Simon takes you through the December updates to finish up 2018! Shownotes: Topic || Customer Engagement 0:23 Amazon Pinpoint Announces Event-Based Campaigns, Driving Personalization and Engagement | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-pinpoint-announces-event-based-campaigns-driving-personalization-and-engagement/ Amazon Pinpoint Announces a New Email Deliverability Dashboard to Help Customers Reach their Users' Inboxes | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-pinpoint-announces-a-new-email-deliverability-dashboard-to-help-customers-reach-their-users-inboxes/ Amazon Connect Adds New Contact API to Get Contact Attributes | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-connect-adds-new-contact-api-to-get-contact-attributes/ Topic || Storage 2:05 Amazon S3 Inventory adds Apache Parquet output format | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-s3-announces-parquet-output-format-for-inventory/ AWS Storage Gateway Increases File Gateway Performance - Amazon Web Services | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/aws-storage-gateway-announces-increased-throughput-and-adds-new-/ Topic || Networking & Content Delivery 3:32 Amazon Virtual Private Clouds can now be shared with other AWS Accounts | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-virtual-private-clouds-can-now-be-shared-with-other-aws-accounts/ Introducing AWS Client VPN to Securely Access AWS and On-Premises Resources | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/introducing-aws-client-vpn-to-securely-access-aws-and-on-premises-resources/ New AWS Direct Connect locations in Silicon Valley and Stockholm | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/new-aws-direct-connect-locations-silicon-valley-stockholm/ Amazon CloudFront announces ten new Edge locations in North America, Europe, and Asia | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/cloudfront-dec2018-10-edge-locations/ Amazon API Gateway Simplifies Building Real-Time Two-Way Communication Applications with WebSocket APIs | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-api-gateway-launches-support-for-websocket-apis/ Amazon Route 53 Adds Alias Record Support For API Gateway and VPC Endpoints | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-route-53-adds-alias-record-support-for-api-gateway-and-vpc-endpoints/ Topic || Database 7:41 Introducing Workload Qualification Framework to Project Plan Your Database Migrations to AWS | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/introducing-workload-qualification-framework-to-plan-your-database-migration-projects/ AWS Database Migration Service Adds Support for Parallel Full Load and Enhanced LOB Migration | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/aws-database-migration-service-adds-support-for-parallel-full-load/ Amazon RDS Enhances Automatic Minor Version Upgrades | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-rds-enhances-auto-minor-version-upgrades/ Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Now Supports R5 Instance Types | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-rds-postgresql-now-supports-r5-instance-types/ Amazon RDS Supports Publishing PostgreSQL Log Files to Amazon CloudWatch Logs | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-rds-supports-postgresql-logfiles-publish-to-amazon-cloudwatch-logs/ Amazon RDS Performance Insights Supports Counter Metrics for Aurora PostgreSQL | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-rds-performance-insights-supports-counter-metrics-for-aurora-postgresql/ Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Supports New Minor Versions 10.6, 9.6.11, 9.5.15, and 9.4.20 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-rds-postgresql-supports-minor-version-106/ Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL Compatibility Supports PostgreSQL 10.5 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-aurora-postgresql-supports-postgresql-105/ Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL Compatibility Adds Query Plan Management | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-aurora-postgresql-compatibility-adds-query-plan-management/ Announcing the New Amazon DynamoDB Key Diagnostics Library | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/announcing-the-new-amazon-dynamodb-key-diagnostics-library/ Amazon DynamoDB Increases the Number of Global Secondary Indexes and Projected Index Attributes You Can Create Per Table | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-dynamodb-increases-the-number-of-global-secondary-indexes-and-projected-index-attributes-you-can-create-per-table/ Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) Adds Support for DynamoDB Transactions | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-dynamodb-accelerator-adds-support-for-dynamodb-transactions/ Amazon MQ Now Supports ActiveMQ Minor Version 5.15.8 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-mq-now-supports-activemq-minor-version5-15-8/ Topic || Compute 14:13 Amazon ECR Console Version 2 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-ecr-console-version-2/ Amazon ECR now allows Repository Tagging | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-ecr-now-allows-repository-tagging/ Amazon EC2 Introduces Partition Placement Groups | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-ec2-ntroduces-partition-placement-groups/ AWS Auto Scaling is Now Available in 8 more Regions Worldwide and Offers Predictive Scaling for Amazon EC2 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/aws-auto-scaling-is-now-available-in-8-more-regions-worldwide/ Amazon EC2 C5d, M5d, and R5d Instances are Now Available in Additional AWS Regions | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-ec2-c5d-m5d-and-r5d-instances-are-now-available-in-additional-aws-regions/ AWS Fargate Platform Version 1.3 Adds Secrets Support | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/aws-fargate-platform-version-1-3-adds-secrets-support/ Amazon EKS Adds Managed Cluster Updates and Support for Kubernetes Version 1.11 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-eks-adds-managed-cluster-updates-and-support-for-kubernetes/ AWS Server Migration Service Adds Support for