AWS Morning Brief

AWS Morning Brief for the week of May 5th, with Corey Quinn. Links:Automated HTTP validated public certificates with Amazon CloudFrontAWS Systems Manager launches just-in-time node accessMAP enhancements to accelerate AI customer adoptionAnnouncing SaaS Manager for Amazon CloudFrontAnnouncing second-generation AWS Outposts racksAmazon CloudWatch launches tiered pricing and additional destinations for AWS Lambda logsAWS Launch Wizard automates multi-node SAP NetWeaver deployment on SAP ASE DatabaseAWS Lambda standardizes billing for INIT PhaseSponsorThe Duckbill Group: https://www.duckbillgroup.com/Join us for Office Hours!https://www.duckbillgroup.com/officehours/

AWS Morning Brief for the week of April 28th, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon CloudWatch agent now supports Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) Amazon Cognito now supports refresh token rotation Amazon Q Developer releases state-of-the-art agent for feature development AWS Account Management now supports IAM-based account name updates AWS CodeBuild adds support for specifying EC2 instance type and configurable storage size AWS Console Mobile Application adds support for Amazon Lightsail AWS STS global endpoint now serves your requests locally in Regions enabled by default AWS Transfer Family introduces Terraform module for deploying SFTP server endpoints How Smartsheet reduced latency and optimized costs in their serverless architecture In the works – New Availability Zone in Maryland for US East (Northern Virginia) Region CVE-2025-3857 – Infinite loop condition in Amazon.IonDotnet I annotated Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's 2024 Letter to Shareholders 

AWS Morning Brief for the week of April 21st, with Corey Quinn. Links:AWS simplifies Amazon VPC Peering billingAWS now allows customers in Europe to pay For their usage in advanceAWS Lambda@Edge announces advanced logging controlsAnnouncing new AWS Wavelength Zone in DakarAnnouncing the AWS Well-Architected Generative AI LensAnnouncing General Availability of GitLab Duo with Amazon QRacing beyond DeepRacer: Debut of the AWS LLM LeagueManage budgets efficiently with budget events in AWS Deadline Cloud

AWS Morning Brief for the week of April 14th, with Corey Quinn.Links:Amazon Route 53 adds public authoritative DNS service to AWS GovCloud (US) RegionsCost Optimization Hub supports DynamoDB and MemoryDB reservation recommendationsLoad Balancer Capacity Unit Reservation for Gateway Load BalancersAnnouncing new AWS Elemental MediaTailor pricing model with lower VOD ad insertion costsHow AWS and Intel make LLMs more accessible and cost-effective with DeepSeekAnnouncing up to 85% price reductions for Amazon S3 Express One ZoneOptimize Amazon VPC Flow Logs analysis with Cribl Stream samplingExploring Data Transfer Costs for AWS Network Load Balancers

AWS Morning Brief for the week of April 7th, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon EC2 now supports more bandwidth and jumbo frames to select destinationsAPI Gateway launches support for dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6) endpointsAWS Lambda adds support for Ruby 3.4Amazon CloudWatch Logs increases maximum log event size to 1 MBAmazon Neptune announces 99.99% availability Service Level AgreementAnnouncing the general availability of Amazon VPC Route ServerUnder the hood: Amazon EKS Auto ModeOptimizing cost savings: The advantage of Amazon Aurora over self-managed open source databasesHow AWS Sales uses generative AI to streamline account planningIssue with AWS SAM CLI (CVE-2025-3047, CVE-2025-3048)

AWS Morning Brief for the week of March 31st, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon DynamoDB now supports percentile statistics for request latencyAmazon EKS now enforces upgrade insights checks as part of cluster upgradesAmazon GameLift Servers expands instance support with next-generation EC2 instance familiesAWS CloudFormation now supports targeted resource scans in the IaC generatorAWS adds currency selection to Payment ProfilesAWS Deadline Cloud now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)AWS announces expanded service support in the AWS Console Mobile AppAWS Network Manager and AWS Cloud WAN now support AWS PrivateLink and IPv6Unlocking the power of Splunk with Amazon Bedrock – Build AI assistant using agentsFrom virtual machine to Kubernetes to serverless: How dacadoo saved 78% on cloud costs and automated operationsAccelerating CI with AWS CodeBuild: Parallel test execution now availableAmazon S3 Path Deprecation Plan – The Rest of the Story | AWS News BlogDetailed geographic information for all AWS Regions and Availability Zones is now availableOptimizing network footprint in serverless applicationsSimplifying private API integrations with Amazon EventBridge and AWS Step FunctionsAnnouncing the Developer Preview of Amazon S3 Transfer Manager in RustAWS SDK for Ruby: Deprecating Ruby 2.5 & 2.6 Runtime Supports and Future CompatibilityAnnouncing the AWS CDK L2 Construct for Amazon Cognito Identity PoolsAWS re:Invent 2024 recap for government agencies

AWS Morning Brief for the week of March 24th, with Corey Quinn. Links:AWS Client VPN increases authorization rules and route quotasAnnouncing the New AWS Wickr Admin ConsoleAWS announces the next generation of Amazon Connect where powerful AI improves every customer interactionManage SLO exclusion time windows using CloudWatch Application SignalsHandling billions of invocations – best practices from AWS LambdaVisually build telephony applications with AWS Step FunctionsCorey is speaking at SREcon in Santa Clara!

