🚩 Issue #71 | 14 May 2023

▪️  App Mesh PrivateLink
▪️  Athena Apache Hudi 0.12.2
▪️  Aurora I/O-Optimized
▪️  Aurora MySQL and PostgreSQL Graviton3 based R7g instance family
▪️  Backup now supports User Notifications
▪️  CloudFront one-click security protections with WAF
▪️  CloudTrail Lake enhances query support for all Presto SQL SELECT functions
▪️  CodeWhisperer extension in JupyterLab and SageMaker Studio
▪️  Connect Contact Lens supervisor alerts on agent performance
▪️  Direct Connect in Atlanta Georgia and Lagos, Nigeria
▪️  EC2 I4g storage-optimized instances
▪️  ElastiCache for Redis enabling Cluster Mode configuration on existing clusters
▪️  EMR Serverless available in China Regions
▪️  Glue Crawler custom JDBC drivers
▪️  Glue large instance types | GA
▪️  IoT Core registry adds additional CloudFormation resource types
▪️  IoT SiteWise
      ▫️  auto compute aggregated asset property values 15-min intervals
      ▫️  enhances optimized storage in hot path data
▪️  IVS monitor the health of live streams with multiple hosts
▪️  Kinesis Data Firehose OpenSearch Service document ID
▪️  Lambda X-Ray tracing for SnapStart-enabled functions
▪️  Managed Service for Prometheus  +4 regions
▪️  Management Console Private Access | GA
▪️  Marketplace self-service listing feature for single AMI products
▪️  MemoryDB for Redis
      ▫️  IAM Authentication
      ▫️  Redis 7
      ▫️  simplifies creating new clusters in Console
▪️  Network Firewall ingress TLS inspection is now available in all regions
▪️  Open-Source Cedar language for access control
▪️  QuickSight
      ▫️  new scatterplot options
      ▫️  State Persistence + Bookmarks for embedded dashboards
      ▫️  VPC Connections via public APIs with Multi-AZ
▪️  RDS M6g and R6g database instances +4 regions
▪️  Redshift Data Sharing now available in China Regions
▪️  SageMaker
      ▫️  Autopilot training ML models with weights, +8 objective metrics
      ▫️  Canvas operationalize ML models in production
      ▫️  notebooks now support ml.p4d, ml.p4de and ml.inf1 instances
      ▫️  Serverless Inference Provisioned Concurrency
      ▫️  Studio CodeGuru Security plugin  | Preview
▪️  Service Management Connector provisioning with Terraform
▪️  SNS faster automatic deletion of unconfirmed subnoscriptions
▪️  Systems Manager optimize compute costs of the applications

Issue #72 | 21 May 2023

▪️  Braket new trapped-ion quantum computer named Aria from IonQ
▪️  Clean Rooms is now HIPAA eligible
▪️  CloudFront stale-while-revalidate and stale-if-error cache control directives
▪️  Config advanced queries +62 resource types
▪️  Control Tower +28 proactive controls
▪️  Cost Categories Usage Type dimension support
▪️  Data Exchange User Notifications | GA
▪️  DataSync copy data to and from S3 compatible storage on Snow
▪️  Detective investigations for additional AWS services
▪️  Device Farm VPC integration for Private Devices
▪️  Distro for OpenTelemetry advanced sampling
▪️  EC2 C6in + 20 regions
▪️  Elemental MediaTailor query parameter pass through
▪️  Global Accelerator extends TCP termination to IPv6 traffic
▪️  IoT SiteWise formula builder improvements
▪️  Kendra
      ▫️  Adobe Experience Manager Cloud Connector
      ▫️  Adobe Experience Manager On-Premise Connector
      ▫️  Alfresco Enterprise Connector
      ▫️  Alfresco PaaS Connector
      ▫️  Gmail Connector to enable messaging search
▪️  MQ +4 regions
▪️  Neptune Serverless CloudFormation support
▪️  Omics
      ▫️  direct upload to Omics storage and automatic variant data parsing
      ▫️  EventBridge integration
      ▫️  Graphical Processing Units for workflows
      ▫️  pre-built bioinformatic workflows with predictable pricing
▪️  QuickSight Common Sub-expression Elimination for SPICE performance optimization
▪️  RDS M6i and R6i database instances +16 regions
▪️  RDS for Oracle April 2023 Release Update for 19c
▪️  Rekognition eye gaze direction detection in Face APIs
▪️  Systems Manager
      ▫️  Distributor  CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor agent
      ▫️  Patch Manager now supports Alma Linux
      ▫️  Patch Manager now supports Ubuntu 22.04
▪️  Textract updates its Queries feature within Analyze Document API
▪️  Timestream unloading data to S3
▪️  WAF rate-based rules to support request headers and composite keys

