Episode 443 | Microsoft's Blockbuster Blizzard Acquisition & Updates to Azure Kubernetes Service
This week Microsoft dropped the news of its biggest acquisition to date and AC and CJ dive in to dissect it from their points of view.
News
- Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard to bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone, across every device
- Microsoft deal to buy Activision Blizzard will likely go through, says MKM’s Handler
- Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion
- Sony reminds Microsoft of contractual obligations to make Activision games cross-platform
- Generally available: Azure Kubernetes support for upgrade events
- Generally available: Containerd support for Windows in AKS
- General availability: FIPS enabled node pool in Azure Kubernetes
- General availability: Ultra disks support on AKS
- Public preview: Kubernetes version alias support in AKS
- Public preview: Support for managed identity in Azure Cache for Redis
- Azure Machine Learning Announcements – January 2022 General Availability Announcement
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