AWS Morning Brief for the week of March 17th, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon Bedrock now supports multi-agent collaborationAmazon RDS for MySQL announces Extended Support minor 5.7.44-RDS.20250213Amazon Route 53 Traffic Flow introduces a new visual editor to improve DNS policy editingApplication Load Balancer announces integration with Amazon VPC IPAMAnnouncing the end of support for Node.js 14.x and 16.x in AWS CDKWatch the recordings from AWS Developer Day 2025How GoDaddy built a category generation system at scale with batch inference for Amazon BedrockFormula 1® unlocks the most competitive season yet with AWSSecure cloud innovation starts at re:Inforce 2025

AWS Morning Brief for the week of March 10th, 2025 with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon Bedrock launches Session Management APIs for GenAI applications (Preview)Announcing Amazon GameLift StreamsAmazon Q Developer announces a new CLI agent within the command lineAWS Secrets Manager increases the API Requests per Second limitsAWS Transfer Family announces reduced login latency for SFTP serversIAM Access Analyzer now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)Streamline your AWS Marketplace renewalsIntroducing an enhanced local IDE experience for AWS Step FunctionsEnd of support notifications and enhanced discoverability for Amazon EKSThe end of an era: the final AWS DeepRacer League Championship at re:Invent 2024Securely onboarding countries to the AWS Cloud

AWS Morning Brief for the week of March 3, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon Connect reduces telephony pricing in VietnamAmazon EC2 announces Time-based Copy for AMIsAmazon Location Service now supports AWS PrivateLinkAnthropic's Claude 3.7 Sonnet is now available in Amazon BedrockAWS Batch now supports resource aware schedulingAWS Chatbot is now named Amazon Q DeveloperAWS CodePipeline introduces new console experience for viewing pipeline releasesYou can now use your China UnionPay credit card to create an AWS accountAccelerate Security Incident Response and Recovery with AWS Security Incident Response PartnersAmazon Web Services named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Integration ToolsMigrate very large databases to Amazon Aurora MySQL using MyDumper and MyLoaderAnnouncing CDK Garbage CollectionGenerate Code Documentation Using Amazon Q DeveloperByteDance processes billions of daily videos using their multimodal video understanding models on AWS Inferentia2Unlock deeper insights and faster investigations with AWS CloudTrail Lake

AWS Morning Brief for the week of February 24, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon ECS increases the CPU limit for ECS tasks to 192 vCPUsAmazon Q Developer now supports upgrade to Java 21AWS announces Backup Payment Methods for invoicesAWS CodePipeline adds native Amazon EKS deployment supportAWS Price List API supports AWS PrivateLinkAWS CloudFormation: 2024 Year in ReviewCost optimize your Minecraft Java EC2 ServerImproving Security in Amazon WorkMail with MFAUpdate on Support for Amazon ChimeBest practices to respond to security risks across your AWS OrganizationsReduce IT costs by implementing automatic shutdown for Amazon EC2 instancesHow to restrict Amazon S3 bucket access to a specific IAM roleIntroducing the AWS Trust CenterIs AWS Delivering on Its 3-Layer Approach to AI?

AWS Morning Brief for the week of February 17, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon DynamoDB now supports auto-approval of quota adjustmentsAmazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) now adds full snapshot size information in Console and APIAmazon RDS for MySQL announces Extended Support minor 5.7.44-RDS.20250103Amazon Redshift Serverless announces reduction in IP Address Requirements to 3 per SubnetAWS Deadline Cloud now supports Adobe After Effects in Service-Managed FleetsAWS Network Load Balancer now supports removing availability zonesAWS CloudTrail network activity events for VPC endpoints now generally availableHarness Amazon Bedrock Agents to Manage SAP InstancesTimestamp writes for write hedging in Amazon DynamoDBUpdating AWS SDK defaults – AWS STS service endpoint and Retry StrategyLearning AWS best practices from Amazon Q in the ConsoleAutomating Cost Optimization Governance with AWS ConfigAmazon Q Developer in chat applications rename - Summary of changes - AWS Chatbot