🌥 Issue #78 | 2 July 2023

▪️  Amazon Linux 2023.1 secure boot
▪️  Amplify Hosting monorepo frameworks support
▪️  AppFabric new no code service to connect SaaS applications
▪️  App Runner update and rebuild a failed service
▪️  AppStream 2.0 applications manager
▪️  Athena
      ▫️  new ODBC driver
      ▫️  querying restored data in S3 Glacier
▪️  Aurora MySQL zero-ETL integration with Redshift | Preview
▪️  Batch ‘Min vCPUs’ for Multi-Node Parallel Jobs
▪️  CloudFormation launches Guard 3.0 with support for stateful rules
▪️  CloudWatch dashboard variables
▪️  Connect Chat
      ▫️  additional customization options for the chat widget
      ▫️  quick reply and carousel messages
      ▫️  search for tags within an instance
▪️  Database Migration Service more comprehensive pre-migration assessments
▪️  DevOps Guru encryption using customer managed keys
▪️  DynamoDB simplifies and lowers the cost of handling failed conditional writes
▪️  EC2 R6a with faster EBS-optimized performance
▪️  ECS faster tasks launch on instances with prolonged shutdown
▪️  Elemental MediaConnect higher frequency metrics
▪️  Elemental MediaTailor creative ad id signaling in video manifests
▪️  FSx for OpenZFS CSI Driver
▪️  GameLift Amazon Linux 2023
▪️  Glue native Snowflake connector with new ETL capabilities  | Preview
▪️  Incident Detection & Response 3rd Party Event Ingestion
▪️  IoT TwinMaker Knowledge Graph supports showing query results in scenes
▪️  Kendra Retrieval API
▪️  Kinesis Data Analytics Studio Flink version 1.15
▪️  Lambda
      ▫️  remote invoke with SAM CLI
      ▫️  simplifies copying environment variables in the console code editor
▪️  Marketplace transaction purchase order support for server products
▪️  Omics Common Workflow Language
▪️  OpenSearch
      ▫️  ingesting events from Security Lake
      ▫️  update cluster manager nodes without blue/green
▪️  Pinpoint time zone estimation for endpoints
▪️  Private 5G New commitment pricing | GA
▪️  RDS Optimized Writes for MySQL and MariaDB supports m5d, r5d, and m6gd database instances
▪️  Redshift native console integration with ThoughtSpot
▪️  Resilience Hub EC2 Support
▪️  S3
      ▫️  Mountpoint adds support for creating new files
      ▫️  query restore Glacier object status with S3 LIST API
▪️  SageMaker
      ▫️  Canvas Parquet file format support
      ▫️  Data Wrangler direct connection to Snowflake data
      ▫️  Feature Store time to live (TTL) in online store
      ▫️  improved developer productivity with RStudio
      ▫️  Neo PyTorch/TensorFlow models compilation for Inferentia 2/Trainium 1
      ▫️  Role Manager fine-grained permissions with CDK Lib within minutes
▪️  Simple Email Service metric export
▪️  Timestream free trial
▪️  Translate custom terminology feature

⛅ Issue #79 | 9 July 2023

▪️  Application Migration Service multi-account migrations
▪️  Backup expands cross-account backup AWS Region coverage
▪️  CloudWatch Cross-Account Service Quotas
▪️  CodeBuild GitHub Actions support
▪️  Config +16 resource types
▪️  Connect autorun based on agent activity
▪️  DynamoDB
      ▫️ Distributed Cache Provider .NET
      ▫️ local version 2.0
▪️  EKS increases pod density limits for Windows containers
▪️  Elemental MediaLive input thumbnail images
▪️  Glue Crawlers Apache Iceberg Tables
▪️  GuardDuty EKS Runtime Monitoring expands OS and processor support
▪️  Mainframe Modernization Blu Age runtime deployment
▪️  OpenSearch Service higher IOPS and throughput for gp3 volumes
▪️  Personalize latest streamed data
▪️  RDS
      ▫️ PostgreSQL 16 Beta 2 Preview Environment
      ▫️ PostgreSQL Multi-AZ logical replication with 2 readable standbys
▪️  SageMaker Model Cards now integrated with model versions in Registry
▪️  Systems Manager Parameter Store increases API throughput limit
▪️  Textract AnalyzeDocument - Forms

