GCP Release Notes: May 22, 2026

GCP Release Notes: May 22, 2026

Cloud Database Migration Service

Feature

Database Migration Service for homogeneous SQL Server migrations now provides dedicated support for Cloud SQL for SQL Server sources. This feature is generally available (GA).

For Cloud SQL for SQL Server sources, Database Migration Service automatically exports all required backup files and uploads them to a dedicated Cloud Storage bucket. For more information, see the Migration guide for Cloud SQL for SQL Server sources in the Database Migration Service homogeneous SQL Server documentation.

Cloud Load Balancing

Feature

Application Load Balancers now support the configuration of a traffic duration setting when you add backends to backend services. You can configure this setting as SHORT or LONG based on the response time needed by backends to complete HTTP requests.

Application Load Balancers also support the use of the in-flight balancing mode that lets you configure the load balancer’s traffic distribution to supported backends when requests take more than a second to complete.

This feature is in General availability.

Database Center

Feature

Database Center generative views are available in Preview. Generative views use Gemini and natural language prompts to let you generate and save customized dashboard views of your database fleet inventory and metrics.

For more information, see Generate dashboard views using Gemini.

Key Access Justifications

Feature

Default Key Access Justifications policies are generally available. When you use Key Access Justifications with Cloud Key Management Service or Cloud HSM for the Assured Workloads Japan Data Boundary, you can create default Key Access Justifications policies at the organization, folder, or project level. For more information about default Key Access Justifications policies, see Set default Key Access Justifications policy.

Source: Google Cloud Platform

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