Issue #146

This week’s AWS updates bring a few exciting features to optimize performance and workflow automation. CodePipeline introduces stage skipping and automatic retries, improving deployment reliability. Amazon EFS now supports up to 60 GiB/s (doubled) of read throughput, while Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL adds local write forwarding for enhanced latency. Additionally, Amazon QuickSight expands its reporting and data-sharing capabilities, including new API triggers for scheduled reports. Explore these updates and more to improve your cloud infrastructure and data management.

▪️ AppStream 2.0 custom shared network storage

▪️ Bedrock Model Evaluation custom model imports

▪️ CloudShell now supports Amazon Q CLI

▪️ CodeBuild managed network ACLs

▪️ CodePipeline

     ▫️ introduces skipping stages

     ▫️ automatic retry on stage failure

▪️ Corretto October 2024 quarterly updates

▪️ Data Exchange adds APIs for data grants

▪️ DataZone

     ▫️ adds IAM Identity Center account support

     ▫️ introduces project-specific designations

▪️ DMS Serverless adds MongoDB and DocDB as sources

▪️ DynamoDB

     ▫️ zero-ETL integration with Redshift GA

     ▫️ user experience enhancements

▪️ EFS up to 60 GiB/s read throughput

▪️ EKS NVIDIA & AWS Neuron instance types with AL2023

▪️ Elastic Beanstalk adds Python 3.12 support

▪️ Finch expands support to Linux

▪️ Lambda

     ▫️ console supports real-time log analytics

     ▫️ surfaces key function insights via CloudWatch dashboard

▪️ Marketplace

     ▫️ now supports 4 new currencies and non-US bank accounts

     ▫️ adds notifications for private marketplace

▪️ QuickSight

     ▫️ subfolders in restricted folders

     ▫️ expands integration with EventBridge

     ▫️ scheduled reports via API

     ▫️ programmatic export and import of shared folders

▪️ RDS

     ▫️ M7g and R7g instances in additional Regions

     ▫️ MariaDB supports 11.4 with new password validation options

     ▫️ Multi-AZ with two readable standbys supports AWS IAM authentication

▪️ Redshift refresh interval in zero-ETL integration

▪️ SageMaker Studio supports G6e instance types

▪️ SES configurability for max email delivery time

▪️ S3 adds region and bucket filtering in ListBuckets API

▪️ Transcribe adds streaming transcription in 30 new languages

▪️ Ubuntu Pro now available for EC2 Spot Instances

▪️ Verified Permissions HIPAA eligible