Episode 438 | AWS's Outage, Microsoft Azure News & Microsoft 365 Developer Updates
In this 438th episode, AC and CJ cover the recent AWS outage of their US-EAST-1 region as well as some Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 news. At the end, hear them bookend the episode with their own blast radius of picks!
News
- Analysis: Outage shows how Amazon’s complex cloud makes backup plans difficult
- AWS Amplify Studio
- AWS opens ‘top secret’ western region for US government customers
- Microsoft expands cloud services with two new datacenters in Wyoming
- Azure Cost Management and Billing updates – November 2021
- Microsoft forces Office customers to change to an annual subscription, otherwise the price will increase by 20%
- Public preview of SharePoint Framework 1.14 – with updates for Viva Connections, Microsoft Teams and SharePoint
Picks
AC’s Pick
CJ’s Pick
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