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Sorry, no fun fact from Kevin this week. My only fun fact is that I’m about to board a flight to New Zealand! See you in 2-3 weeks!

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From: "Murakoshi, Kevin" <>
Date: January 28, 2025 at 10:59:30 AM EST
Subject: FW: AWS Roadmap Items of Interest



 

 

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Hello Team!

On behalf of your AWS Enterprise Account Team, I present a recap of last week's launches.

Follow the AWS Blog, What's New from Amazon Web Services, and AWS Podcasts for up-to-date news and information.

Please contact us if you have any questions or need more information on any of these services.

 

Launch recap from last week (35 items):

What's New at AWS - Cloud Innovation & News

Product	Details	Date
Amazon Aurora	Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database now supports PostgreSQL 16.6	January 24, 2025
Amazon Aurora	Amazon Aurora now supports R7g and R7i database instances in Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region	January 21, 2025
Amazon Bedrock	Amazon Bedrock now offers multimodal support for Cohere Embed 3 Multilingual and Embed 3 English	January 24, 2025
Amazon Bedrock	Luma AI's Ray2 visual AI model now available in Amazon Bedrock	January 23, 2025
Amazon Bedrock	Amazon Bedrock Flows announces preview of multi-turn conversation support	January 23, 2025
Amazon CloudFront	AWS announces new edge location in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	January 24, 2025
Amazon CloudWatch	Amazon CloudWatch allows alarming on data up to 7 days old	January 23, 2025
Amazon CloudWatch	Amazon CloudWatch Observability add-on launches one step onboarding for EKS workloads	January 22, 2025
Amazon Connect	Amazon Connect now provides daily headcount projections in capacity plan downloads	January 22, 2025
Amazon Connect	Amazon Connect agent workspace now supports audio optimization for Citrix and Amazon WorkSpaces virtual desktops	January 21, 2025
Amazon Corretto	Amazon Corretto January 2025 quarterly updates	January 21, 2025
Amazon DynamoDB	Amazon DynamoDB introduces warm throughput for tables and indexes in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions	January 22, 2025
Amazon EC2	Amazon EC2 I7ie instances now available in AWS Europe (Frankfurt, London), and Asia Pacific (Tokyo) regions	January 24, 2025
Amazon EC2	Amazon EC2 introduces provisioning control for On-Demand Capacity Reservations in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions	January 22, 2025
Amazon EFS	Amazon EFS is now available in the AWS Mexico (Central) Region	January 23, 2025
Amazon EKS	Amazon EKS and Amazon EKS Distro now supports Kubernetes version 1.32	January 24, 2025
Amazon ElastiCache	Amazon ElastiCache now supports 1-click connectivity setup between EC2 and your cache	January 23, 2025
Amazon EventBridge	Amazon EventBridge announces direct delivery to cross-account targets	January 21, 2025
Amazon Neptune	Amazon Neptune now supports open-source GraphRAG toolkit	January 21, 2025
Amazon Q	Amazon Q Business now supports insights from images uploaded in chat	January 24, 2025
Amazon RDS	CloudWatch provides execution plan capture for Aurora PostgreSQL	January 22, 2025
Amazon RDS	Amazon RDS adds Oracle Database R6i SE2 License-Included option in additional regions	January 21, 2025
Amazon Redshift	Amazon Redshift Multi-AZ is generally available for RA3 clusters in 2 additional AWS regions	January 24, 2025
Amazon Redshift	Amazon Redshift announces support for History Mode for zero-ETL integrations	January 22, 2025
Amazon Redshift	Amazon Redshift introduces new SQL features for zero-ETL integrations	January 21, 2025
Amazon SNS	Announcing high-throughput mode for Amazon SNS FIFO Topics	January 21, 2025
AWS Backup	AWS Backup is now available in AWS Mexico (Central)	January 21, 2025
AWS Client VPN	AWS Client VPN announces support for concurrent VPN connections	January 22, 2025
AWS Elastic Beanstalk	AWS Elastic Beanstalk improves scaling and deployment speeds for Windows instance with EC2 Fast-launch	January 23, 2025
AWS Elastic Beanstalk	AWS Elastic Beanstalk adds default support of EC2 Launch Template when creating new environments	January 23, 2025
AWS IoT SiteWise	AWS IoT SiteWise now supports null and NaN data types	January 22, 2025
AWS Marketplace	AWS Marketplace launches automated version archiving for AMI and container products	January 23, 2025
AWS Marketplace	AWS Marketplace introduces 8 decimal place precision for usage pricing	January 22, 2025
AWS Resource Groups	AWS Resource Groups now supports 172 more resource types	January 23, 2025
AWS Transfer Family	AWS Transfer Family supports custom directory locations to store AS2 files	January 24, 2025

