AWS Releases
Amazon Web Services releases and Terraform AWS provider. New features, breaking changes, security advisories and deprecations - each summarised in plain English and updated continuously.
Tracking 678 AWS releases · Updated
- AWS What's New networkingawsazuregapreviewengineer ·
AWS Interconnect GA enables multicloud connectivity with OCI
AWS Interconnect is now generally available, offering direct, private connections between AWS and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to simplify multicloud networking. This aims to reduce the complexity of managing large-scale, multi-layered networks across different cloud providers. The service is available for OCI in us-east-1, with Google Cloud support and Microsoft Azure support coming later.
feature announcement - AWS What's New dataawsazureengineer ·
AWS DataSync Enhanced mode adds HDFS, Azure Blob, and Hyper-V agent support
AWS DataSync Enhanced mode now supports agent-based transfers from HDFS, Azure Blob Storage, and self-managed object storage, with agents deployable on Microsoft Hyper-V. This enables customers to leverage Enhanced mode's parallelism and detailed metrics for these new locations, including robust HDFS features for regulated industries. The update is available in all AWS Regions where DataSync is offered.
feature - AWS What's New awsazureengineermedia ·
Amazon Connect adds audio optimization for Azure Virtual Desktop
Amazon Connect now offers audio optimization for agents using Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 Cloud PC, enabling direct call handling from virtual desktop sessions. This feature redirects media to the agent's local device, enhancing audio quality. It requires a one-time setup by IT administrators and is available in most AWS Regions where Amazon Connect is offered.
feature - AWS What's New securityawsazureengineer ·
AWS Security Hub adds Network Scanning for public resource reachability
AWS Security Hub has introduced Network Scanning to detect resources, including VMs and load balancers, that are reachable from the public internet. This new capability actively probes resources to confirm actual reachability, unlike previous configuration-based checks. The feature generates findings for each reachable port and service, correlating them with existing data to assess broader risk across AWS and Azure environments.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsazureengineeraws-ec2 ·
AWS Systems Manager supports Azure VMs and simplifies hybrid pricing
AWS Systems Manager now allows management of Azure Virtual Machines without manual agent installation or per-instance fees through a new Cloud Connector. This integration unifies management for both AWS and Azure resources, enabling consistent use of Systems Manager features like Session Manager and Run Command. The Advanced Instances Tier has been eliminated, shifting to pay-as-you-go pricing for non-EC2 nodes starting September 30, 2026, reducing cost barriers for multicloud operations.
feature announcement patch - AWS What's New securityawsazureengineer ·
AWS Security Hub integrates with Azure for cross-cloud security management
AWS Security Hub now monitors Microsoft Azure resources, unifying security posture management, risk analytics, and vulnerability assessment across both clouds. This addresses the challenge of managing separate security tools for multi-cloud environments, offering a single pane of glass for detection and response. The integration automatically discovers Azure resources, evaluates them against security standards, and presents findings in a unified view, with a 30-day free trial available. It is available in most AWS Regions and can be integrated independently with AWS Security Hub's CSPM and Amazon Inspector.
feature announcement - AWS What's New networkingawsazuregapreviewengineer ·
AWS Interconnect adds free 500 Mbps tier for multicloud connectivity
AWS Interconnect now offers a free 500 Mbps tier for private multicloud connectivity, simplifying cross-cloud connections for customers. This managed service provides resilience and is compatible with Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud, with Azure support planned. The free tier allows evaluation and operation of workloads between AWS and another CSP at no charge on the AWS side, including a CloudWatch Network Synthetic Monitor.
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AWS ships hundreds of service updates a month across EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3, EKS and the rest of the catalogue — far more than anyone can follow by reading the official What's New feed. ReleaseBytes ingests announcements from AWS's official release channels and the Terraform AWS provider changelog, summarises each one in plain English, and tags anything that is a breaking change, security advisory or deprecation so you can see at a glance whether it affects your workloads.
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