Last Week In AWS Podcast

AWS Morning Brief for the week of December 9, with Corey Quinn. 

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• AWS announces access to VPC resources over AWS PrivateLink
• Announcing Amazon Aurora DSQL (Preview)
• Announcing Amazon Bedrock IDE in preview as part of Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio
• AWS announces Amazon CloudWatch Database Insights
• Amazon DynamoDB global tables previews multi-Region strong consistency
• Amazon EC2 introduces Allowed AMIs to enhance AMI governance
• Announcing Amazon EC2 I8g instances
• Announcing Amazon EKS Auto Mode
• Announcing Amazon EKS Hybrid Nodes
• Announcing Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Preview)
• Announcing Amazon FSx Intelligent-Tiering, a new storage class for FSx
• Amazon Q Developer can now automate code reviews
• Amazon Q Developer announces automatic unit test generation to accelerate feature development
• Amazon S3 adds new default data integrity protections
• Announcing Amazon S3 Metadata (Preview) – Easiest and fastest way to manage your metadata
• Amazon S3 launches storage classes for AWS Dedicated Local Zones
• Announcing Amazon S3 Tables – Fully managed Apache Iceberg tables optimized for analytics workloads
• AWS announces Amazon SageMaker Lakehouse
• AWS Control Tower launches managed controls using declarative policies
• AWS announces AWS Data Transfer Terminal for high-speed data uploads
• Amazon Web Services announces declarative policies
• Introducing AWS Glue 5.0
• AWS announces Invoice Configuration
• AWS Marketplace now offers EC2 Image Builder components from independent software vendors
• AWS announces AWS Security Incident Response for general availability
• Announcing AWS Transfer Family web apps
• Buy with AWS accelerates solution discovery and procurement on AWS Partner websites
• Oracle Database@AWS is now in limited preview
• PartyRock improves app discovery and announces upcoming free daily use
• Announcing the preview of Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio
• VPC Lattice now includes TCP support with VPC Resources
• Announcing the 2024 Geo and Global AWS Partners of the Year
• Amazon MemoryDB Multi-Region is now generally available
• Top announcements of AWS re:Invent 2024

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AWS Morning Brief for the week of December 2, with Corey Quinn. 

Links:

• Amazon CloudWatch adds context to observability data in service consoles, accelerating analysis
• Amazon Cognito introduces Managed Login to support rich branding for end user journeys
• Amazon Cognito now supports passwordless authentication for low-friction and secure logins
• Amazon Connect Email is now generally available
• Amazon EBS announces Time-based Copy for EBS Snapshots
• Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling introduces highly responsive scaling policies
• Amazon EC2 Capacity Blocks now supports instant start times and extensions
• Amazon ECR announces 10x increase in repository limit to 100,000
• Amazon EFS now supports up to 2.5 million IOPS per file system
• Amazon S3 now supports enforcement of conditional write operations for S3 general purpose buckets
• Application Signals provides OTEL support via X-Ray OTLP endpoint for traces
• AWS delivers enhanced root cause insights to help explain cost anomalies
• Enhanced Pricing Calculator now supports discounts and purchase commitments (in preview)
• AWS PrivateLink now supports cross-region connectivity
• Announcing the new AWS User Notifications SDK
• Announcing new feature tiers: Essentials and Plus for Amazon Cognito
• Announcing Savings Plans Purchase Analyzer
• Data Exports for FOCUS 1.0 is now in general availability
• Introducing a new experience for AWS Systems Manager
• Introducing generative AI troubleshooting for Apache Spark in AWS Glue (preview)
• Understanding how certain database parameters impact scaling in Amazon Aurora Serverless v2
• Analyzing your AWS Cost Explorer data with Amazon Q Developer: Now Generally Available
• Your guide to AWS for Advertising & Marketing at re:Invent 2024
• AWS IoT Services alignment with US Cyber Trust Mark
• Streamlining AWS Organizations Cleanup Strategies

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AWS Morning Brief for the week of November 25, with Corey Quinn. 

Links:

• Enhanced account linking experience across AWS Marketplace and AWS Partner Central
• Amazon API Gateway now supports Custom Domain Name for private REST APIs
• Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 supports scaling to zero capacity
• Amazon CloudFront now supports Anycast Static IPs
• Amazon CloudFront now supports additional log formats and destinations for access logs
• Amazon CloudFront announces VPC origins
• Amazon CloudWatch launches full visibility into application transactions
• Amazon EC2 now provides lineage information for your AMIs
• Amazon Q Developer in the AWS Management Console now uses the service you’re viewing as context for your chat
• Amazon WorkSpaces introduces support for Rocky Linux
• AWS App Studio is now generally available
• AWS CloudTrail Lake launches enhanced analytics and cross-account data access
• AWS Compute Optimizer now supports rightsizing recommendations for Amazon Aurora
• AWS Elastic Beanstalk adds support for Node.js 22
• AWS Lambda supports Amazon S3 as a failed-event destination for asynchronous and stream event sources
• Introducing an AWS Management Console Visual Update (Preview)
• The new AWS Systems Manager experience: Simplifying node management
• AWS announces Block Public Access for Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
• Load Balancer Capacity Unit Reservation for Application and Network Load Balancers
• Announcing Idle Recommendations in AWS Compute Optimizer
• Announcing Savings Plans Purchase Analyzer
• AWS Lambda turns ten – looking back and looking ahead
• Boost Engagement with AWS and Amazon Ads
• Build fullstack AI apps in minutes with the new Amplify AI Kit
• Important changes to CloudTrail events for AWS IAM Identity Center
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AWS Morning Brief for the week of November 18, with Corey Quinn. 

