One of the most requested features from customers that deploy Cloud SQL for SQL Server (Cloud SQL) has been Active Directory integration which was released last year. Since then Google Cloud has added cross-project capability which allows you to connect your Cloud SQL instance into a project that is different than the one hosting Managed Microsoft AD (Managed AD).…
Many enterprises that migrate their IT estate to cloud will face the question on how to continue to support operations across workloads that remain on-premises and workloads that are migrated to cloud. While virtual machines (VMs) behave largely the same in cloud from a data plane (what is happening on the inside of the VM), control plane functions can differ significantly.…
Centralized integration with an identity provider is a common ask. It provides increased security and removes the reliance on out-of-band managed user accounts. It is now possible to configure Azure Active Directory login for Ubuntu-based VMs (16.04 LTS & 17.10) through the Device Flow authentication process.…