Google Cloud Updates on January 06, 2022

BigQuery

Feature: BigQuery standard SQL now supports the JSON data type for storing JSON data. The JSON data type is in Preview. For more information, see Working with JSON data in Standard SQL.

Virtual Private Cloud

Changed: By default, Google Cloud blocks egress packets sent to TCP destination port 25 of an external IP address (including an external IP address of another Google Cloud resource). This restriction has been removed from projects owned by select Google Cloud customers.

For more information, see Blocked and limited traffic.

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