All news with #product update tag

🚀 You can now create provisioned Amazon MSK clusters with Express brokers in Africa (Cape Town) and Asia Pacific (Taipei). Express brokers deliver up to 3× more throughput per broker, scale up to 20× faster, and reduce recovery time by 90% compared to standard Apache Kafka brokers. They are pre-configured with Kafka best practices, support all Kafka APIs, and preserve low-latency behavior so existing client applications require no changes. To get started, create a new cluster with Express brokers via the Amazon MSK console or the AWS CLI and consult the Amazon MSK Developer Guide for details.

⚙️ Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime now supports InvokeAgentRuntimeCommand, an API that runs shell commands directly inside a running AgentCore Runtime session. The API streams stdout/stderr in real time over HTTP/2 and returns an exit code, removing the need for custom in-container command orchestration. Commands execute in the same container, filesystem, and environment as the agent session and can run concurrently with agent invocations. This capability is available in 14 AWS Regions.

🔔 Microsoft has halted the planned automatic installation of the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices outside the EEA. The rollout, announced earlier and scheduled for December, is temporarily disabled; existing installs are unchanged and administrators can still deploy the app manually. Microsoft offered no reason in its Microsoft 365 message center update and asked admins to await further information. EEA customers remain excluded from the change.

⚠️ Microsoft warns that enabling the Microsoft Teams Meeting Add-in can render the classic Outlook desktop client unusable for affected users, according to an admin center notice (EX1254044). The company says the problem is tied to a previous Outlook build and is working with customers to ensure the latest version is deployed. As a temporary fix, impacted users should update Outlook or run an Online Repair for click-to-run installs, which reinstalls Office apps.

📢 Amazon RDS for SQL Server Developer Edition now supports Additional Storage Volumes, Resource Governor, and SQL Server 2019 (CU32 GDR - 15.0.4455.2). Additional Storage Volumes raise capacity up to 256 TiB—4× more storage—while Resource Governor enables definition of resource pools and workload groups to control CPU and memory for more realistic performance testing. The Developer Edition includes Enterprise functionality and is free for development and test systems (not production). For region availability and pricing, consult AWS documentation and Amazon RDS for SQL Server pricing.

📈 Amazon CloudWatch now supports organization-wide automatic enablement of EC2 detailed monitoring. With CloudWatch Ingestion enablement rules, administrators can automatically enable EC2 detailed monitoring at 1-minute intervals for existing and newly launched instances across an entire AWS Organization, specific accounts, or tag-based resource scopes. The capability ensures consistent telemetry collection to help Auto Scaling and operational alarms react more quickly, is available in all AWS commercial regions, and will be billed according to CloudWatch pricing.

📥 Amazon CloudWatch Logs now supports HTTP-based ingestion via a new HTTP Log Collector (HLC) and dedicated endpoints for ND-JSON, Structured JSON, and OpenTelemetry formats. This enables customers to send logs where AWS SDK integration isn't feasible, such as third-party or packaged software. Generate API keys in CloudWatch Settings—AWS creates the service-specific IAM user and credentials—and configure API key expirations (1, 5, 30, 90, or 365 days). To prevent unintended ingestion, enable bearer token authentication on each log group and consider service control policies to block creation of service-specific credentials.

🚀 Microsoft and NVIDIA announced deeper integration at NVIDIA GTC, extending Microsoft Foundry to support NVIDIA Nemotron models and to simplify building production agents. New Azure AI infrastructure optimized for inference and reasoning will bring Vera Rubin NVL72 into liquid‑cooled datacenters and add initial support on Azure Local. Foundry Agent Service, Control Plane observability and a Voice Live API preview aim to accelerate prototype‑to‑production paths, while Fabric–Omniverse links and a public Physical AI Toolchain support simulation‑to‑operations workflows.

⚙️Amazon SageMaker HyperPod task governance now supports dynamic idle resource sharing, letting teams borrow unallocated compute capacity beyond their guaranteed quotas. Administrators can set both percentage-based and absolute borrow limits for resource types such as accelerators, vCPU, and memory to ensure fair distribution. HyperPod automatically recalculates borrowable resources as instances and quota policies change, and eligible ready, schedulable instances—including partitioned GPU configurations—contribute to the borrowable pool. This capability is available for EKS-based HyperPod clusters across multiple AWS Regions.