 

Latest AWS Blog posts:

Date	Item
January 23, 2025	Luma AI’s Ray2 video model is now available in Amazon Bedrock
January 20, 2025	AWS Weekly Roundup: New AWS Mexico (Central) Region, simultaneous sign-in for multiple AWS accounts, and more (January 20, 2025)

 

Latest Security Blog posts:

Date	Item
January 23, 2025	CCN releases guide for Spain’s ENS landing zones using Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS
January 21, 2025	Using OSCAL to express Canadian cybersecurity requirements as compliance-as-code
January 21, 2025	Safeguard your generative AI workloads from prompt injections

 

Latest Architecture Blog posts:

Date	Item
January 23, 2025	Top Architecture Blog Posts of 2024
January 22, 2025	Enhance the resilience of critical workloads by architecting with multiple AWS Regions

 

Security Advisories last 30 days:

Date	Item
January 15, 2025	Issue with Amazon WorkSpaces, Amazon AppStream 2.0, and Amazon DCV (CVE-2025-0500 and CVE-2025-0501)
January 23, 2025	Issue with AWS Sign-in IAM User Login Flow – Possible Username Enumeration (CVE-2025-0693)

 

Amazon Linux 2023 Advisories last 30 days:

Date	Item
January 21, 2025	ALAS-2025-808 (important): python3.12
January 21, 2025	ALAS-2025-809 (important): kernel
January 21, 2025	ALAS-2025-810 (important): python-jinja2
January 21, 2025	ALAS-2025-811 (important): ansible-core
January 21, 2025	ALAS-2025-812 (important): iperf3
January 21, 2025	ALAS-2025-813 (important): tomcat9
January 21, 2025	ALAS-2025-814 (important): tomcat10
January 21, 2025	ALAS-2025-815 (medium): git
January 21, 2025	ALAS-2025-816 (medium): runfinch-finch
January 21, 2025	ALAS-2025-818 (important): redis6
January 21, 2025	ALAS-2025-819 (medium): grpc
January 21, 2025	ALAS-2025-820 (medium): ansible-core
January 21, 2025	ALAS-2025-821 (medium): openjpeg2
January 16, 2025	ALAS-2025-802 (important): kernel
January 16, 2025	ALAS-2025-801 (important): rsync
January 06, 2025	ALAS-2025-791 (medium): haproxy
January 06, 2025	ALAS-2025-792 (medium): python-tornado
January 06, 2025	ALAS-2025-793 (medium): expat
January 06, 2025	ALAS-2025-794 (important): kernel
January 06, 2025	ALAS-2025-795 (medium): nodejs20
January 06, 2025	ALAS-2025-796 (medium): nodejs
January 06, 2025	ALAS-2025-797 (medium): perl-Module-ScanDeps
January 06, 2025	ALAS-2025-798 (important): jackson-databind

 

Amazon Linux 2 Advisories last 30 days:

