Topic || Analytics
Amazon Redshift multi-data warehouse writes through data sharing is now generally available
Amazon Redshift announces support for Confluent Cloud and Apache Kafka
Amazon Redshift Query Editor V2 Increases Maximum Result Set and Export size to 100MB
Amazon Redshift to enhance security by changing default behavior
Amazon QuickSight now supports prompted reports and reader scheduling for pixel-perfect reports
Amazon QuickSight launches Highcharts visual
Amazon QuickSight now supports import visual capability
Amazon QuickSight launches Image component
Amazon QuickSight launches Layer Map
Amazon QuickSight now supports font customization for visuals
Amazon QuickSight launches self serve Brand Customization
Amazon EMR Managed Scaling introduces Advanced Scaling
AWS Glue Data Catalog now supports Apache Iceberg automatic table optimization through Amazon VPC
AWS Glue Data Catalog now supports scheduled generation of column level statistics
AWS Glue expands connectivity to 19 native connectors for Enterprise applications
Amazon DataZone now enhances data access governance with enforced metadata rules
Topic || Application Integration
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink now delivers to Amazon SQS queues
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink releases a new Amazon Kinesis Data Streams connector
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink now supports Amazon DynamoDB Streams as a source
Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion now supports writing security data to Amazon Security Lake
Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion now supports AWS Lambda for custom data transformation
Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion adds support for ingesting data from Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams On-Demand mode supports streams writing up to 10GB/s
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams launches CloudFormation support for resource policies
Amazon EventBridge announces up to 94% improvement in end-to-end latency for Event Buses
AWS Step Functions simplifies developer experience with Variables and JSONata transformations
AWS Step Functions Infrastructure as Code template generation
AWS AppSync now supports cross account sharing of GraphQL APIs
AWS AppSync launches AI gateway capabilities with new Amazon Bedrock integration in AppSync GraphQL
Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports Custom Plugins
Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports OpenSearch version 2.17
Amazon OpenSearch Service now scales to 1000 data nodes on a single cluster
Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports 4th generation Intel (C7i, M7i, R7i) instances
Amazon OpenSearch Service adds supports for two new third party plugins
Amazon OpenSearch Serverless Includes SQL API Support
Amazon OpenSearch Serverless now supports point in time (PIT) search
Amazon OpenSearch Serverless now supports Binary Vector and FP16 cost savings features
Disk-optimized vector engine now available on the Amazon OpenSearch Service
OpenSearch vector engine adds support for UltraWarm on Amazon OpenSearch Service
Topic || Artificial Intelligence
Amazon Q Business now available as browser extension
Amazon Q Business now supports integrations to Asana in
Amazon Q Business now supports an integration to Google Calendar in
Amazon Q Business now supports answers from tables embedded in documents
Amazon Q Business introduces ability to reuse recently uploaded files in a conversation
Introducing Amazon Q Apps with private sharing
Amazon Q Apps introduces data collection
Amazon Q Java transformation launches Step-by-Step and Library Upgrades
Amazon SageMaker introduces Scale Down to Zero for AI inference to help customers save costs
Amazon SageMaker launches Multi-Adapter Model Inference
Amazon SageMaker Notebook Instances now support Trainium1 and Inferentia 2 based instances
Amazon SageMaker now provides new set up experience for Amazon DataZone projects
SageMaker Model Registry now supports model lineage to improve model governance
Amazon SageMaker Model Registry now supports defining machine learning model lifecycle stages
Amazon Bedrock Agents now supports custom orchestration
Topic || AWS Marketplace
AWS Marketplace introduces AI-powered product summaries and comparisons
AWS Marketplace announces improved offer and agreement management capabilities for sellers
Enhanced account linking experience across AWS Marketplace and AWS Partner Central
Announcing financing program for AWS Marketplace purchases for select US customers
Topic || Business Applications
SES Mail Manager adds delivery of email to Amazon Q Business applications
Amazon Connect now allows agents to self-assign tasks
Amazon Connect Contact Lens launches calibrations for agent performance evaluations
Amazon Connect Email is now generally available
Amazon Connect now provides granular disconnect reasons for chats
Amazon Connect offers new personalized and proactive engagement capabilities
AWS End User Messaging announces cost allocation tags for SMS
AWS End User Messaging introduces phone number block/allow rules
AWS End User Messaging launches message feedback tracking
AWS End User Messaging announces integration with Amazon EventBridge
Topic || Compute
AWS Lambda supports Customer Managed Key (CMK) encryption for Zip function code artifacts
AWS Lambda announces Provisioned Mode for Kafka event source mappings
AWS Lambda supports application performance monitoring (APM) via CloudWatch Application Signals
AWS Lambda adds support for Node.js 22
AWS Lambda adds support for Python 3.13
AWS Lambda now supports SnapStart for Python and .NET functions
Amazon EC2 Capacity Blocks now supports instant start times and extensions
Amazon EC2 now provides lineage information for your AMIs
Amazon EC2 introduces provisioning control to launch instances on On-Demand Capacity
Amazon EC2 added New CPU-Performance Attribute for Instance Type Selection
AWS Elastic Beanstalk adds support for Ruby 3.3
