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Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments for Aurora Global Database

🔁 Amazon RDS Blue/Green deployments now support Aurora Global Database, enabling you to create a staging (green) environment that mirrors production (blue) across primary and all secondary regions. Perform a blue/green switchover to switch primary and secondary regions to the green environment with minimal downtime and no application configuration changes. Aurora automatically renames clusters, instances, and endpoints to preserve production connectivity. This capability covers Aurora MySQL‑ and PostgreSQL‑compatible editions in commercial and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions and is available via the Console, SDK, and CLI.

Amazon SageMaker Catalog Adds S3 Read/Write Access

📂 Amazon SageMaker Catalog now supports read and write access to Amazon S3 general purpose buckets, enabling data scientists and analysts to discover, process, and share unstructured data alongside structured datasets. Data publishers can grant read-only or read/write permissions when approving subscriptions or sharing S3 data, allowing processed outputs to be written back to the original bucket or folder. This feature is available in all Regions that support SageMaker Unified Studio and can be accessed via the studio UI, the Amazon DataZone API, SDK, or AWS CLI.

AWS Marketplace Agreement Events Now via EventBridge

🔔 AWS Marketplace now publishes purchase agreement lifecycle events through Amazon EventBridge, replacing prior Amazon SNS notifications for Software as a Service and Professional Services product types. Sellers (Independent Software Vendors and Channel Partners) and buyers receive notifications for creation, termination, amendment, replacement, renewal, cancellation, and expiration. ISVs also get license-specific events to manage customer entitlements. EventBridge routing supports targets such as AWS Lambda, Amazon S3, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Step Functions, and can remain compatible with existing SNS-based workflows.

AWS Lambda Announces General Availability of Rust Support

🚀 AWS has declared Rust support in AWS Lambda Generally Available, promoting the runtime out of its prior experimental status and making it suitable for production workloads. The GA release is backed by AWS Support and the Lambda SLA and is available in all AWS Regions, including GovCloud (US) and China. Rust on Lambda delivers high performance, memory efficiency, and compile-time safety for serverless functions. Developers can now build business-critical serverless applications in Rust while leveraging Lambda's event integrations, fast scaling from zero, automatic patching, and usage-based pricing.

Amazon DocumentDB 8.0 Adds MongoDB 8.0 Compatibility

⚡ Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) version 8.0 adds support for MongoDB API drivers 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0 while delivering up to 7x improved query latency and up to 5x better compression. The release introduces Planner Version3, new aggregation stages and operators, dictionary-based Zstandard compression, text index v2, and parallel vector index builds. Upgrades from 5.0 instance-based clusters are supported via AWS Database Migration Service, and DocumentDB 8.0 is available in all Regions where the service is offered.

AWS Network Firewall Now Available in Auckland Region

🔒 AWS Network Firewall is now available in the AWS New Zealand (Auckland) Region, enabling customers to deploy essential network protections across all Amazon VPCs. As a managed firewall service, it automatically scales with traffic volume and delivers high availability without requiring customers to provision or maintain infrastructure. It integrates with AWS Firewall Manager to provide centralized visibility and policy control across multiple AWS accounts, simplifying governance and enforcement.

Amazon RDS Adds Support for PostgreSQL Major Version 18

🚀 Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL now supports PostgreSQL major version 18.1, bringing community improvements to managed RDS instances. Key performance updates include skip scan for multicolumn B-tree indexes, parallel GIN builds, and better OR/IN handling, while UUIDv7 adds ordered UUIDs for high-throughput systems. Observability and extension support are expanded, and upgrades can use Blue/Green, in-place, or snapshot restore options.

Amazon EventBridge: Enhanced Visual Rule Builder Console

🔧 Amazon EventBridge introduces an enhanced visual rule builder that integrates a comprehensive event catalog with the EventBridge Schema Registry to simplify building event-driven applications. The schema-aware, console-based drag-and-drop canvas lets developers browse and subscribe to events with sample payloads and schemas, and visually construct filter patterns to reduce syntax errors. The feature is available today in all regions where the Schema Registry is launched and is accessible via the EventBridge console at standard usage charges.

AWS Lambda Supports Java 25 for Serverless Applications

🚀 AWS Lambda now supports Java 25, using the latest long‑term support distribution from Amazon Corretto. The runtime is available as a managed runtime and as a container base image, and AWS will automatically apply updates to each as they are released. The release introduces new language features and performance improvements, including Ahead‑of‑Time caches and adjusted tiered compilation defaults. Lambda Snap Start and Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) support Java 25, and the runtime is available in all Regions, including GovCloud (US) and China.

AWS CloudFormation Hooks Add Granular Invocation Details

🔍 AWS CloudFormation Hooks now supports granular invocation details, allowing hook authors to attach per-control findings, severity levels, and remediation guidance to their evaluation responses. The Hooks console displays these details at the individual control level within each invocation so developers can drill down from the summary to see which controls passed, failed, or were skipped. Available in all commercial and GovCloud (US) regions, this follow-up to the September 2025 Hooks Invocation Summary accelerates troubleshooting and streamlines compliance reporting with actionable, control-level insights.