✅ Issue #80 | 16 July 2023

▪️  Aurora PostgreSQL pgvector for vector storage and similarity search & version updates
▪️  Batch on Fargate Linux ARM64 and Windows x86 containers in CLI/SDK
▪️  CloudFront 3072-bit RSA certificates
▪️  Connect programmatically delete Routing Profiles and Queues
▪️  DMS Redshift Serverless support
▪️  DocumentDB index improvements
▪️  Elemental MediaLive
      ▫️  1-second metrics
      ▫️  alert categories in Channel Assembly
▪️  EMR on EKS programmatic execution for managed endpoints
▪️  FSx for NetApp ONTAP
      ▫️  IPSec encryption of data in transit
      ▫️  two additional monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities
      ▫️  write once, read many (WORM) protection with SnapLock
▪️  Karpenter Windows containers support
▪️  Lambda now detects and stops recursive loops in Lambda functions
▪️  Location Service
      ▫️  API Keys for Maps, Places, and Routes
      ▫️  publishing device position updates on EventBridge
▪️  Mainframe Modernization expands control and visibility of runtime
▪️  Omics FedRAMP Moderate authorization
▪️  OpenSearch Service version 2.7
▪️  Personalize add columns to existing datasets
▪️  Proton deployment history
▪️  QuickSight
      ▫️  axis customization options for small multiples and radar chart
      ▫️  unified color experience for analysis and dashboards
▪️  RDS for SQL Server self-managed Active Directory
▪️  S3 Inventory ACLs as object metadata in inventory reports

🟢 Issue #81 | 23 July 2023

▪️ Amplify JS lib better performance
▪️ AppConfig Agent simplifies feature flag and config use for EC2
▪️ CloudWatch ML backed Logs Insights pattern query command
▪️ CodeCatalyst workflows triggered by GitHub pull requests
▪️ Config advanced queries +65 resource types
▪️ Connect
     ▫️ CloudFormation support for routing profiles and queues
     ▫️ pre-defined Contact Lens conversational analytics metrics
▪️ Connect Cases case assignment
▪️ Connect Wisdom chat agents
▪️ ECS domainless gMSA authentication
▪️ Elemental MediaTailor cue ad tags in Channel Assembly
▪️ EMR on EKS Apache Spark with Java 17
▪️ Fargate faster container startup using Seekable OCI
▪️ Glue Crawlers Apache Hudi Tables
▪️ IoT Device Defender monitoring of device disconnect durations
▪️ IVS rendition filtering and higher frequency thumbnails
▪️ Lake Formation delegation of LF-Tag management
▪️ Lambda & EventBridge Pipes enhanced filtering
▪️ Lex Introducing Analytics
▪️ PrivateLink CloudWatch Contributor Insights integration
▪️ Redshift QUALIFY clause in SELECT SQL statement
▪️ Redshift ML integration with Amazon Forecast
▪️ Route 53 Resolver is now available on AWS Outposts rack
▪️ SageMaker JumpStart Meta Llama 2 foundation models
▪️ SNS mobile push notifications in 12 new regions
▪️ Tools Lambda Annotations Framework for .NET.
▪️ Translate real time translation of Docx files
▪️ WAF URI path aggregation key for rate-based rules

Issue #82 | 30 July 2023 2/2

▪️ RDS Custom for Oracle CloudFormation Templates support
▪️ RDS for Oracle Oracle Application Express version 23.1
▪️ RDS storage optimization process indicator
▪️ Redshift
     ▫️ automatic mounting of AWS Glue Data Catalog
     ▫️ querying Apache Iceberg tables
▪️ Route 53 +14 Top-Level Domains
▪️ SageMaker Canvas
     ▫️ custom Amazon S3 output location for ML artifacts
     ▫️ Document Queries powered by Amazon Textract
     ▫️ expands data preparation with five new capabilities
     ▫️ sharing ML models with QuickSight
     ▫️ supports training ML models with different objective metrics
▪️ SageMaker Feature Store cross account sharing, discovery and access
▪️ SageMaker JumpStart SDXL 1.0 foundation model from Stability AI
▪️ SimSpace Weaver
     ▫️ custom container images and new clock
     ▫️ multiple spatial domains per simulation
▪️ SQS JSON protocol | Preview
▪️ Supply Chain Demand Planning
     ▫️ better UI
     ▫️ CloudTrail support for event history
     ▫️ multiple override management
▪️ Transcribe Toxicity Detection for spoken conversations
▪️ Transfer Family SFTP connectors
▪️ VPC IP Address Manager Public IP Insights
▪️ Wickr federated data retention for internal and external conversations