AWS Morning Brief for the week of February 10, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon EBS now supports additional resource-level permissions for creating EBS volumes from snapshotsAmazon Managed Service for Prometheus collector adds support for cross-account ingestionAmazon Redshift Concurrency Scaling is now available in 1 additional regionAmazon Q Developer now troubleshoots AWS Console errors in all AWS Commercial regionsAmazon Q Developer introduces a new, simplified setup experience for Pro tier subscriptionsAWS IAM Identity Center now offers improved error messages and AWS CloudTrail logging for provisioning issuesAWS Step Functions now supports 100,000 state machines and activities per AWS accountCost Optimization Hub supports more EC2 Auto Scaling group recommendationsAnnouncing the general availability of AWS Database Migration Service Serverless support for files with an S3 source endpointAI-Powered Football Match Analysis: SAP Sports One on AWSIntroducing AWS CloudFormation Stack RefactoringAWS Tightens the Reins: New AWS SaaS Marketplace Rules Will Impact Your Commitments

AWS Morning Brief for the week of February 3, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon EFS is now available in the AWS Mexico (Central) RegionAmazon EKS and Amazon EKS Distro now supports Kubernetes version 1.32Amazon S3 Metadata is now generally availableAmazon Timestream for InfluxDb now supports Storage ScalingAWS Elastic Beanstalk now supports Python 3.13 on Amazon Linux 2023AWS Health now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)Announcing AWS Managed Notifications in the AWS Console Mobile AppAnnouncing new AWS Wavelength Zone in CasablancaAWS now supports Zone Groups for Availability ZonesAnnouncing the AWS CDK Glue L2 ConstructDeploy DeepSeek-R1 Distilled Llama models in Amazon BedrockAnnouncing upcoming changes to the AWS Security Token Service global endpointDesign patterns for multi-tenant access control on Amazon S3Amazon Nimble Studio Closed to New Customers

AWS Morning Brief for the week of January 27, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon Bedrock Flows announces preview of multi-turn conversation supportAmazon CloudWatch allows alarming on data up to 7 days oldAmazon S3 Tables are now available in five additional AWS RegionsAWS Client VPN announces support for concurrent VPN connectionsAWS CodeBuild now supports test splitting and parallelismAWS Marketplace introduces 8 decimal place precision for usage pricingAnnouncing AWS User Notifications GA on AWS CloudFormationEnhance the resilience of critical workloads by architecting with multiple AWS RegionsIntroducing cross-account targets for Amazon EventBridge Event BusesDiving deep into the new Amazon Aurora Global Database writer endpointAWS and NANOG join forces: Unlocking IPv6 potential with the IPv6 Clinic at NANOG 93Issue with AWS Sign-in IAM User Login Flow – Possible Username Enumeration (CVE-2025-0693)

AWS Morning Brief for the week of January 21, with Corey Quinn. Links:AWS CodePipeline introduces new debugging experience in AWS Management ConsoleThe AWS Management Console now supports simultaneous sign-in for multiple AWS accountsEC2 Image Builder simplifies converting Windows ISO files to AMIsNow open — AWS Mexico (Central) RegionAWS CDK is splitting Construct Library and CLIAmazon Bedrock launches with Claude 3.5 Sonnet in the AWS Top Secret cloudPreventing unintended encryption of Amazon S3 objectsSecure root user access for member accounts in AWS Organizations | AWS Security BlogCost-optimized log aggregation and archival in Amazon S3 using s3tarIssue with Amazon WorkSpaces, Amazon AppStream 2.0, and Amazon DCV (CVE-2025-0500 and CVE-2025-0501)SponsorThe Duckbill Group: https://www.duckbillgroup.com/

AWS Morning Brief for the week of January 13, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon DynamoDB now supports configurable point-in-time-recovery periodsAWS Compute Optimizer now expands idle and rightsizing recommendations for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groupsAnnouncing the new AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region | AWS News BlogShaping the future of CDK togetherThe benefits of an email-based AI virtual assistant on AWSSecuring a city-sized event: How Amazon integrates physical and logical security at re:InventSponsorThe Duckbill Group: https://www.duckbillgroup.com/

AWS Morning Brief for the week of December 23, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon AppStream 2.0 introduces client for macOSAmazon EC2 instances support bandwidth configurations for VPC and EBSAmazon Timestream for InfluxDB now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) connectivityAmazon WorkSpaces Thin Client now available to purchase in IndiaAWS Backup launches support for search and item-level recoveryAWS Mainframe Modernization now supports connectivity over Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)AWS Marketplace now supports self-service promotional media on seller product detail pagesAWS re:Post now supports Spanish and PortugueseAWS Resource Explorer supports 59 new resource typesAWS offers a self-service feature to update business names on AWS InvoicesAnnouncing CloudFormation support for AWS Parallel Computing ServiceAnnouncing Node Health Monitoring and Auto-Repair for Amazon EKS - AWSAnd that's a wrap!Best practices for creating a VPC for Amazon RDS for Db2How the Amazon TimeHub team handled disruption in AWS DMS CDC task caused by Oracle RESETLOGS: Part 3How to detect and monitor Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) access with AWS CloudTrail and Amazon CloudWatchEnforce resource configuration to control access to new features with AWSMaximizing your cloud journey: Engaging an AWS Solutions Architect

