE ALTERNATIVE<\/h4>\n
Last year MongoDB introduced a server-side public licence. In response, AWS have introduced Amazon DocumentDB<\/a> \u2013 a fast, scalable, highly available and fully managed document database service that supports MongoDB workloads. Developers can still use the same MongoDB application code they already use in their MongoDB applications. However, all the underlying infrastructure is now managed by AWS. We\u2019re guessing MongoDB is going to have some choice words to say about this!<\/p>\n
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<\/h4>\nMigrate your on-premises MongoDB workloads to the cloud. Source: AWS<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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AMAZON RDS FOR ORACLE NOW SUPPORTS T3 INSTANCE TYPES<\/h4>\n
Amazon made an exciting announcement<\/a> in January when they informed us all that we can now launch T3 instance types when using Amazon RDS for Oracle! Easily scale up to this new instance by modifying your existing DV instance in the AWS Management Console. \u00a0<\/p>\n
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INTRODUCING AWS BACKUP<\/h4>\n
The fully managed backup service promises to make it easy to centralize and automate the back up of data across AWS services in the cloud as well as on premises. Unfortunately, AWS Backup<\/a> is only available in Ireland right now but keep your eye out, it won\u2019t be long until it hits the rest of the EU!<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nHow AWS Backup works. Source: AWS<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
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IN OTHER NEWS:<\/h4>\n
Amazon EKS announces 99.9% Service Level Agreement<\/a><\/p>\n
AWS CodePipeline now supports deploying to Amazon S3<\/a><\/p>\n
AWS Fargate gets a significant price reduction<\/a><\/p>\n
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MICROSOFT AZURE<\/strong><\/h1>
Microsoft has had a busy month releasing new tools and services into public review. They\u2019ve also improved their Azure certifications AND for the first time ever have exceeded Amazon\u2019s AWS cloud revenue! Well done to Microsoft Azure.<\/em><\/h4>
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MICROSOFT<\/strong> EXCEEDS AMAZON\u2019S CLOUD REVENUE<\/strong><\/h2>
For the first time ever, Microsoft\u2019s Azure revenue has exceeded AWS revenue after jumping a whopping 89 percent in the last financial quarter! In terms of market share however, AWS is still very much in the lead, commanding 33% of public cloud market with Azure following in 2nd<\/sup> place with 13%.<\/p>
AZURE CERTIFICATIONS RECONSIDERED<\/strong><\/h2>
After receiving feedback<\/a> that the current Azure exams are \u2018too broad, covering a range of skills that very few individuals, even experts in the area, would have\u2019 Microsoft have taken it upon themselves to take another look at their certifications. The result? They\u2019ll be assessing the skills you actually need to be successful \u2013 we think that\u2019s an excellent idea!<\/p>
Microsoft are even offering an 80% discount on their Azure Administrator beta exams for the first 300 people who register! 3\u20262\u20261\u2026go!<\/p>
MICROSOFT ADDS KUBERNETES TOOLS TO AZURE<\/strong><\/h2>
Microsoft\u2019s Azure Dev Spaces<\/a> is now in public review. The cloud-native development experience can be used with Azure Kubernetes Services<\/a> (AKS) and is designed to help developers work with cloud native code \u2013 making it easier to make the jump into container development.<\/p>
To get started click here<\/a>.<\/p>
AZURE SQL DATA WAREHOUSE GETS A SPEED BOOST<\/strong><\/h2>
Microsoft recently announced<\/a> that Azure SQL Data Warehouse customers will benefit from \u2018at least 2x faster query performance from their workloads, cementing it as the fastest data warehouse in the cloud\u2019. In the announcement they explained the speed boost was made real by brand spanking new instant data movement capabilities<\/a> which makes the movement between data warehouse computer notes more efficient than ever before. Well, it\u2019s certainly peaked our interest!<\/p>
MICROSOFT INTEGRATES AZURE SECURITY CENTER INTO SUBSCRIPTION EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/h2>
Looking for visibility into the security of your cloud platform? Great news \u2013 Azure Security Center is now available in public preview and has been integrated into the subscription package so that customers can assess the security state of resources and ensure data is protected and not vulnerable to attacks.<\/p>
Find out more here<\/a>.<\/p>
AZURE SERVICE FABRIC MESH NOW AVAILABLE AS PUBLIC PREVIEW<\/strong><\/h2>
In July Microsoft announced<\/a> the release of their Azure Service Fabric Mesh to public preview. The fully-managed service supports both Windows and Linux containers and is designed to enable developers to \u2018deploy and operate containerised applications without having to manage VMs, storage or networking configuration\u2019.<\/p>
You can get started with it here<\/a>.<\/p>
AZURE COSMOS DB GETS AN UPGRADE<\/strong><\/h2>
In May 2017, Microsoft announced its new database service, Azure Cosmos DB<\/a>, designed to deliver high performance for large scale applications. This month Microsoft announced that Cosmos DB is getting an upgrade. Introducing the new and improved Cosmos DB Explorer<\/a>, described by Microsoft as \u2018a full screen standalone web-based version of the Data Explorer many of you already use in Azure Portal for Cosmos DB\u2019.<\/p>
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AMAZON WEB SERVICES<\/strong><\/h1>
July was a big month for Amazon Web Services. They introduced a couple of new instances and even found themselves some Greek gods!<\/em><\/h4>
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AMAZON INTRODUCES EC2 INSTANCES TO THEIR AWS SNOWBALL EDGE SYSTEM<\/strong><\/h2>
Following the success of AWS Greengrass<\/a> in 2017, Amazon has added more edge computing capabilities to its AWS services. Not only will this allow customers to analyse and move data at the site where its created, the introduction of their Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances to their Snowball Edge<\/a> system, cuts down processing delays and reduces the amount of data customers need to store in the cloud.<\/p>
Take a look at Amazon\u2019s announcement here<\/a>.<\/p>
2,600 PERSONAL DATA FILES EXPOSED DUE TO OPEN AWS S3 BUCKET<\/strong><\/h2>
A political autodial company has come under fire after exposing the personal data of 2,600 voters in the US after failing to properly secure their AWS S3 bucket. Unfortunately, this is becoming a pretty common issue despite Amazon offering up a solution<\/a> in November 2017 with the introduction of five new encryption and security features, including dashboard warning lights.<\/p>
AWS ANNOUNCES THREE NEW INSTANCES\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>