AWS Elastic Beanstalk adds support for Node.js 22
AWS Batch now supports multiple EC2 Launch Templates per Compute Environment
AWS launches user-based subscription of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services
Topic || Cost Management
AWS Billing and Cost Management Data Exports for FOCUS 1.0 is now generally available
AWS Billing and Cost Management announces Savings Plans Purchase Analyzer
Enhanced Pricing Calculator now supports discounts and purchase commitments
AWS delivers enhanced root cause insights to help explain cost anomalies
Topic || Database
Amazon DynamoDB reduces prices for on-demand throughput and global tables
Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) reduces prices by up to 75%
Valkey GLIDE 1.2 adds new features from Valkey 8.0, including AZ awareness
Neptune Analytics Adds Support for Customer Managed PrivateLink endpoints
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL supports pgvector 0.8.0
Amazon Aurora now supports Graviton4-based R8g database instances
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB now supports M8g and R8g database instances
Amazon RDS for SQL Server Supports Minor Versions in November 2024
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL supports minor versions 17.2, 16.6, 15.10, 14.15, 13.18, and 12.22
Amazon RDS for MySQL now supports MySQL 8.4 LTS release
Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments support minor version upgrade for RDS for PostgreSQL
Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments Green storage fully performant prior to switchover
Amazon RDS for MySQL supports new minor version 8.0.40
Amazon Aurora MySQL 3.08 (compatible with MySQL 8.0.39) is generally available
Amazon Aurora MySQL now supports R7i instances
Amazon RDS for Oracle now M7i and R7i instances types
Topic || Developer Tools
AWS CodePipeline now supports publishing ECR image and AWS InspectorScan as new actions
AWS CodeBuild now supports Windows Docker builds in reserved capacity fleets
AWS Fault Injection Service now generates experiment reports
Amazon Q Developer launches Java upgrade transformation CLI
Amazon Q Developer for the Eclipse IDE is now in public preview
Amazon Q Developer can now provide more personalized chat answers based on console context
Amazon Q Developer now transforms embedded SQL from Oracle to PostgreSQL
Topic || End User Computing
Announcing Idle Disconnect Timeout for Amazon WorkSpaces
Amazon WorkSpaces introduces support for Rocky Linux
Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser now supports inline data redaction
Topic || Front End Web & Mobile
AWS Amplify introduces passwordless authentication with Amazon Cognito
Topic || Game Tech
Amazon GameLift adds containers for faster dev iteration and simplified management
Topic || Internet of Things
AWS IoT SiteWise announces new generative AI-powered industrial assistant
Topic || Management and Governance
AWS Control Tower adds prescriptive backup plans to landing zone capabilities
AWS Control Tower launches configurable managed controls implemented using resource control policies
AWS Control Tower launches the ability to resolve drift for optional controls
AWS Announces Amazon Q account resources chat in the AWS Console Mobile App
Topic || Media Services
AWS announces Media Quality-Aware Resiliency for live streaming
AWS Deadline Cloud now supports GPU accelerated EC2 Instance Types
Topic || Migration and Modernization
AWS Application Discovery Service now supports AWS PrivateLink
AWS Application Discovery Service now supports data from commercially available discovery tools
AWS Application Discovery Service adds integration with AWS Application Migration Service
Topic || Networking and Content Delivery
AWS PrivateLink now supports cross-region connectivity
Amazon VPC IPAM now supports enabling IPAM for organizational units within AWS Organizations
AWS Cloud WAN simplifies on-premises connectivity via AWS Direct Connect
Amazon CloudFront announces origin modifications using CloudFront Functions
Amazon CloudFront now supports Anycast Static IPs
Amazon CloudFront now supports additional log formats and destinations for access logs
Amazon CloudFront now supports gRPC delivery
Amazon CloudFront announces VPC origins
AWS Transit Gateway and AWS Cloud WAN enhance visibility metrics and Path MTU support
AWS Network Firewall expands the list of supported protocols and keywords in firewall rules
Topic || Quantum Technologies
Announcing the Quantum Embark advisory program for customers new to quantum computing
Topic || Security, Identity and Compliance
AWS announces Block Public Access for Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
AWS Artifact enhances agreements with improved access control and tracking
AWS IAM Identity Center now supports search by permission set name
AWS Controllers for Kubernetes for AWS Private CA now generally available
Topic || Storage
Amazon EBS announces Time-based Copy for EBS Snapshots
Amazon EBS now supports detailed performance statistics on EBS volume health
Amazon EFS now supports up to 2.5 million IOPS per file system
Amazon EFS now supports cross-account Replication
Amazon S3 adds new functionality for conditional writes
Amazon S3 now supports enforcement of conditional write operations for S3 general purpose buckets
Amazon S3 now supports up to 1 million buckets per AWS account
Mountpoint for Amazon S3 now supports a high performance shared cache
Amazon S3 Access Grants now integrate with Amazon Redshift
Amazon S3 Express One Zone now supports conditional deletes
Amazon S3 Express One Zone now supports S3 Lifecycle expirations
AWS Backup for Amazon S3 adds new restore parameter
AWS Backup now supports copying Amazon S3 backups across Regions and accounts in opt-in Regions
AWS Backup now supports resource type and multiple tag selections in backup policies
Amazon FSx for Lustre now supports Elastic Fabric Adapter and NVIDIA GPUDirect Storage
Topic || Training and Certification
Announcing the Quantum Embark advisory program for customers new to quantum computing