AWS Morning Brief for the week of December 16th, 2024, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon Bedrock Guardrails reduces pricing by up to 85%Amazon CloudWatch now provides centralized visibility into telemetry configurationsAmazon EC2 F2 instances, featuring up to 8 FPGAs, are generally availableAmazon SES now offers Global Endpoints for multi-region sending resilienceAWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code now includes Amazon CloudWatch Logs Live TailAccelerate your AWS Graviton adoption with the AWS Graviton Savings DashboardCapture data changes while restoring an Amazon DynamoDB tableUnderstand the benefits of physical replication in Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Blue/Green DeploymentsHow AWS sales uses Amazon Q Business for customer engagementAWS Network Firewall Geographic IP Filtering launchIssue with DynamoDB local - CVE-2022-1471

AWS Morning Brief for the week of December 9, with Corey Quinn. Links:AWS announces access to VPC resources over AWS PrivateLinkAnnouncing Amazon Aurora DSQL (Preview)Announcing Amazon Bedrock IDE in preview as part of Amazon SageMaker Unified StudioAWS announces Amazon CloudWatch Database InsightsAmazon DynamoDB global tables previews multi-Region strong consistencyAmazon EC2 introduces Allowed AMIs to enhance AMI governanceAnnouncing Amazon EC2 I8g instancesAnnouncing Amazon EKS Auto ModeAnnouncing Amazon EKS Hybrid NodesAnnouncing Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Preview)Announcing Amazon FSx Intelligent-Tiering, a new storage class for FSxAmazon Q Developer can now automate code reviewsAmazon Q Developer announces automatic unit test generation to accelerate feature developmentAmazon S3 adds new default data integrity protectionsAnnouncing Amazon S3 Metadata (Preview) – Easiest and fastest way to manage your metadataAmazon S3 launches storage classes for AWS Dedicated Local ZonesAnnouncing Amazon S3 Tables – Fully managed Apache Iceberg tables optimized for analytics workloadsAWS announces Amazon SageMaker LakehouseAWS Control Tower launches managed controls using declarative policiesAWS announces AWS Data Transfer Terminal for high-speed data uploadsAmazon Web Services announces declarative policiesIntroducing AWS Glue 5.0AWS announces Invoice ConfigurationAWS Marketplace now offers EC2 Image Builder components from independent software vendorsAWS announces AWS Security Incident Response for general availabilityAnnouncing AWS Transfer Family web appsBuy with AWS accelerates solution discovery and procurement on AWS Partner websitesOracle Database@AWS is now in limited previewPartyRock improves app discovery and announces upcoming free daily useAnnouncing the preview of Amazon SageMaker Unified StudioVPC Lattice now includes TCP support with VPC ResourcesAnnouncing the 2024 Geo and Global AWS Partners of the YearAmazon MemoryDB Multi-Region is now generally availableTop announcements of AWS re:Invent 2024SponsorThe Duckbill Group: https://www.duckbillgroup.com/

AWS Morning Brief for the week of December 2, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon CloudWatch adds context to observability data in service consoles, accelerating analysisAmazon Cognito introduces Managed Login to support rich branding for end user journeysAmazon Cognito now supports passwordless authentication for low-friction and secure loginsAmazon Connect Email is now generally availableAmazon EBS announces Time-based Copy for EBS SnapshotsAmazon EC2 Auto Scaling introduces highly responsive scaling policiesAmazon EC2 Capacity Blocks now supports instant start times and extensionsAmazon ECR announces 10x increase in repository limit to 100,000Amazon EFS now supports up to 2.5 million IOPS per file systemAmazon S3 now supports enforcement of conditional write operations for S3 general purpose bucketsApplication Signals provides OTEL support via X-Ray OTLP endpoint for tracesAWS delivers enhanced root cause insights to help explain cost anomaliesEnhanced Pricing Calculator now supports discounts and purchase commitments (in preview)AWS PrivateLink now supports cross-region connectivityAnnouncing the new AWS User Notifications SDKAnnouncing new feature tiers: Essentials and Plus for Amazon CognitoAnnouncing Savings Plans Purchase AnalyzerData Exports for FOCUS 1.0 is now in general availabilityIntroducing a new experience for AWS Systems ManagerIntroducing generative AI troubleshooting for Apache Spark in AWS Glue (preview)Understanding how certain database parameters impact scaling in Amazon Aurora Serverless v2Analyzing your AWS Cost Explorer data with Amazon Q Developer: Now Generally AvailableYour guide to AWS for Advertising & Marketing at re:Invent 2024AWS IoT Services alignment with US Cyber Trust MarkStreamlining AWS Organizations Cleanup StrategiesSponsorWiz: wiz.io/lastweek