Date	Item
January 21, 2025	ALAS-2025-2733 (important): postgresql
January 21, 2025	ALAS-2025-2734 (important): python-jinja2
January 21, 2025	ALAS-2025-2735 (important): python3-jinja2
January 21, 2025	ALAS-2025-2736 (important): iperf3
January 21, 2025	ALAS-2025-2737 (medium): git
January 21, 2025	ALAS-2025-2738 (medium): perl-Module-ScanDeps
January 21, 2025	ALASDOCKER-2025-048 (medium): runfinch-finch
January 21, 2025	ALASKERNEL-5.15-2025-061 (important): kernel
January 21, 2025	ALASKERNEL-5.4-2025-090 (important): kernel
January 21, 2025	ALASKERNEL-5.4-2025-091 (important): kernel
January 21, 2025	ALASKERNEL-5.10-2025-078 (important): kernel
January 21, 2025	ALASKERNEL-5.10-2025-079 (important): kernel
January 21, 2025	ALASTOMCAT9-2025-015 (important): tomcat
January 21, 2025	ALASREDIS6-2025-011 (important): redis
January 16, 2025	ALAS-2025-2731 (important): rsync
January 04, 2025	ALASKERNEL-5.15-2025-060 (important): kernel
January 04, 2025	ALASKERNEL-5.10-2025-077 (important): kernel
January 04, 2025	ALAS-2025-2724 (medium): curl
January 04, 2025	ALAS-2025-2725 (medium): python3-tornado
January 04, 2025	ALAS-2025-2726 (medium): python-webob
January 04, 2025	ALAS-2025-2727 (medium): orc
January 04, 2025	ALAS-2025-2728 (medium): exiv2
January 04, 2025	ALAS-2025-2729 (medium): bind

 

Amazon Linux Advisories last 30 days:

Date	Item
January 22, 2025	ALAS-2025-1956 (important): rust
January 16, 2025	ALAS-2025-1955 (important): rsync
January 06, 2025	ALAS-2025-1953 (important): expat

 

AWS Online Tech Talks:

AWS Online Tech Talks Website | View Past Webinar Recordings

Date	Topic	Level
On Demand	Analytics in 15: Opensource Table Formats with AWS Glue and Amazon EMR	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	Analytics in 15: Build Apache Spark Apps and Integrate Them with Redshift	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	Getting Started with AWS DMS Fleet Advisor	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Building a personalization solution just got easier with Amazon Personalize	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Machine Learning in 15: Preparing data at scale with Amazon SageMaker notebooks	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	Building a comprehensive security solution with AWS Security services	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	ML-powered Predictive Maintenance for Industrial Operations	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Getting Started with ElastiCache for Redis Performance & Cost Optimization	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	Enabling Oracle E-Business Suite on Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Analytics in 15: Simplify Data Discovery with Amazon Redshift Query Editor	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	AWS ML Heroes in 15: Building GenAI Experiences on AWS Ep 2	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Designing a DR strategy on Amazon RDS for SQL Server	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	How to: Porting Advisor For Graviton	Level 400 - Expert
On Demand	Getting Started with Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) 5.0 features	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Protect Amazon RDS for Oracle with managed Oracle Data Guard switchover	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Analytics in 15: Ingest, Manage, and Analyze Data with Central Governance	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	Getting Started with Amazon DocumentDB Observability and Monitoring	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Serverless Framework with Amazon CodeCatalyst	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	Easily Integrate Analytics into your apps using Amazon QuickSight	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Analytics in 15: Event Detection with Amazon MSK and Kinesis Data Analytics	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	Analytics in 15: Improve Search Relevance with Amazon OpenSearch Service	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	AWS ML Heroes in 15: Detect Bias in ML Data, Models & Explain Predictions	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	Analytics in 15: Centralize Data Lake Security Management with AWS	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	Getting started with Amazon Aurora Global Database	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Accelerate cloud migration and app modernization with AWS Identity Services	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	Analytics in 15: Automatically Provision and Scale OpenSearch with AWS	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	Bring intelligent insights to your industrial operations with Amazon Monitron	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Break down barriers to knowledge with Amazon Kendra	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	AWS Heroes in 15: Bear Conservation with ML, Serverless and Citizen Science	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	Increase accuracy with Amazon Rekognition Content Moderation Version 6	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	AWS ML Heroes in 15: Harnessing Low-code/No-Code Machine Learning on AWS	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	Enhanced threat detection for Amazon EKS with Amazon GuardDuty	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Carbyne delivers cloud native 9-1-1 call management using AWS AI services	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Analytics in 15: Fully Managed SaaS Data Integrations with Amazon AppFlow	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	AWS for virtually every application	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Analytics in 15: Don’t Create More Data Silos! Use CDC and Data Streaming	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	Multiple approaches for protecting data in Amazon DynamoDB	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	Threat detection for Amazon Aurora databases with Amazon GuardDuty	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Database performance monitoring and tuning with Amazon DevOps Guru for RDS	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Deliver low latency multiplayer games with AWS edge infrastructure	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	AWS Heroes in 15: Leveraging Rust for MLOps with the Amazon Sagemaker	Level 400 - Expert
On Demand	Deep Dive: PyTorch 2.0 on Graviton	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	Accelerating modern app development by externalizing fine-grained authorization	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	Easily upload and manage Amazon S3 files in a Next.js web app with AWS Amplify	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	Analytics in 15: Accelerated ETL for Amazon Redshift with AWS Glue	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	AWS ML Heroes in 15: Building GenAI Experiences on Amazon SageMaker Ep 1	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	AWS ML Heroes in 15: Building a Gen AI Comic Video Generator on Amazon SageMaker	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Analytics in 15: Get Answers From Data in Seconds with Amazon QuickSight Q	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Analytics in 15: Introducing Governed Analytics with Amazon DataZone	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Machine Learning in 15: A journey from beginner to advanced ML builder with SageMaker Studio Lab	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Enable cross-team, federated GraphQL APIs with AWS AppSync Merged APIs	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Analytics in 15: Serverless Data Streaming Workloads with Amazon Kinesis	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	An introduction to performance measurement, analysis and optimisation on AWS EC2 Graviton-based instances	Level 400 - Expert
On Demand	Machine Learning in 15: Why geospatial ML?	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Machine Learning in 15: Managing ML experiments	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Recent enhancements in Amazon RDS Multi-AZ with two readable standbys	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Under the Hood with AWS Compute	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	CCI Real-time Call Analytics & Agent Assist solutions	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Effortless migration - Is your app already Graviton-ready?	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	Best practices for building interactive applications with AWS Lambda	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	Getting Started with Amazon Aurora Serverless v2	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	What's new in Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL?	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Accelerating SQL Server database modernization with Babelfish	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	Reducing the costs of your openCypher applications	Level 300 - Advanced
On Demand	Fraud prevention and Bot control with AWS WAF	Level 200 - Intermediate
On Demand	AWS Heroes in 15: Managing ML Workflows In Production with Amazon SageMaker	Level 300 - Advanced

