AWS News for Oct 21 - Oct 27
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.
