Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) features across major providers (2006–2020)

1. Amazon EC2 and S3 launch AWS foundation

   Mar 14, 2006Labels: Amazon S3, Amazon EC2

   • AWS S3
   • AWS EC2

2. Amazon announces Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

   Aug 26, 2009Labels: Amazon VPC

   • AWS What s
   • AWS Blog

3. AWS launches Direct Connect for private links

   Aug 3, 2011Labels: AWS Direct

   • AWS What s
   • AWS Guide

4. Google Compute Engine launches, enabling VPC-style networking

   Jun 28, 2012Labels: Google Compute

   • GCE Wiki
   • Google Cloud

5. Azure Virtual Network becomes generally available

   Apr 26, 2013Labels: Azure Virtual

   • Azure Blog
   • MCPmag

6. AWS introduces VPC Peering within a region

   Mar 26, 2014Labels: VPC Peering

   • AWS Blog

7. Azure ExpressRoute expands private hybrid connectivity

   Apr 22, 2014Labels: Azure ExpressRoute

   • Equinix PR
   • RCPmag

8. AWS adds VPC endpoints for private service access

   Jan 7, 2015Labels: VPC Endpoints

   • AWS VPC History
   • InfoQ

9. AWS launches VPC Flow Logs for traffic visibility

   Jun 10, 2015Labels: VPC Flow

   • AWS Blog
   • AWS Docs

10. AWS introduces managed NAT Gateway for private subnets

    Dec 17, 2015Labels: NAT Gateway

    • AWS Blog
    • AWS VPC History

11. Azure announces general availability of VNet Peering

    Sep 26, 2016Labels: VNet Peering

    • Azure Blog

12. AWS expands VPC with native IPv6 support

    Jan 25, 2017Labels: IPv6 Support

    • AWS What s

13. Google makes Shared VPC generally available

    Jun 7, 2017Labels: Shared VPC

    • GCP VPC Notes

14. Google Cloud introduces VPC Network Peering (GA)

    Jul 14, 2017Labels: VPC Network

    • GCP VPC Notes

15. AWS launches PrivateLink for private service endpoints

    Nov 28, 2017Labels: AWS PrivateLink

    • AWS Press
    • AWS VPC Endpoints

16. Google Cloud VPC Flow Logs becomes generally available

    Jun 28, 2018Labels: VPC Flow

    • GCP VPC Notes

17. AWS introduces Transit Gateway for hub-and-spoke networks

    Dec 17, 2018Labels: Transit Gateway

    • AWS Tech Talk
    • InfoQ Recap

18. Google Cloud adds firewall rules logging (GA)

    Jan 9, 2019Labels: Firewall Logging

    • GCP VPC Notes

19. AWS expands Transit Gateway for global network operations

    Dec 2, 2019Labels: Transit Gateway

    • AWS Press

20. Cloud VPC features mature into standard multi-cloud patterns

    Dec 17, 2020Labels: Multi-cloud Patterns

    • AWS VPC History
    • GCP VPC Notes
    • Azure Blog