In our first episode we go through an extended version of our usual What's New segment of the podcast. For this, Arjen is joined by Jean-Manuel and Guy. This episode was recorded on the evening of the 27th of March 2020 (Australian time).
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Finally in Sydney * AWS Control Tower now available in Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region * Amazon Forecast is now available in three new regions - Asia Pacific (Sydney, Mumbai) and Europe (Frankfurt) * AWS Migration Hub is now available in the Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region
Serverless * AWS Lambda@Edge now supports Node 12.x and Python 3.8 * AWS Serverless Application Repository adds support for sharing applications with AWS organizations * API Gateway offers private integrations with AWS ELB and AWS CloudMap as part of HTTP APIs GA release * Amplify Console adds command line interface for configuring continuous deployment and hosting
Containers * Now proactively manage your ECR API use with CloudWatch Metrics and Service Quotas * Amazon EKS adds envelope encryption for secrets with AWS KMS * Amazon EKS now supports Kubernetes version 1.15 * Announcing Bottlerocket, a new open source Linux-based operating system purpose-built to run containers * AWS Elastic Beanstalk Launches Docker on AL2 Platform (Beta) * AWS App Mesh launches support for end to end encryption * Amazon ECS supports in Preview updating Placement Strategy and Constraints for existing ECS Services
EC2 & VPC * Amazon EC2 Hibernation now Lets you Pause and Resume Your Workloads on T2 Instance Types * Announcing 36% faster EBS-optimized performance on additional AWS Nitro System-based Amazon EC2 instances * Amazon Lightsail now supports resource monitoring, alarming and notifications * Use Amazon VPC Endpoint Policies for granular control of Amazon EC2 APIs
Security * AWS Secrets Manager now supports larger size for secrets and higher request rate for GetSecretValue API * Introducing AWS Config multi-account, multi-region support for advanced query * AWS WAF adds Anonymous IP List for AWS Managed Rules * Amazon GuardDuty Price Reduction * AWS Site-to-Site VPN now supports certificate authentication for connections to AWS Transit Gateway * Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager (DLM) Adds Support For 1 hour Backup Interval
Dev & Ops * AWS CodeCommit Introduces git-remote-codecommit, a New Git Credential Helper * Introducing Customizations for AWS Control Tower solution * Execute Chef recipes on Linux with AWS Systems Manager * AWS Control Tower now supports single-step account provisioning * AWS AppConfig announces integration with Amazon S3 * Amazon CloudWatch now allows you to combine multiple alarms
Databases * NoSQL Workbench for Amazon DynamoDB is now generally available * Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL Compatibility Supports User Authentication with Kerberos and Microsoft Active Directory * New AWS Certification validates expertise in AWS databases * Amazon RDS Performance Insights Supports Amazon RDS for MySQL Version 8.0 * Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL Compatibility supports Amazon Aurora Global Database * Amazon Redshift launches pause and resume * Amazon ElastiCache for Redis announces Global Datastore * Announcing column-level access control for Amazon Redshift
AI / ML * Amazon Transcribe now supports automatic content redaction * Announcing Time Expression for Amazon Comprehend Medical * Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth Now Supports Multi-Label Image and Text Classification and Amazon CloudWatch Events * Introducing Amazon Personalize Optimizer Using Amazon Pinpoint Events * AWS RoboMaker simulation now supports GUI streaming for robot and simulation applications
Other cool stuff * You can now take all AWS Certification exams with online proctoring. See the AWS Certification FAQs * AWS Cost Explorer now offers Savings Plans Recommendations for Member (Linked) Accounts * AWS adds the ability for customers to enable AWS Local Zones themselves * AWS Global Accelerator now supports Bring Your Own IP Addresses and Resource Tagging * AWS Console Mobile Application Launches a New Android Version * Amazon Connect announces per-second billing, saving customers up to 5% in telephony costs * Amazon Connect makes it easier to customize the caller experience by adding attributes to existing contact flow blocks * Amazon AppStream 2.0 adds support for native application mode on Windows PCs * Automate index management with Amazon Elasticsearch Service * Amazon FSx for Lustre CSI Driver Supports New File System Deployment Options * Amazon Elasticsearch Service announces support for Elasticsearch versions 7.4
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