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.