AWS Morning Brief for the week of November 25, with Corey Quinn. Links:Enhanced account linking experience across AWS Marketplace and AWS Partner CentralAmazon API Gateway now supports Custom Domain Name for private REST APIsAmazon Aurora Serverless v2 supports scaling to zero capacityAmazon CloudFront now supports Anycast Static IPsAmazon CloudFront now supports additional log formats and destinations for access logsAmazon CloudFront announces VPC originsAmazon CloudWatch launches full visibility into application transactionsAmazon EC2 now provides lineage information for your AMIsAmazon Q Developer in the AWS Management Console now uses the service you're viewing as context for your chatAmazon WorkSpaces introduces support for Rocky LinuxAWS App Studio is now generally availableAWS CloudTrail Lake launches enhanced analytics and cross-account data accessAWS Compute Optimizer now supports rightsizing recommendations for Amazon AuroraAWS Elastic Beanstalk adds support for Node.js 22AWS Lambda supports Amazon S3 as a failed-event destination for asynchronous and stream event sourcesIntroducing an AWS Management Console Visual Update (Preview)The new AWS Systems Manager experience: Simplifying node managementAWS announces Block Public Access for Amazon Virtual Private CloudLoad Balancer Capacity Unit Reservation for Application and Network Load BalancersAnnouncing Idle Recommendations in AWS Compute OptimizerAnnouncing Savings Plans Purchase AnalyzerAWS Lambda turns ten – looking back and looking aheadBoost Engagement with AWS and Amazon AdsBuild fullstack AI apps in minutes with the new Amplify AI KitImportant changes to CloudTrail events for AWS IAM Identity CenterFollow Corey on BlueSky!Follow Last Week In AWS on BlueSky!

AWS Morning Brief for the week of November 18, with Corey Quinn. Links:Buy a shirt benefiting 826 National!Amazon DataZone updates pricing and removes the user-level subscription feeAmazon DynamoDB reduces prices for on-demand throughput and global tablesAmazon DynamoDB introduces warm throughput for tables and indexesAmazon EBS now supports detailed performance statistics on EBS volume healthAmazon Q Developer plugins for Datadog and Wiz now generally availableAmazon S3 now supports up to 1 million buckets per AWS accountAWS Backup now supports copying Amazon S3 backups across Regions and accounts in opt-in RegionsAWS CloudTrail Lake announces enhanced event filteringHow and why you should move to Cost and Usage Report (CUR) 2.0?AWS BuilderCards second edition at re:Invent 2024Accelerate your third-party Amazon EKS add-on onboarding using ConformitronPython 3.13 runtime now available in AWS LambdaDeploy the Cost Optimizer for Amazon WorkSpaces in a highly-regulated environment.Introducing the Live Event Framework: Live Streaming with Ad Insertion on AWSIntroducing kro: Kube Resource OrchestratorAWS 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 WAFAmazon OpenSearch Service announces Extended Support for engine versionsConfigure Route53 CIDR blocks rules based on Internet Monitor suggestionsAnnouncing an improved self-guided experience for AWS Partner CentralAWS introduces service versioning and deployment history for Amazon ECS servicesReduce your Microsoft licensing costs by upgrading to 4th generation AMD processorsThe attendee's guide to the AWS re:Invent 2024 Compute trackUnauthorized tactic spotlight: Initial access through a third-party identity providerScaling up the Prime Video audio/video monitoring service and reducing costs by 90% - Prime Video TechOur 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 performanceAmazon Q Developer announces support for inline chat to streamline the developer experienceAmazon Route 53 announces HTTPS, SSHFP, SVCB, and TLSA DNS resource record supportAmazon Virtual Private Cloud launches new security group sharing featuresAWS now accepts partial card paymentsAnnouncing AWS Amplify integration with Amazon S3 for static website hostingAWS CodeBuild now supports retrying builds automaticallyAWS Trust & Safety Center is now available on AWS re:Post2024 re:Invent Know Before You Go – Cloud Financial Management SessionsIntroducing 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 endpointAmazon Connect now offers screen sharingAmazon EKS endpoints now support connectivity over Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)AWS IAM Identity Center simplifies calls to AWS services with single identity contextEC2 Image Builder now supports building and testing macOS imagesIntroducing 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 fingerprintingAmazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts now supports live migration-based host maintenanceAmazon EFS now supports up to 60 GiB/s (a 2x increase) of read throughputAnnouncing Amazon Q in AWS Supply ChainAmazon S3 adds new Region and bucket name filtering for the ListBuckets APIAssign billing of your shared Amazon EC2 On-Demand Capacity ReservationsAWS Resource Explorer introduces new API to list resource inventoryAWS Transfer Family SFTP connectors now provide real-time status of file transfer operationsFinch expands support to Linux, streamlining container development across platformsUbuntu Pro for EC2 Spot InstancesInnovating with AI in Regulated IndustriesImprove 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 ValkeyAmazon WorkSpaces now supports file transfer between WorkSpaces sessions and local devicesAWS Application Composer is now AWS Infrastructure ComposerAWS CodePipeline introduces new general purpose compute actionAWS Lambda now detects and stops recursive loops between Lambda and Amazon S3Convert AWS console actions to reusable code with AWS Console-to-Code, now generally availableHow to identify inactive users of Amazon Q DeveloperTransitioning off Amazon Lookout for MetricsSign-in to AWS Console Mobile Application with an AWS Access Portal or third-party IdP URLHow 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 RegionsAmazon Aurora Serverless v2 now supports up to 256 ACUsAmazon S3 adds Service Quotas support for S3 general purpose bucketsAWS announces Reserved Nodes flexibility for Amazon ElastiCacheDuckbill Guide to AWS Reserved InstancesDeprecation of Lake Formation's Governed Tables FeatureAnnouncing AWS Neuron Helm ChartLeverage IAM Roles for email sending via SES from EC2 and eliminate a common credential riskIssue with NVIDIA Container Toolkit (CVE-2024-0132, CVE-2024-0133)

