AWS News Weekly

AWS News for Oct 21 - Oct 27


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AWS Firewall Manager:

- Supports retrofitting existing WAF WebACLs with baseline rules and logging without affecting custom rules.


AWS Billing:

- Allows partial card payments for monthly bills through the Console.

- AWS Billing Conductor integrates pro forma budgets for spend monitoring and alerts.


Amazon CloudWatch:

- Logs Insights uses named tokens; Log Anomaly detector quota increased to 500 per account.

- Application Signals offers enhanced monitoring for Amazon ECS applications with infrastructure metrics correlation.


Amazon Aurora:

- Global Database supports tagging for easier cost categorization and tracking.

- Introduces Global Database writer endpoint for simplified application routing during failovers.


Amazon RDS:

- Supports Oracle APEX 24.1 for 19c and 21c Oracle Database versions.

- RDS Custom for SQL Server now supports Windows Authentication with AD integration.


AWS Deadline Cloud:

- Sends job-related events via Amazon EventBridge for automated workflows.


AWS Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA):

- Introduces EFA-only interface type for better AI/ML workload scaling.


AWS Lambda:

- Supports custom Java serializers for incompatible event formats.

- Introduces new Code-OSS based code editor with VS Code-like features in the console.


Amazon SES:

- Provides TLS Version for Outgoing Messages in AutoTags for enhanced monitoring.


Amazon Redshift:

- Introduces visual query profiler for enhanced performance analysis and troubleshooting.


AWS WAF:

- Bot and Fraud Control RuleGroup available in six additional AWS Regions.


Amazon Connect:

- Offers screen sharing for improved customer support.

- Launches iOS and Android Chat SDKs for native in-app chat experiences.


Research and Engineering Studio on AWS:

- Version 2024.10 introduces new features for cost management and user experience.


AWS IAM Identity Center:

- Enables single identity context for AWS service calls, simplifying application development.


Amazon MWAA:

- Supports simplified Airflow REST API interaction using AWS credentials.


Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink:

- Offers per-second billing with 10-minute minimum charge per application.


Amazon Timestream:

- Introduces Query Insights for detailed query execution information and optimization.


EC2 Image Builder:

- Now supports Apple macOS for custom image creation and management.


Bottlerocket:

- Supports NVIDIA GPU Time-slicing for improved AI/ML workload efficiency.


AWS Mainframe Modernization:

- Introduces new integrations for managed runtimes, improving flexibility and performance.


AWS Resilience Hub:

- New Resiliency widget on myApplications provides enhanced visibility and control.


Amazon EKS:

- Supports Amazon Application Recovery Controller for zonal shift and autoshift.

- Supports dual stack connectivity for management and Kubernetes API server endpoints in IPv6 clusters.


Amazon Bedrock:

- Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet model now available with improved performance.

- Custom Model Import now generally available for importing and using customized models.


Amazon Application Recovery Controller:

- Expanded support for Amazon EKS and Network Load Balancers with cross-zone configuration.


Amazon Q Business:

- Offers analytics dashboard and CloudWatch Logs integration for deeper insights.


Amazon OpenSearch Serverless:

- Now available in AWS GovCloud US-East Region.


AWS Database Migration Service:

- Supports homogeneous migrations via CLI, SDK, and API.


AWS Launch Wizard for SAP:

- Integrates with AWS Systems Manager for simplified SAP application management.


AWS Console Mobile App:

- Offers seamless link experience for opening AWS service and resource links directly in the app.

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AWS News WeeklyBy Flo Motlik - theserverlessway.com