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January 25, 2022

Episode 443 | Microsoft's Blockbuster Blizzard Acquisition & Updates to Azure Kubernetes Service

49 minutes

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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We Booped the Sun

CJ’s Pick

Hark back to the late 1990s with this re-creation of the dialup Internet experience

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By Andrew Connell & Chris Johnson

4.9

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