AWS Morning Brief

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