AWS Morning Brief for the week of September 30, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon Aurora MySQL now supports RDS Data APIIntroducing Amazon EC2 C8g and M8g InstancesAmazon EC2 Instance Connect now supports IPv6Amazon SNS now delivers SMS text messages via AWS End User MessagingAWS CloudFormation Git sync now supports pull request workflows to review your stack changesAWS CloudTrail launches network activity events for VPC endpoints (preview)AWS Serverless Application Repository now supports AWS PrivateLinkAWS announces general availability for Security Group Referencing on AWS Transit GatewayGenerative AI Cost Optimization StrategiesCustomizing your HPC environment: building AMIs for AWS Parallel Computing ServiceMaking traffic lights more efficient with Amazon RekognitionWhose contract is it anyway? How AWS Marketplace worksSwitch your file share access from Amazon FSx File Gateway to Amazon FSx for Windows File Server

AWS Morning Brief for the week of September 23, with Corey Quinn. Links:AWS Transfer Family increases throughput and file sizes supported by SFTP connectors AWS WAF Bot Control Managed Rule expands bot detection capabilities AWS named as a Leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Desktop as a Service (DaaS)Announcing General Availability of the AWS SDK for Swift Reinventing the Amazon Q Developer agent for software development Support for AWS DeepComposer ending soon Unlock AWS Cost and Usage insights with generative AI powered by Amazon Bedrock AWS Welcomes the OpenSearch Software Foundation The Rise of Chatbots: Revolutionizing Customer Engagement 

AWS Morning Brief for the week of September 16, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon EC2 P5e instances are generally available via EC2 Capacity BlocksAnnouncing Storage Browser for Amazon S3 for your web applications (alpha release)Building a privacy preserving chatbot with Amazon BedrockFaster development with Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon Q DeveloperLinux Support Updates for AWS CLI v2Best prompting practices for using Meta Llama 3 with Amazon SageMaker JumpStart Build a RAG-based QnA application using Llama3 models from SageMaker JumpStartOptimizing Amazon S3 data transfers over Direct ConnectNew whitepaper available: Building security from the ground up with Secure by DesignSummary of the AWS Service Event in the Northern Virginia (US-EAST-1) RegionOpt out from all supported AWS AI servicesOracle and Amazon Web Services Announce Strategic Partnership

AWS Morning Brief for the week of September 9th, with Corey Quinn. Links:Organizational Units in AWS Control Tower can now contain up to 1,000 accountsAmazon SES announces enhanced onboarding with adaptive setup wizard and Virtual Deliverability ManagerAWS Glue now provides job queuing AWS Network Load Balancer now supports configurable TCP idle timeoutAWS named as a Leader in the first Gartner Magic Quadrant for AI Code AssistantsAWS to highlight generative AI, cloud advancements at IBC 2024

AWS Morning Brief for the week of September 3rd, with Mike Julian. Links:Amazon Braket adds support for Rigetti's 84-Qubit Ankaa™-2 system, our largest gate-based superconducting deviceAnnouncing general availability of Amazon EC2 G6e instancesAmazon EC2 status checks now support reachability health of attached EBS volumesAmazon EMR support prioritized and capacity-optimized-prioritized allocation strategies for EC2 instancesAmazon OpenSearch Service now supports Graviton3 (C7g, M7g, R7g, R7gd) instances AWS announces Amazon-provided contiguous IPv4 blocksAmazon S3 now supports conditional writesAmazon S3 adds additional context to HTTP 403 Access Denied error messagesAmazon S3 no longer charges for several HTTP error codesAWS CodeBuild now supports Mac buildsAWS Identity and Access Management now supports AWS PrivateLink in all commercial RegionsAWS Network Firewall introduces GeoIP Filtering to inspect traffic based on geographic locationAnnouncing AWS Parallel Computing ServiceNow open — AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) RegionAWS Lambda introduces recursive loop detection APIsAnnouncing AWS KMS Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) support

