Monthly Industry Roundup: Cloud Technology News from March 2022
By WatServ
March 28, 2022
Here is a list of our top cloud technology news stories from the industry in March 2022.
Manage port forwarding for backend pool with Azure Load Balancer
March 23, 2022 | Irene Huang, Product Manager, Azure Networking
Microsoft announced that Azure Load Balancer now enables customers to manage port forwarding for Virtual Machine Scale Sets (or a group of virtual machines) in a backend pool. This requires a single set-up only, and minimum management overhead.
Accelerate graphics-heavy workloads using NVads A10 v5 Azure
March 22, 2022 | Vijay Kanchanahalli, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft Azure
Back in 2019 when Azure launched the first GPU-partitioned virtual machine (VM) offerings in the public cloud, customers asked for a similar offering on NVIDIA GPUs. With that, Microsoft announced the preview of their new NVads A10 v5 VM series based on AMD EPYCTM 74F3(V) processors and virtualized NVIDIA A10 Tensor Core GPU.
New Browser-in-the Browser (BITB) attack makes phishing nearly undetectable
March 21, 2022 | Ravie Lakshmanan, The Hacker News
A new phishing technique called browser-in-the-browser (BitB) attack has been discovered. This technique takes advantage of third-party single sign-on (SSO) options embedded on websites (such as “Sign in with Google”) and simulates a browser window within the browser to spoof a legitimate domain.
Secure your APIs with Private Link support for Azure API Management
March 16, 2022 | Fernando Mejia, Sr. Program Manager, Azure API Management
Microsoft announced the preview of Azure Private Link support for Azure API Management service. With Azure Private Link, you can create a private endpoint for your gateway component within Azure API Management. This eliminates the need to expose the service to public internet.
Azure Cost Management and Billing updates – February 2022
March 1, 2022 | Michael Flanakin, Program Manager, Azure Cost Management
To make cost management easier for Azure, Microsoft has made several changes over the past few months. In this round-up article, learn about: anomaly detection preview for subscriptions, how you can save money by using your on-premises licenses on Azure, what’s new in Cost Management Labs, and more.
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