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Tracking 680 AWS releases · Updated
- AWS What's New aiawsmediaaws-ec2 ·
Amazon EC2 G7 instances with NVIDIA GPUs now in US East (N. Virginia)
Amazon EC2 G7 instances, powered by NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs, are now available in the US East (N. Virginia) Region. These instances offer significant performance improvements for AI inference, graphics workloads, and GPU-accelerated data analytics compared to G6 instances. They are suitable for a wide range of applications including AI model deployment, graphics rendering, and real-time data pipelines, featuring advanced hardware specifications. G7 instances can be accessed via the AWS Management Console, CLI, and SDKs.
feature announcement - AWS What's New securitygovernanceawsengineer ·
AWS Organizations adds default security controls for new orgs
AWS Organizations now automatically applies security controls by default when creating new organizations via the console. This feature safeguards multi-account environments by preventing unintended member account departures, providing immediate protection from day one for CloudOps administrators and security teams. These lightweight controls help establish strong governance patterns for new or migrating enterprises, with the ability to modify or disable them at any time.
feature - AWS What's New aiawsengineerhealthcareaws-ec2aws-eksaws-sagemakeraws-iam ·
Amazon EMR on EKS adds Apache Spark troubleshooting agent
Amazon EMR on EKS now integrates an Apache Spark troubleshooting agent, enabling data engineers to diagnose job failures via natural language and receive automated root cause analysis. This feature, which analyzes Spark History Server data and logs, expands to cover all EMR deployment options and is accessible via the EMR on EKS console or compatible AI coding agents. It provides read-only, IAM-authenticated, and CloudTrail-logged diagnostics for issues like memory errors and data skew.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineeraws-ec2 ·
EC2 Replace Root Volume now supports using an EBS volume
Amazon EC2 now allows using an existing EBS volume as the target for replacing an instance's root volume, in addition to snapshots or AMIs. This new option simplifies patching and configuration updates for stateful workloads by eliminating intermediate snapshot or AMI creation steps, reducing overhead and speeding up the process. The feature is available in all commercial AWS Regions and AWS GovCloud (US) regions, benefiting customers who need to include specific metadata or software before boot.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsaws-ec2 ·
Amazon EC2 I7ie instances launched in AWS Hyderabad region
Amazon EC2 I7ie instances are now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region. These instances are designed for storage-intensive workloads, offering improved compute performance and price-performance over previous generations. They provide high-density local NVMe storage and enhanced real-time storage performance, making them suitable for demanding data access patterns. The instances are available in multiple sizes with high network and EBS bandwidth.
feature announcement - AWS What's New infraawsgaengineeraws-ec2 ·
Amazon EC2 I8g instances now available in AWS GovCloud (US)
Amazon EC2 Storage Optimized I8g instances are now generally available in AWS GovCloud (US) regions. Powered by Graviton4 processors and Nitro SSDs, these instances offer significantly improved compute and storage performance for I/O-intensive workloads. They are ideal for databases, real-time analytics, and AI/LLM pre-processing, and are available in multiple sizes with substantial local storage and network bandwidth.
feature announcement - AWS What's New governanceawsgovernment ·
Amazon Location Service Places APIs gain address formatting and search
Amazon Location Service has enhanced its Places APIs with new features for address formatting, multilingual place name translations, and travel-optimized search. These updates offer developers greater control over data presentation and improve the relevance of search results for mobile users. The changes affect multiple APIs including Geocode, ReverseGeocode, GetPlace, and Suggest, making it easier to build localized and navigation-focused applications. New capabilities like AddressNamesMode and TravelMode are now available across supported AWS Regions.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
AWS DMS Schema Conversion adds offline SQL Server schema conversion
AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) Schema Conversion now supports offline schema conversion for SQL Server, allowing conversion without direct database connectivity. This feature bypasses security reviews and firewall changes typically required for migrations, accelerating the process and is ideal for organizations with strict security policies. It enables database administrators to extract metadata locally, which can be reviewed by security teams before uploading to DMS for processing.
feature - AWS What's New aiawsengineer ·
AWS DMS Schema Conversion adds AI agent automation
AWS DMS Schema Conversion now supports AI agent automation via the AWS MCP Server, allowing integration with AI coding agents like Kiro, Claude Code, and Cursor. This enables users to run complete migration workflows using natural language directly from their IDE, automating tasks like schema conversion and report generation. This feature is available for all existing DMS Schema Conversion engine pairs at no additional cost and leverages generative AI capabilities.
feature announcement - AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
Amazon DocumentDB adds R8g instances with Graviton4 processors
Amazon DocumentDB now supports R8g.24xlarge and R8g.48xlarge instances powered by AWS Graviton4 processors and DDR5 memory. These instances offer higher throughput and larger memory capacity, enabling more demanding workloads and improving performance for memory-intensive applications. Customers can adopt these new instances by modifying or creating DocumentDB clusters, with availability for DocumentDB 5.0+.