AWS Morning Brief for the week of Monday, August 19th with Mike Julian. Links:How AWS powered Prime Day 2024 for record-breaking salesNew capabilities for Amazon EC2 On-Demand Capacity Reservations: Split, Move, and Modify additional attributesAmazon QuickSight now includes nested filtersAnnouncing Amazon S3 Express One Zone storage class support on Amazon EMRAmazon Verified Permissions improves support for OIDC identity providersAWS announces support for Cost Allocation Tags on AWS Transit GatewayAnnouncing Karpenter 1.0Visualize enterprise IP address management and planning with CIDR map

AWS Morning Brief for the week of Monday, August 12th with Mike Julian. Links:Introducing AWS End User MessagingAmazon EFS now supports up to 30 GiB/s (a 50% increase) of read throughputAmazon RDS for Db2 supports loading data from Amazon S3AWS announces private IPv6 addressing for VPCs and subnetsAnnouncing delegated administrator for Cost Optimization HubOpenSearch optimized instance (OR1) is game changing for indexing performance and cost

AWS Morning Brief for the week of Monday, August 5th with Mike Julian. Links:Introducing AWS End User MessagingAWS Graviton-based EC2 instances now support hibernationNew Amazon CloudWatch dimensions for Amazon EC2 On Demand Capacity ReservationsAWS and Multicloud: Existing capabilities & continued enhancementsDeliver Amazon CloudWatch logs to Amazon OpenSearch ServerlessCost Optimizer for Amazon WorkSpaces 2.7 releasedJeff Barr, Chief Evangelist at AWS, confirms service deprecations via Twitter

AWS Morning Brief for the week of Monday, July 29th, with Mike Julian.Links:Amazon VPC IPAM now supports BYOIP for IPs registered with any Internet RegistryAWS Cost Categories now supports “Billing Entity” dimension Enhance database performance with Amazon RDS dedicated log volumesQLDB deprecation--more on the way?

AWS Morning Brief for the week of Monday, July 22nd, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon S3 Express One Zone now supports logging of all events in AWS CloudTrailAWS Cloud Control API now supports IPv6AWS Private CA now supports ARM architecture in KubernetesHow Volkswagen streamlined access to data across multiple data lakes using Amazon DataZone – Part 1Migrate an Amazon QLDB Ledger to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL

AWS Morning Brief for the week of Monday, July 15th, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon API Gateway WebSocket APIs now available in 7 additional AWS RegionsAmazon EC2 R8g instances powered by AWS Graviton4 now generally availableAnnouncing the next generation of Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP file systemsAnnouncing AWS App Studio previewAWS Lambda introduces new controls to make it easier to search, filter, and aggregate Lambda function logsAWS recognized as a Challenger in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence PlatformsIntroducing dual-stack without public IPv4 Application Load BalancerAmazon CEO Andy Jassy explains Leadership Principles: Video & podcast

AWS Morning Brief for the week of Monday, July 8th, with Corey Quinn. Links:AWS CloudShell now supports Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)AWS Control Tower introduces an API to discover landing zone operationsAWS Direct Connect announces native 400 Gbps Dedicated Connections at select locationsNew MAP Incentives to Accelerate Migration and ModernizationManaging the history of the NFLAnnouncing initial services available in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, backed by the full power of AWSHow The New York Stock Exchange built its real-time market data platform on AWS

AWS Morning Brief for the week of Monday, July 1st, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon DocumentDB announces IAM database authenticationAmazon Redshift Query Editor V2 now supports 100MB file uploadsAmazon Time Sync Service expands microsecond-accurate time to 27 EC2 instance typesAnnouncing Amazon WorkSpaces Pools, a new feature of Amazon WorkSpacesAWS CodeBuild supports Arm-based workloads using AWS Graviton3Optimizing Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) for speed and scaleTen Ways to Improve Your AWS Operations

AWS Morning Brief for the week of Monday, June 24th, 2024, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon CloudWatch announces AI-Powered natural language query generationAWS Compute Optimizer supports rightsizing recommendations for Amazon RDS MySQL and RDS PostgreSQLAWS CloudFormation Linter (cfn-lint) v1

AWS Morning Brief for the week of Monday, June 17th, 2024, with Corey Quinn. Links:AWS CloudTrail Lake announces AI-powered natural language query generation (preview)Detect malware in new object uploads to Amazon S3 with Amazon GuardDuty AWS adds passkey multi-factor authentication (MFA) for root and IAM usersIn the Works – AWS Region in TaiwanOptimize storage costs in Amazon OpenSearch Service using Zstandard compressionAWS debuts AI certifications and courses for cloud jobsAWS's head of security shares 7 reasons why security will always be Amazon's top priority