Google Announces Unified Security Recommended Program

🔒 Google Cloud is launching the Google Unified Security Recommended program to validate deep integrations between its security portfolio and third-party vendors. Inaugural partners CrowdStrike, Fortinet, and Wiz bring endpoint, network, and multicloud CNAPP capabilities into Google Security Operations. Partners commit to cross-product technical integration, a collaborative support model, and investment in AI initiatives such as the model context protocol (MCP). Qualified solutions will be available via Google Cloud Marketplace for simplified procurement and consolidated billing.

Fortinet Named Google Unified Security Recommended Partner

🔒 Fortinet has been named the inaugural Google Unified Security Recommended partner for network protection, integrating FortiSASE and the FortiGate NGFW to run natively on Google Cloud. The integration delivers unified policy and shared telemetry with Google Security Operations, combining FortiGuard Labs and Google threat intelligence for AI-driven detection and response. Customers gain consolidated management, improved performance via Google’s backbone, and simplified procurement through the Google Cloud Marketplace.

Looker Conversational Analytics Reaches General Availability

💬 Google Cloud has made Looker Conversational Analytics generally available, bringing natural-language data queries to all Looker users. Built on the Looker semantic layer and powered by Gemini and Google’s agentic frameworks, the feature provides instant, explainable answers and supports multi-turn exploration across up to five connected Explores. Analysts can build and share agents, use LookML for fine tuning, and rely on a governed foundation that surfaces “How was this calculated?” explanations. Admins can enable the capability now to accelerate data discovery and improve self-service across teams.

Fortinet Named Google Unified Security Recommended Partner

🔒 Fortinet has been named the inaugural Google Unified Security Recommended partner for network protection, recognizing FortiSASE and FortiGate NGFW running natively on Google Cloud. The collaboration delivers a cloud-native SASE that unifies networking and security with global PoPs on Google’s private backbone, centralized policy and telemetry via FortiManager, and AI-enhanced threat protection from FortiGuard Labs. Customers can deploy through Google Cloud Marketplace and expect lower TCO through a consolidated architecture and simplified operations.

Amazon EC2 I7i Instances Expand to Additional Regions

🚀 Amazon Web Services has expanded availability of Amazon EC2 I7i Storage Optimized instances to AWS Europe (Ireland) and Asia Pacific (Seoul, Hong Kong). Powered by 5th‑generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and 3rd‑generation AWS Nitro SSDs, I7i delivers up to 23% better compute and notable storage-performance and latency improvements versus I4i. Available in eleven sizes, including bare metal, these instances are aimed at I/O‑intensive, latency‑sensitive workloads that require very high random IOPS and multi‑TB dataset access.

Amazon Connect adds completion metrics for agent evaluations

📊 Amazon Connect now provides metrics that track completion of agent performance evaluations, helping managers verify that required reviews (for example, five per agent per month) are finished. The capability displays real-time analytics in the Connect UI and exposes the same signals via APIs for integration with reporting workflows. Teams can also compare scoring patterns across managers to identify evaluation consistency and accuracy improvements.

Microsoft deploys Teams screen-capture prevention rollout

🔒 Microsoft is rolling out a new Teams Premium setting that blocks screenshots and recordings in meetings on Windows desktop and Android devices. The feature, called 'Prevent screen capture', was announced for July 2025 but the rollout was delayed and is being introduced in late November 2025. The control is off by default and must be enabled per meeting by organizers or co-organizers; unsupported clients will join audio-only.

ECS Service Connect: Cross-Account Support in GovCloud

🔗 Amazon ECS Service Connect now supports cross-account communication in AWS GovCloud through integration with AWS Resource Access Manager (AWS RAM). You can share the underlying AWS Cloud Map namespaces with individual accounts, Organizational Units (OUs), or your entire AWS Organization to register services from multiple accounts in a single namespace. The capability works for both Fargate and EC2 launch modes in GovCloud (US-West and US-East) and is available via Console, API, SDK, CLI, and CloudFormation, simplifying service discovery and reducing duplication.

Amazon EC2 I8g Storage-Optimized Instances Expand Regions

🚀 Amazon Web Services announced general availability of Amazon EC2 I8g Storage Optimized instances in Asia Pacific (Seoul) and South America (São Paulo). These instances use third-generation AWS Nitro SSDs to deliver up to 65% better real-time storage performance per TB, with significantly lower storage I/O latency and variability. I8g instances target I/O-intensive, low-latency workloads with up to 45 TB local NVMe storage, up to 100 Gbps networking, and 60 Gbps dedicated EBS bandwidth across multiple sizes including a metal option.

AWS Network Load Balancer Adds QUIC Passthrough Mode

🚀 AWS announced that the Network Load Balancer (NLB) now supports QUIC in passthrough mode, enabling low-latency forwarding of QUIC traffic while preserving session stickiness via the QUIC Connection ID. This helps mobile applications maintain consistent connections when client IPs change during roaming between cellular towers or when switching between Wi‑Fi and cellular. You can enable QUIC on existing or new NLBs through the AWS Management Console, CLI, or APIs. QUIC support is available at no additional charge in all AWS commercial and AWS GovCloud (US) regions and is metered under existing UDP Load Balancer Capacity Unit entitlements.