🔗 Amazon Neptune now supports reading S3 data directly from openCypher via the new neptune.read() procedure. This lets users federate S3-resident datasets into queries without preloading them into the graph. The feature handles standard and Neptune-specific formats (geometry, datetime), uses the caller's IAM credentials for access, and is available in all regions where Neptune runs.

🚀 Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB 3 Enterprise now supports expanded multi-node clusters up to 15 nodes, enabling 1–4 combined writer/reader nodes, 0–13 dedicated reader-only nodes, plus a dedicated compactor node for long-term storage. Multi-node deployments distribute nodes across Availability Zones for improved fault tolerance and availability. You can add and remove nodes on Enterprise clusters, upgrade from Core to Enterprise, and configure custom topologies via the console, AWS CLI, or SDKs.

📤 Amazon SimpleDB now supports exporting domain data directly to Amazon S3 in standard JSON format. Exports run in the background with no impact on database performance and support cross-region and cross-account targets, multiple encryption options, and flexible S3 bucket configuration. The capability is available in all SimpleDB regions and is accessed via three new APIs — StartDomainExport, GetExport, and ListExports — with built-in rate limits; there is no additional charge for the tool, though standard data transfer fees apply.

🚀 Microsoft outlines how moving from legacy on-prem Oracle to Azure Database for PostgreSQL and the new Azure HorizonDB can reduce costs, boost performance, and improve agility. The post highlights an Apollo Hospitals migration that cut operational costs by 60%, improved uptime to 99.95%, and delivered a 3x performance gain. It also describes an AI-assisted Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migration tool integrated into VS Code that automates schema and application conversion, testing, and validation to reduce risk and accelerate adoption.

🔍 The new Gemini-powered assistant in BigQuery Studio makes the agent context-aware by integrating active query tabs with the chat interface, eliminating copy-paste and context-switching. It generates advanced SQL, including AI operators and federated queries, to support more complex analyses from simple prompts. Built-in job analysis examines job history to diagnose long-running queries, failures, and cost drivers while respecting access permissions.

📧 Amazon Connect now lets agents forward email contacts to external email addresses and distribution lists directly from the Agent workspace and Contact Center Panel. When forwarded, agents retain ownership and the complete communication trail of the original contact, keeping a single point of contact for customers. This streamlines collaboration with back-office teams, subject matter experts, partners, and stakeholders. Email forwarding is available in multiple AWS regions.

🔒 AWS Security Agent now integrates with AWS Service Quotas, giving teams a centralized view of applied limits and utilization for security workloads. Users can request quota increases through the Service Quotas console, and eligible requests are automatically approved to reduce manual intervention. The update explicitly covers pentesting limits, including action hours and concurrent pentest jobs, helping security and development teams scale testing without unexpected constraints.

📈 Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals now includes three console-based SLO capabilities: SLO Recommendations, Service-Level SLOs, and SLO Performance Report. The features analyze 30 days of service metrics (P99 latency and error rates) to suggest validated, data-driven SLO targets and allow customers to approve recommendations before rollout. Service-Level SLOs provide a holistic view of service reliability across operations, while SLO Performance Report delivers calendar-aligned historical analysis for daily, weekly, and monthly intervals. These updates aim to reduce misconfigured thresholds and alert fatigue and are available in all Regions where Application Signals runs; pricing is usage-based with per-SLO charges.

🚀Amazon MSK now supports Standard brokers on AWS Graviton3-based M7g instances in the Africa (Cape Town) region. M7g brokers deliver up to 24% compute cost savings and up to 29% higher write and read throughput versus comparable M5-based MSK clusters. You can create new clusters with M7g brokers or upgrade existing M5 clusters via the Amazon MSK console or AWS CLI; consult the Amazon MSK Developer Guide for implementation details.

🔒 Cloud Run now supports direct Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP) integration and a new option to allow public access compatible with Domain Restricted Sharing. Enable IAP with a single click or via the --iap flag without provisioning load balancers, bringing context-aware, enterprise-grade authentication to serverless apps at no added load balancer cost. The 'Allow Public access' toggle disables the IAM invoker check to support public websites or private microservices that rely on network-level or organizational controls, and IAP’s CORS handling permits unauthenticated OPTIONS for preflight while authenticating other requests.

🚀 AWS now supports Rust on Lambda Managed Instances, enabling developers to run high-performance Rust functions on Lambda-managed EC2 instances while preserving Lambda’s operational simplicity. The integration exposes specialized compute configurations—latest-generation processors and high-bandwidth networking—and supports parallel request processing within each execution environment. Rust on Lambda Managed Instances is available today in all Regions where the service is offered.