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Amazon SageMaker notebooks with built-in AI agent experience

🤖 Amazon SageMaker introduces a serverless notebook experience that consolidates SQL, Python, and natural-language workflows into a single interactive workspace for analytics and ML. The environment is backed by Amazon Athena for Apache Spark to scale from interactive queries to petabyte-scale processing without pre-provisioned infrastructure. A built-in AI agent generates code and SQL from natural-language prompts to accelerate development, and the feature is available via SageMaker Unified Studio's one-click onboarding in multiple AWS Regions.

Amazon RDS for SQL Server Adds Resource Governor Support

🔧 Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports resource governor, enabling customers to manage CPU, memory, and I/O allocation across workloads on Enterprise Edition instances. RDS exposes stored procedures for configuring resource pools, workload groups, and classifier functions so administrators can isolate resource‑intensive queries and maintain predictable performance. This feature is available in all AWS Regions where RDS for SQL Server is offered.

Amazon RDS for Oracle SE2 License Included in Taipei

📢 Amazon RDS for Oracle now offers Oracle Database Standard Edition 2 (SE2) License Included on R7i and M7i instances in the Asia Pacific (Taipei) region. Launched Nov 21, 2025, these License Included instances remove the need to purchase separate Oracle Database licenses and are available through the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, and SDKs. There are no separate license or support charges. Review the Rethink Oracle Standard Edition Two on Amazon RDS for Oracle blog and Amazon RDS pricing for cost and regional availability.

CloudWatch Console Adds Automated Agent Management

⚙️ Amazon CloudWatch now provides an in-console experience for automated installation and configuration of the CloudWatch agent on EC2 instances. The new UI surfaces agent status across your EC2 fleet, automatically detects supported workloads, and uses CloudWatch observability solutions to recommend monitoring configurations. Customers can deploy agents with one-click installs or create tag-based policies for automated fleet-wide management, including for auto-scaled instances, reducing setup time from hours to minutes.

AWS Backup Adds Support for FSx Intelligent-Tiering

🔒 AWS Backup now supports Amazon FSx Intelligent-Tiering, enabling centralized protection for FSx for Lustre and FSx for OpenZFS file systems. The Intelligent-Tiering storage class delivers fully elastic file storage that automatically scales with workloads while optimizing costs through pay-for-what-you-use elasticity. Existing Amazon FSx backup plans continue to run without modification. Support is available in all Regions where FSx Intelligent-Tiering is offered, and you can manage protections from the AWS Backup console.

Amazon Route 53 DNS API Endpoint Adds IPv6 Dual-Stack

🌐 Amazon Route 53 now exposes a dual-stack API endpoint at route53.global.api.aws, allowing clients to connect over IPv6, IPv4, or dual-stack. The existing IPv4-only endpoint remains available for backward compatibility. IPv6 support is available in all Commercial Regions at no additional cost and can be enabled via the AWS CLI or Management Console. This reduces IPv4 translation complexity and helps organizations meet IPv6 compliance.

Amazon EC2 Image Builder Enables Flexible AMI Distribution

🚀 Amazon has expanded EC2 Image Builder with flexible AMI distribution features that let you distribute existing AMIs, retry failed distributions, and create custom distribution workflows. Distribution workflows introduce sequential steps—such as AMI copies, wait-for-action checkpoints, and attribute modifications—to support staged rollouts and approval gates with the same step-level visibility as build and test workflows. These capabilities work across regions and accounts and are available at no extra cost.

Amazon Aurora DSQL Adds Integrated Console Query Editor

🔎 Amazon has added an integrated query editor to Aurora DSQL, enabling secure, browser-based SQL access from the AWS Management Console without requiring external client installation or configuration. The editor includes syntax highlighting, auto-completion, and intelligent code assistance, along with schema exploration and result viewing in a single interface. Available in all Regions where Aurora DSQL is offered, this feature shortens time-to-value and simplifies database interactions for developers, analysts, and data engineers.

AWS Network Firewall adds flexible cost allocation

🔁 AWS Network Firewall now supports flexible cost allocation through AWS Transit Gateway native attachments, enabling automatic distribution of data processing charges across different AWS accounts. Administrators can create metering policies to apply inspection charges to application teams or business units instead of consolidating expenses in the firewall owner account. This preserves centralized security controls while automating chargeback based on actual usage. Flexible cost allocation is available in all AWS Commercial and Amazon China Regions where supported, with no additional fees beyond standard service pricing.

Amazon Lightsail launches Nginx blueprint with IMDSv2

🚀 Amazon Lightsail now offers a new Nginx blueprint that includes IMDSv2 enforced by default and supports IPv6-only instances. With a few clicks you can provision a Lightsail VPS of your chosen size with Nginx preinstalled, using Lightsail instance bundles that combine OS, storage, and monthly data transfer. This blueprint is available in all AWS Regions where Lightsail runs; consult Lightsail documentation for supported blueprints and pricing details.

