Build5Nines Weekly - February 15, 2023

Here's your weekly dose of the latest cloud and enterprise news and other community content for the week! Build5Nines Weekly provides your go-to source to keep up-to-date on all the latest Microsoft Azure news and updates. Included within this newsletter are blog articles, podcasts, videos, and more from Microsoft and the greater community over the past week.

Now let's get to the weeks top news, blog articles, videos, podcasts, and more within the Cloud & Enterprise space!

The Weeks Top Links

Here are some of the most notable links from the week:

• Terraform: GitHub Actions Automated Deployment via Chris Pietschmann
• Do Microsoft Certifications Expire? via Chris Pietschmann
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert Certification via Chris Pietschmann
• GitHub Copilot for Business is Now Available via Paul Thurrott
• GitHub is Laying Off 10 Percent of Staff, Going Fully Remote via Paul Thurrott
• Microsoft and NVIDIA experts talk AI infrastructure via John Lee
• Microsoft shifts to a comprehensive SaaS security solution via Christine Barrett

Microsoft Azure Service Updates

Here are the Microsoft Azure updates from the week:

• Public preview: Serverless Hyperscale in Azure SQL Database
• Generally Available: Azure Functions Linux Elastic Premium plan increased maximum scale-out limits
• Generally Available: Availability zones support for Azure Functions in new regions
• Generally Available: Durable Functions support for .NET isolated model
• Public Preview: Azure Monitor container insights offers customizable cost optimization settings
• Public Preview: Azure Communication Services Chat for Bot Framework
• Public preview: Major version upgrade in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
• General availability: Encryption using CMK for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
• GA: 50K relationships per twin support in Azure Digital Twins
• Public preview: VBS enclaves for Always Encrypted in Azure SQL Database
• Public Preview: Jobs API to support bulk import in Azure Digital Twins
• Public preview: Cluster key index in Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra
• Azure SQL—General availability updates for mid-February 2023
• General availability: Azure Active Directory for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
• General availability: Improved geo-replication for Azure Cache for Redis
• Public Preview: SDK type bindings
• Generally available: Azure Functions support for Python 3.10
• Public preview: Python 3.10 Support
• Public preview: Upgrade scheduler
• Public preview: New General-Purpose VMs – Dlsv5 and Dldsv5
• Public Preview: Import Jobs API Support in Azure Digital Twins
• Public preview: Azure Digital Twins connector for Microsoft Power Platform
• Public Preview: Azure Native New Relic Service
• General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 23.02 expected on February 21

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