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• Amazon DataZone updates pricing and removes the user-level subscription fee
• Amazon DynamoDB reduces prices for on-demand throughput and global tables
• Amazon DynamoDB introduces warm throughput for tables and indexes
• Amazon EBS now supports detailed performance statistics on EBS volume health
• Amazon Q Developer plugins for Datadog and Wiz now generally available
• Amazon S3 now supports up to 1 million buckets per AWS account
• AWS Backup now supports copying Amazon S3 backups across Regions and accounts in opt-in Regions
• AWS CloudTrail Lake announces enhanced event filtering
• How and why you should move to Cost and Usage Report (CUR) 2.0?
• AWS BuilderCards second edition at re:Invent 2024
• Accelerate your third-party Amazon EKS add-on onboarding using Conformitron
• Python 3.13 runtime now available in AWS Lambda
• Deploy the Cost Optimizer for Amazon WorkSpaces in a highly-regulated environment.
• Introducing the Live Event Framework: Live Streaming with Ad Insertion on AWS
• Introducing kro: Kube Resource Orchestrator
• AWS Snow device updates

AWS Morning Brief for the week of November 11, with Corey Quinn. 

Links:

• Amazon CloudFront no longer charges for requests blocked by AWS WAF
• Amazon OpenSearch Service announces Extended Support for engine versions
• Configure Route53 CIDR blocks rules based on Internet Monitor suggestions
• Announcing an improved self-guided experience for AWS Partner Central
• AWS introduces service versioning and deployment history for Amazon ECS services
• Reduce your Microsoft licensing costs by upgrading to 4th generation AMD processors
• The attendee’s guide to the AWS re:Invent 2024 Compute track
• Unauthorized tactic spotlight: Initial access through a third-party identity provider
• Scaling up the Prime Video audio/video monitoring service and reducing costs by 90% - Prime Video Tech
• Our Charity T-Shirt Drive

AWS Morning Brief for the week of November 4, with Corey Quinn. 

Links:

• Amazon CloudWatch now monitors EBS volumes exceeding provisioned performance
• Amazon Q Developer announces support for inline chat to streamline the developer experience
• Amazon Route 53 announces HTTPS, SSHFP, SVCB, and TLSA DNS resource record support
• Amazon Virtual Private Cloud launches new security group sharing features
• AWS now accepts partial card payments
• Announcing AWS Amplify integration with Amazon S3 for static website hosting
• AWS CodeBuild now supports retrying builds automatically
• AWS Trust & Safety Center is now available on AWS re:Post
• 2024 re:Invent Know Before You Go – Cloud Financial Management Sessions
• Introducing an enhanced local IDE experience for AWS Lambda developers

AWS Morning Brief for the week of October 28, with Corey Quinn. 

Links:

• Amazon Aurora launches Global Database writer endpoint
• Amazon Connect now offers screen sharing
• Amazon EKS endpoints now support connectivity over Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
• AWS IAM Identity Center simplifies calls to AWS services with single identity context
• EC2 Image Builder now supports building and testing macOS images
• Introducing an enhanced in-console editing experience for AWS Lambda

AWS Morning Brief for the week of October 21, with Corey Quinn. 

Links:

• Amazon CloudFront launches support for JA4 fingerprinting
• Amazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts now supports live migration-based host maintenance
• Amazon EFS now supports up to 60 GiB/s (a 2x increase) of read throughput
• Announcing Amazon Q in AWS Supply Chain
• Amazon S3 adds new Region and bucket name filtering for the ListBuckets API
• Assign billing of your shared Amazon EC2 On-Demand Capacity Reservations
• AWS Resource Explorer introduces new API to list resource inventory
• AWS Transfer Family SFTP connectors now provide real-time status of file transfer operations
• Finch expands support to Linux, streamlining container development across platforms
• Ubuntu Pro for EC2 Spot Instances
• Innovating with AI in Regulated Industries
• Improve public speaking skills using a generative AI-based virtual assistant with Amazon Bedrock

AWS Morning Brief for the week of October 15, with Corey Quinn. 

Links:

• Announcing Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey
• Amazon WorkSpaces now supports file transfer between WorkSpaces sessions and local devices
• AWS Application Composer is now AWS Infrastructure Composer
• AWS CodePipeline introduces new general purpose compute action
• AWS Lambda now detects and stops recursive loops between Lambda and Amazon S3
• Convert AWS console actions to reusable code with AWS Console-to-Code, now generally available
• How to identify inactive users of Amazon Q Developer
• Transitioning off Amazon Lookout for Metrics
• Sign-in to AWS Console Mobile Application with an AWS Access Portal or third-party IdP URL
• How AWS uses active defense to help protect customers from security threats

AWS Morning Brief for the week of October 7, with Corey Quinn. 

Links:

• AWS CloudShell extends most recent capabilities to all commercial Regions
• Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 now supports up to 256 ACUs
• Amazon S3 adds Service Quotas support for S3 general purpose buckets
• AWS announces Reserved Nodes flexibility for Amazon ElastiCache
• Duckbill Guide to AWS Reserved Instances
• Deprecation of Lake Formation’s Governed Tables Feature
• Announcing AWS Neuron Helm Chart
• Leverage IAM Roles for email sending via SES from EC2 and eliminate a common credential risk
• Issue with NVIDIA Container Toolkit (CVE-2024-0132, CVE-2024-0133)