Amazon SageMaker HyperPod Adds IDE and Notebook Support

🚀 Amazon SageMaker HyperPod now supports running IDEs and Notebooks on persistent EKS-based HyperPod clusters, allowing developers to run JupyterLab, Code Editor, or connect local IDEs directly to GPU-backed compute. Developers can share data across interactive sessions and training jobs via mounted file systems such as FSx and EFS, and use familiar tools including the HyperPod CLI. Administrators gain unified governance through HyperPod Task Governance and visibility into CPU, GPU, and memory consumption via HyperPod Observability, helping optimize cluster utilization. The feature is available in all AWS Regions that support HyperPod, excluding China and GovCloud (US).

AWS Adds Lambda Kafka Event Source Mapping in MSK Console

🔗 AWS announced integration of AWS Lambda Kafka event source mapping directly in the Amazon MSK Console, allowing you to connect MSK topics to Lambda functions without switching consoles. The MSK Console now requires only a topic and target function while automatically creating and configuring the event source mapping (ESM), applying optimized defaults and optional IAM role generation. The integration defaults to Provisioned Mode to improve latency and throughput, and is generally available in most AWS Commercial Regions with a few regional exceptions.

AWS Security Incident Response Introduces Metered Pricing

🔒 AWS Security Incident Response introduces a metered pricing model that charges per ingested security finding and includes a free tier for the first 10,000 findings per month. After the free tier, the per-finding rate is $0.000676 with tiered discounts at higher volumes. The consumption-based approach removes upfront commitments and minimum fees, enabling teams to scale response capability as needs evolve. Customers can monitor finding counts via Amazon CloudWatch at no extra cost, and the new pricing automatically applies in supported Regions starting November 21, 2025.

AWS Lambda lowers Kafka ESM costs with Provisioned mode

⚡ AWS announces enhancements to Lambda's Provisioned mode for Kafka event source mappings, enabling grouping of ESMs and higher density of event pollers to reduce costs by up to 90% for low-throughput workloads. Each Event Poller Unit (EPU) still provides 20 MB/s but now defaults to 10 pollers per EPU and supports shared capacity via the new PollerGroupName parameter. Changes are available today across AWS Commercial Regions and can be configured via API, CLI, Console, SDK, CloudFormation, or SAM.

Amazon Bedrock Data Automation: Synchronous Image Processing

🚀 Amazon Bedrock Data Automation (BDA) now supports synchronous image processing, enabling low-latency extraction of structured insights from visual content. Synchronous APIs complement existing asynchronous workflows, removing the need for polling or callbacks and simplifying application architecture. BDA supports Standard Output for common analyses and Custom Output via Blueprints for industry-specific field extraction.

Amazon ECS Managed Instances Now in GovCloud Regions

🚀 Amazon ECS Managed Instances is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) and GovCloud (US-West) Regions, bringing a fully managed EC2 compute option to government-focused accounts. Managed Instances dynamically scales and optimizes EC2 capacity, supports task-level requirements (vCPU, memory, CPU architecture), and lets you select instance families including GPU, network-optimized, and burstable types. AWS initiates security patching every 14 days; management fees apply in addition to EC2 costs.

AWS Control Tower v4.0: Direct Access to Managed Controls

🔧 AWS Control Tower v4.0 introduces a controls-focused experience that gives customers direct access to more than 750 AWS managed controls without requiring a full Control Tower deployment. Customers can review the Control Catalog and deploy selected controls into their existing AWS Organization within minutes while retaining their current account structure. The release also separates S3 buckets and SNS notifications for cleaner operations and improved cost attribution.

Amazon Athena auto-scales Capacity Reservations with limits

🔁 Amazon Athena now provides an auto-scaling solution for Capacity Reservations that adjusts reserved DPUs automatically based on workload utilization. The solution uses AWS Step Functions to monitor Amazon CloudWatch metrics and add or remove DPUs when utilization crosses configured high and low thresholds. You can set measurement frequency, utilization thresholds, and capacity limits, and customize behavior via the provided CloudFormation template. The feature is available in Regions where Capacity Reservations is supported.

AWS Glue adds DynamoDB connector with Spark DataFrame

🚀 AWS Glue now includes a new Amazon DynamoDB connector that natively supports Apache Spark DataFrames. This enables developers to reuse existing Spark DataFrame code across AWS Glue, Amazon EMR, and other Spark environments with minimal modification, replacing prior reliance on Glue-specific DynamicFrame objects. The connector exposes the full range of DataFrame operations and current Spark performance optimizations and is available in all AWS Commercial Regions where Glue runs.

Amazon Lex adds Wait & Continue in 10 new languages

🗣️ Amazon Lex now supports Wait & Continue in ten additional languages — Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Cantonese, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, and German. The feature enables deterministic voice and chat bots to pause while customers gather information and then resume the interaction seamlessly. It enhances natural, multilingual self-service experiences and is available in all AWS Regions where Amazon Lex operates.