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