Multi-Server Migration | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/aws-server-migration-service-adds-support-for-multi-server-migration/ AWS Batch now supports Amazon EC2 C5n Instances Featuring 100 Gbps of Network Bandwidth | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/aws-batch-now-supports-amazon-ec2-c5n-instances-featuring-100-gbps-of-network-bandwidth/ AWS Batch Now Supports Amazon EC2 P3dn Instances | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/aws-batch-now-supports-amazon-ec2-p3dn-instances/ New AWS ParallelCluster Features | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/new-aws-parallelcluster-features/ New SAM PUBLISH Command Simplifies Publishing Applications to the AWS Serverless Application Repository | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/sam-publish-command-simplifies-publishing-apps-to-serverless-application-repository/ AWS Elastic Beanstalk Adds Tag-Based Permissions | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/aws-elastic-beanstalk-adds-tag-based-permissions/ Topic || Developer Tools 20:39 AWS X-Ray Adds the Ability to Group Traces by Root Cause | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/aws-xray-adds-the-ability-to-group-traces-by-root-cause/ AWS CodePipeline Supports VPC Endpoints | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/aws-codepipeline-supports-vpc-endpoints/ AWS CloudFormation macros can now be used in templates with nested stacks | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/aws-cloudformation-macros-can-now-be-used-in-templates-with-nest/ Quickly Create, Build, and Deploy Amazon Alexa Skills from AWS | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/quickly-create-build-and-deploy-amazon-alexa-skills-from-aws/ Topic || Machine Learning 22:07 Amazon Transcribe now supports speech-to-text in French, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-transcribe-now-supports-speech-to-text-in-french-italian-and-brazilian-portuguese/ Topic || Security, Identity and Compliance 22:27 AWS IAM Console Now Available In German, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Traditional Chinese | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/iam-console-available-in-new-languages/ Automate AWS IAM Permissions Analysis Using the New IAM Access Advisor APIs | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/iam_access_advisor_apis/ Introducing Notifications for New Amazon GuardDuty Finding Types and Feature Releases | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/Introducing-Notifications-for-New-Amazon-GuardDuty-Finding-Types-and-Feature-Releases/ AWS Organizations Supports AWS License Manager Cross Account Sharing Capabilities | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/aws-organizations-supports-aws-license-manager/ AWS Shield Adds Advanced DDoS Protection for AWS Global Accelerator | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/aws-shield-adds-advanced-ddos-protection-for-aws-global-accelerator/ AWS Systems Manager Automation Now Supports at Scale Action | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/AWS-Systems-Manager-Automation-Now-Supports-at-Scale-Actions/ AWS Service Catalog – Integration with AWS Organizations | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/aws-service-catalog-announces-integration-with-aws-organizations/ The AWS WAF Security Automations solution now includes a monitoring dashboard | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/the-aws-waf-security-automations-solution-now-includes-a-monitoring-dashboard/ Announcing rule group exception for Managed Rules for AWS WAF | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/announcing-rule-group-exception-for-managed-rules-for-aws-waf/ AWS Firewall Manager Available in Four Additional Regions | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/aws-firewall-manager-now-available-in-four-more-regions/ Topic || Application Integration 26:59 Amazon SQS now Supports Amazon VPC Endpoints using AWS PrivateLink - Amazon Web Services | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-sqs-vpc-endpoints-aws-privatelink/ Amazon MQ Introduces Network of Brokers Feature | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-mq-introduces-network-of-brokers-feature/ Topic || Desktop & App Streaming 27:27 AppStream 2.0 introduces APIs to simplify app entitlements and enable delivery of virtualized apps | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/appstream-2-0-introduces-apis-to-simplify-app-entitlements-and-e/ Topic || Analytics 28:10 Support for Spark 2.4.0, and Hue 4.3.0 on Amazon EMR release 5.20.0 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/support-for-spark-240-hue-430-on-amazon-emr-release-5200/ Amazon Redshift now runs VACUUM DELETE automatically | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/amazon-redshift-automatic-vacuum/ Topic || Internet of Things 29:41 Introducing AWS CloudFormation Template Support for AWS IoT Analytics | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/introducing-aws-cloudformation-template-support-for-aws-iot-analytics/ AWS IoT Device Defender Adds Support for Two New Security Metrics | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/aws-iot-device-defender-adds-support-for-two-new-security-metrics/ MediaTek MT7697H System on Chip is Qualified for Amazon FreeRTOS | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/mediatek-mt7697h-system-on-chip-qualified-amazon-freertos/ Topic || Other 30:35 Announcing Programmatic Access to AWS Pricing Information in China via the AWS Price List API | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/announcing-aws-price-list-api-availability-in-china/ Introducing the Media Services Application Mapper | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/introducing-the-media-services-application-mapper/ New Quick Start Deploys Varnish Cache Plus (VCP) on the AWS Cloud | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/new-quick-start-deploys-varnish-on-aws/ Announcing 15 Free Digital Training Courses on New AWS Services Launched at re:Invent 2018 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/12/announcing-15-free-digital-training-courses-on-new-aws-services-launched-at-re-invent-2018/