🚩 Issue #83 | 6 August 2023

▪️ Amplify – CloudWatch Logger Feature for Swift and Android
▪️ Application Composer – Updates: Undo and Redo, Export Canvas, Local Sync Mode
▪️ Aurora
     ▫️ Local Write Forwarding for MySQL
     ▫️ Supports Automatic Backup of Deleted Clusters
▪️ Backup – Improved Performance for S3 Buckets
▪️ Batch on Fargate – Support for Linux ARM64 and Windows x86 Containers in Console
▪️ Batch – Price Capacity Optimized Allocation Strategy for Spot Instances
▪️ Bedrock – Claude 2 Foundation Model from Anthropic
▪️ Billing Console – Invoice Balance Due Information and Invoice Amount
▪️ Clean Rooms – Custom Query and Template Capabilities
▪️ CloudFormation – Enhanced Deletion Policies for Dev-Test Cycle
▪️ CloudWatch Internet Monitor – Customizable Thresholds for Health Events
▪️ Config – Supports 19 New Resource Types
▪️ Connect
     ▫️ Archiving and Deleting Flows from the UI
     ▫️ Automatic Activity Scheduling Based on Shift Duration
     ▫️ Custom Flow Block Titles
     ▫️ Flows UI Toolbar and Ability to Add Notes
     ▫️ Scheduling Agent Time-off Balance and Group Allowance Support
     ▫️ Automated Flexible Days Scheduling
     ▫️ Support for Flow-only Attributes
▪️ Database Migration Service – Enhanced Homogeneous Migrations for MariaDB
▪️ EBS – Up to 128 Volume Attachments per EC2 Instance
▪️ EC2 – Introduction of M7i-flex and M7i Instances
▪️ EC2 VT1 – Improved Control of Stream Quality, Latency, and Bandwidth
▪️ EFS – Supports up to 55,000 IOPS per File System
▪️ EKS – Easier Configuration and Use of EFS for Persistent Shared File Storage
▪️ EKS Fargate – Additional Ephemeral Storage
▪️ ElastiCache – Support for M7g and R7g Graviton3-based Nodes
▪️ EMR Serverless – API Support for Application UIs
▪️ EventBridge Scheduler – Schedule Deletion after Completion
▪️ Inspector – Enhanced Vulnerability Intelligence in Findings
▪️ Instance Refresh – Rollbacks Triggered by CloudWatch Alarms
▪️ IoT Core – New Certificate Signing & Key Generation Algorithms
▪️ Lake Formation – Availability in Two Additional Regions
▪️ NAT Gateway – Availability in US West Phoenix Local Zone
▪️ Polly – New Belgian French Female Voice Isabelle
▪️ RDS Custom for SQL Server – Supports Local Time Zones
▪️ RDS for Oracle – Support for Replicas for Single-tenant Instances
▪️ RDS for SQL Server – Supports Secondary Host Metrics in Enhanced Monitoring
▪️ RDS – Simplifies Connectivity Between an RDS or Aurora Database and AWS Lambda
▪️ Redshift – Open Sourced Integration for Apache Spark
▪️ Resilience Hub – Application Resilience Drift Detection
▪️ SageMaker – New Direct Integration with Salesforce Data Cloud
▪️ SageMaker Studio – Pre-built Docker ‘Distribution’ for Machine Learning
▪️ SageMaker – Support for ml.p5 Instances for Model Training
▪️ SQS – Increased Throughput Quota for FIFO High Throughput Mode
▪️ Thinkbox Deadline – Release of 10.3
▪️ Transit Gateway Flow Logs – Available in Five Additional Regions
▪️ Translate – Language Detection for Real Time Document Translation
▪️ VPC IP Address Manager – Publishes IP Address Utilization Metrics for AWS Resources
▪️ VPC – Supports Primary IPv6 Address on an Elastic Network Interface
▪️ WorkSpaces – Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise Availability

▫️ Issue #86 | 27 August 2023

▪️  AppFabric is now HIPAA eligible
▪️  Aurora Global Database Global Database Failover
▪️  Aurora MySQL  Percona Xtrabackup for MySQL 8 physical migrations
▪️  AWS ROSA hosted control planes | Preview
▪️  Certificate Manager Enterprise Controls to help govern certificate issuance
▪️  Connect  scheduling of agent group activities
▪️  Cost Allocation Tags  Last-Updated and Last-Used timestamps
▪️  Cost Explorer support for Billing Conductor
▪️  Dedicated Local Zones announce
▪️  EC2 Hibernate now supports M7i and M7i-flex instances
▪️  ElastiCache for Memcached simplifies creating new clusters in the Console
▪️  Global Accelerator client IP address preservation for NLB endpoints
▪️  GuardDuty Improvements to multi-account management
▪️  Microservice Extractor visualizing very large enterprise applications
▪️  PrivateLink user defined IP on VPC endpoints
▪️  QuickSight scheduled and programmatic export to Excel format
▪️  RDS for MariaDB MariaDB 10.11 for up to 40% higher transaction throughput
▪️  RDS for PostgreSQL minor versions 15.4, 14.9, 13.12, 12.16, and 11.21
▪️  re:Post enhanced search experience
▪️  SageMaker Data Wrangler
      ▫️ role-based access control for Amazon EMR
      ▫️ S3 access points
▪️  SageMaker
      ▫️ GPU/CPU profiler tooling for deep learning model development | Preview
      ▫️ new Rolling Deployment endpoint update option
▪️  SageMaker Model Cards cross-account sharing of model cards
▪️  SageMaker Studio Lab SageMaker Distribution
▪️  WorkSpaces new Linux client with Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04