feature - AWS What's New aisecurityawsengineeraws-iam ·
AWS MCP Server adds OAuth support for AI agent connections
The AWS MCP Server now supports OAuth for direct AI agent connections, eliminating the need for extra authentication software and leveraging existing AWS identity and governance controls. This feature allows for both interactive and programmatic authorization, with administrators benefiting from enhanced IAM policy governance and new OAuth-specific controls. Developers can now integrate AI agents more seamlessly with the MCP Server.
feature - AWS What's New aisecurityawsengineerhealthcareaws-s3aws-ec2aws-lambdaaws-rdsaws-dynamodbaws-eksaws-ecsaws-kinesisaws-sagemakeraws-bedrockaws-redshiftaws-iamaws-sqsaws-sns ·
AWS Config adds 191 managed rules for AI and core services
AWS Config now includes 191 new managed rules covering services like Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, ECS, EKS, RDS, Redshift, S3, and CloudTrail. This expansion enhances governance for AI workloads and cloud infrastructure by evaluating configurations for security, data protection, and operational best practices. These rules are available individually or as conformance packs in regions where the corresponding AWS services are supported.
feature - AWS What's New aiinfraawsengineeraws-sagemaker ·
SageMaker HyperPod Adds Deep Health Checks for Slurm Clusters
Amazon SageMaker HyperPod now supports deep health checks for Slurm-orchestrated clusters using continuous provisioning. This feature allows proactive verification of GPU accelerator health on running instances, preventing wasted compute time and delayed workloads due to unhealthy nodes. It enables targeting specific instances or groups for stress and connectivity tests before committing resources, with results visible via SageMaker console and APIs. This enhancement is available in all regions where SageMaker HyperPod is offered.
feature - AWS What's New dataawsengineer ·
Amazon MSK Replicator adds support for external Kafka to MSK Standard brokers
Amazon MSK Replicator now supports replicating data from external Apache Kafka clusters to Amazon MSK Standard brokers, in addition to existing support for MSK Express. This enhancement allows for easier migration to MSK Standard, disaster recovery setups, and hybrid/multi-cloud data distribution for users managing external Kafka deployments. The feature is available in all regions where MSK Replicator is offered and enables replication using SASL/SCRAM or mTLS authentication.
feature - AWS What's New observabilityawsengineeraws-s3aws-lambdaaws-sqsaws-sns ·
Timestream for InfluxDB publishes database events to EventBridge
Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB now emits events to EventBridge for database state changes, including lifecycle operations, scaling, and maintenance. This allows customers to programmatically react to these events without API polling, enabling automation for DevOps, alerting for operations teams, and audit trails for compliance. The feature is available in all regions where Timestream for InfluxDB is offered.
feature announcement - AWS What's New aiawspreviewengineeraws-eks ·
AWS Neuron 2.31.0 enhances performance and adds EKS operator
AWS Neuron 2.31.0 introduces significant updates, including enhanced MX FP8 support and tensor layout transformations in NKI 0.5.0. A public beta of the Neuron UltraServer Operator for Amazon EKS aims to automate UltraServer workloads. These updates benefit engineers and architects working with AWS Trainium and Inferentia chips for AI/ML workloads, particularly those on EKS, by improving performance and simplifying configuration.
feature patch - AWS What's New aiawsengineeraws-sagemaker ·
SageMaker Feature Store adds batch writes and record listing
Amazon SageMaker Feature Store now supports batch writing records and listing existing records, streamlining high-throughput feature ingestion and discovery for AI models. Data scientists can ingest features at scale with fewer API calls and audit feature group contents more easily. These capabilities are available in all AWS Regions where SageMaker Feature Store is offered.
feature - AWS What's New networkingawsengineer ·
AWS Client VPN expands to four new regions
AWS Client VPN is now available in four additional regions: Canada West (Calgary), Mexico (Central), Asia Pacific (New Zealand), and Taipei. This expansion allows more customers to securely connect remote workers to AWS or on-premises resources without managing hardware VPNs. The service utilizes a pay-as-you-go model and offers centralized management and monitoring.
feature - AWS What's New aiinfraawsengineeraws-s3aws-sagemakeraws-bedrock ·
SageMaker Studio Workflows adds operators for Bedrock, S3, Glue, MWAA
Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio Workflows now integrates with Amazon Bedrock, S3 Tables, S3 Vectors, AWS Glue Data Catalog, and Amazon MWAA Serverless via 19 new operators. This allows users to orchestrate these AWS services visually within Studio Workflows without writing custom code, simplifying complex data and ML pipelines. This enhancement is available across all SageMaker Studio regions and benefits data workers and builders by reducing context switching.
feature - AWS What's New awsengineer ·
AWS Builder Center Sandbox Environments Now Available
AWS Builder Center now provides free, time-limited sandbox environments for eligible workshops, removing the need for personal AWS accounts or credit cards. This feature allows users to safely deploy resources and experiment without incurring charges. It is ideal for gaining practical AWS experience and is available for select workshops, with most environments ready within 15 minutes and accessible for 8 hours.
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