AWS Morning Brief for the week of Monday, June 10th, with Corey Quinn. Links:Introducing Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i InstancesAmazon API Gateway integration timeout limit increase beyond 29 secondsAmazon CloudWatch GetMetricData API now supports AWS CloudTrail data event loggingAmazon CloudWatch Logs announces Live Tail streaming CLI supportAmazon CodeCatalyst now supports GitHub Cloud source code with blueprintsAmazon EC2 instance type finder capability is generally available in AWS ConsoleAWS Transfer Family increases message size and throughput limits for AS2Integrate AWS Cost Anomaly Detection Notifications with IT Service Management Workflow – Part1 JiraIntroducing CloudFront Hosting Toolkit

AWS Morning Brief for the week of June 3rd, 2024, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon Bedrock announces new Converse API Amazon SageMaker Canvas announces up to 10x faster startup timeAWS Launches Console-based Bulk Policy Migration for Billing and Cost Management Console AccessLet us manage your relational database!Your AI is Only as Good as Your Data The art of possible: Three themes from RSA Conference 202410 things to know about AWS CEO Matt Garman

AWS Morning Brief for the week of May 28th, 2024, with Corey Quinn. Links:Introducing Amazon EC2 C7i-flex instancesAmazon RDS for Db2 introduces hourly licensing from IBM through AWS MarketplaceAmazon VPC Lattice now supports TLS PassthroughAWS CloudFormation streamlines deployment troubleshooting with AWS CloudTrail integrationAWS CloudFormation accelerates dev-test cycle with a new parameter for DeleteStack APIAWS Lambda console now supports sharing test events between developers in additional regionsMail Manager – Amazon SES introduces new email routing and archiving featuresJoin us at the AWS World IPv6 Day Celebration5 ways to increase AWS Certified employees in your organization

AWS Morning Brief for the week of Monday, May 20th, 2024, with Corey Quinn. Links:Announcing Timestream Compute Unit (TCU) for Amazon Timestream for LiveAnalytics Amazon S3 will no longer charge for several HTTP error codes Amazon VPC Lattice now supports TLS Passthrough Application Load Balancer launches IPv6 only support for Internet clients Safely remove Kafka brokers from Amazon MSK provisioned clusters 

AWS Morning Brief for the week of May 13th, 2024, with Corey Quinn. Links:Announcing Amazon Bedrock Studio previewAmazon Cognito introduces tiered pricing for machine-to-machine (M2M) usage Amazon EC2 Inf2 instances, optimized for generative AI, now in new regionsAWS Amplify Gen 2 is now generally available AWS Cost Anomaly Detection reduces anomaly detection latency by up to 30% Amazon DynamoDB introduces configurable maximum throughput for On-demand tables Creating an organizational multi-Region failover strategy Reimagine customer experiences with AWS at Customer Contact Week 2024List unspent transaction outputs by address on Bitcoin with Amazon Managed Blockchain Query Generative AI: Getting Proofs-of-Concept to Production 

AWS Morning Brief for the week of May 6th, 2024, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon DynamoDB now supports an AWS FIS action to pause global table replication Amazon Q launches subscription management with AWS IAM Identity Center integration AWS CodeArtifact now supports RubyGemsAWS Config simplifies usage analysis with Amazon CloudWatch metrics Announcing the general availability of AWS Local Zones in Honolulu, HawaiiAnnouncing the general availability of Amazon Q Business and Amazon Q Apps (Preview) AWS supports dynamically removing and adding auto assigned public IPv4 addressIntroducing file commit history in Amazon CodeCatalystAmazon EC2 now protects your AMIs from accidental deregistration Amazon EC2 simplifies visibility into your active AMIs Amazon EFS increases maximum per-client throughput to 1.5 GiB/s Amazon Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall now supports Domain Redirection Blockchain node deployment on AWS: A comprehensive guide How to Send MMS Using Amazon PinpointFlowpipe: A Cloud Scripting Engine for DevOps WorkflowsJPMorgan Chase and AWS study the prospects for quantum speedups with near-term Rydberg atom arrays Technology that teaches empathy? How mpathic uses AI to help us listen to each other AWS: Amazon engineer helps stop cyberattacks, inspires cat culture

AWS Morning Brief for the week of April 29th, 2024, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon GameLift now includes containers support (Preview)Introducing Amazon Route 53 Profiles Amazon Simple Email Service is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region Amazon Time Sync Service expands Microsecond-Accurate time to 87 additonal EC2 instance typesHow to Migrate Content from Amazon WorkDocs Build and deploy a 1 TB/s file system in under an hourAWS Response to March 2024 CSRB report chance to be actual leaderspeople turning down job offers