 

AWS Events:

Date	Type	Event	Level
January 30, 2025	Virtual Event	re:Invent Recap: Strategic Insights for Executives	All levels
February 12 - 13, 2025	Virtual Event	Secure AWS Cloud Data with Zscaler DSPM	All levels
March 26, 2025	In-person Event	AWS Community Day	N/A

 

Latest AWS YouTube Channel Videos:

Date	Video
January 27, 2025	Amazon S3 Tables - Store Tabular Data in S3 | Amazon Web Services
January 27, 2025	Amazon S3 Metadata - Accelerate Data Discovery | Amazon Web Services
January 25, 2025	Which AWS Cost Allocation Tool is right for you? | Amazon Web Services
January 24, 2025	Introduction to AWS CloudFormation - Infrastructure Composer | Amazon Web Services
January 24, 2025	Buy with AWS for Partners - Accelerate purchases from your website | Amazon Web Services
January 24, 2025	Buy with AWS - Accelerate cloud procurement on AWS Partner websites | Amazon Web Services
January 23, 2025	How do I successfully connect to my Amazon RDS instance using an SSL connection?
January 23, 2025	How do I prevent throttling and exceeded rates when I use AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store?
January 23, 2025	Why are my Amazon SQS charges higher than expected?
January 22, 2025	Introduction to Zero-ETL on OpenSearch with Amazon Security Lake | Amazon Web Services
January 22, 2025	Demo - Getting started with Aurora DSQL | Amazon Web Services
January 22, 2025	Demo - Serverless Integration - Aurora DSQL, AWS Lambda and API Gateway | Amazon Web Services
January 21, 2025	Why can't I retrieve my Administrator Password with my key pair, even after four minutes?
January 21, 2025	How do I resolve a Windows activation fail message on my Amazon EC2 Windows instance?
January 21, 2025	How do I install AWS Systems Manager Agent (SSM Agent) on an Amazon EC2 Windows instance at launch?