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We’re properly settled into 2025 by now, however many individuals are nonetheless catching up with all of the thrilling new releases and bulletins that got here out of re:Invent final yr. There have been lots of of re:Invent recap occasions around the globe because the starting of the yr, together with in-person all-day official AWS occasions with a number of tracks that can assist you uncover and dive deeper into the releases you care about, in addition to group and digital occasions.
Final month, I used to be fortunate to be a co-host for AWS EMEA re:Invent re:Cap which was a virtually 4-hour livestream with specialists that includes demos, whiteboard periods, and a dwell Q&A. The excellent news is you could now watch it on-demand! We had a terrific crew and 1000’s of individuals loved studying by way of the digital expertise. I like to recommend you test it out or share it with colleagues who haven’t been in a position to attend any re:Invent re:Cap occasions.
The Korean crew additionally did a tremendous job internet hosting their very own digital re:Invent re:Cap occasion, and it’s additionally now obtainable on-demand. So when you communicate Korean I do suggest you test it out.
Should you’re extra of a reader, then we have now a deal with for you. You possibly can obtain the total official re:Invent re:Cap deck with all of the slides overlaying releases throughout all areas by visiting group.aws! Whereas there, you can even examine all of the upcoming in-person re:Invent re:Cap group occasions remaining throughout the globe for an opportunity to nonetheless attend a type of in a metropolis close to you.
However as we all know, new releases, bulletins, and updates don’t cease at re:Invent. Each week there are much more, and for this reason we have now this Weekly Roundup sequence you could learn each Monday to get the AWS information highlights from the week earlier than.
So right here’s what caught my consideration final week.
Final week’s AWS Launches
Should you use AWS Step Features chances are you’ll be interested by these:
Amazon Q Developer additionally received a few updates:
Listed below are another releases that caught my consideration this week from a wide range of different AWS providers:
AWS CloudFormation introduces stack refactoring – Now you can break up your CloudFormation stacks, transfer sources from one stack to a different, and alter the logical identify of sources inside the similar stack. This provides quite a lot of flexibility enabling you to maintain up with modifications inside your group and architectures, resembling streamlining useful resource lifecycle administration for current stacks, maintaining with naming conference modifications, and different instances. You possibly can refactor your stacks by utilizing the AWS command line interface (CLI) or AWS SDK.
AWS Config now helps 4 new launch varieties – AWS Config is nice for monitoring sources throughout your AWS surroundings and assist you in the direction of making certain alignment together with your firm and safety insurance policies in addition to compliance necessities. It now has 4 new varieties of sources enabling you to watch Amazon VPC block public entry settings, any exceptions made inside these settings, in addition to monitor S3 Categorical One Zone bucket insurance policies and listing bucket settings.
Automated restoration of Microsoft SQL Server on EC2 instan ces with VSS – Now you can use a brand new characteristic known as Quantity Shadow Copy Companies (VSS) to backup Microsoft SQL Server databases to Amazon Elastic Block Retailer (EBS) snapshots whereas the database is working. You possibly can then use AWS Techniques Supervisor Automation Runbook to set a restoration level of time of your choice and it’ll restore the database mechanically out of your VSS-based EBS snapshot with out incurring any downtime.
For a full checklist of AWS bulletins, you should definitely control the What’s New with AWS web page.
Different updates
Upcoming modifications to the AWS Safety Token Service (AWS STS) world endpoint – To assist enhance the resiliency and efficiency of your functions, we’re making modifications to the AWS STS world endpoint (https://sts.amazonaws.com), with no motion required from prospects. Beginning in early 2025, requests to the STS world endpoint will likely be mechanically served in the identical Area as your AWS deployed workloads. For instance, in case your utility calls sts.amazonaws.com from the US West (Oregon) Area, your calls will likely be served regionally within the US West (Oregon) Area as an alternative of being served by the US East (N. Virginia) Area. These modifications will likely be launched within the coming weeks and we are going to step by step roll it out to AWS Areas which might be enabled by default by mid-2025.
On the lookout for some studying suggestions? At first of yearly Dr. Werner Vogles, VP and CTO of Amazon, publishes an inventory of beneficial books that he believes ought to have your consideration. This yr’s checklist is wanting notably good in my view!
Upcoming AWS and group occasions
AWS Public Sector Day London, February 27 — Be part of public sector leaders and innovators to discover how AWS is enabling digital transformation in authorities, training, and healthcare.
AWS Innovate GenAI + Information Version — A free on-line convention specializing in generative AI and information improvements. Out there in a number of Areas: APJC and EMEA (March 6), North America (March 13), Larger China Area (March 14), and Latin America (April 8).
Browse extra upcoming AWS led in-person and digital developer-focused occasions.
That’s it for this week! See you subsequent time 🙂
