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.