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Amazon Location - Geofencing now supports multipolygon and polygon with exclusion zones

Amazon Location Service now supports multi-polygons and exclusion zones for complex geofencing, enabling non-contiguous area boundaries like California with offshore islands. Available in 17 AWS regions.

Amazon Bedrock now available in the Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region

Amazon Bedrock is now available in Asia Pacific (Melbourne), offering customers a fully managed service to build and scale generative AI apps using various foundation models via single API, with security features like Guardrails.

AWS Outposts servers now support service link static configuration

AWS Outposts servers now support static IP configuration for service link and DNS, eliminating DHCP requirements. Benefits customers with strict security needs.

Amazon EKS adds safety control to prevent accidental cluster deletion

Amazon EKS now supports deletion protection to prevent accidental cluster termination. When enabled, it requires explicit disablement before deletion, adding safety for critical environments.

OpenSearch UI supports Fine Grained Access Control by SAML attributes

Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports Fine Grained Access Control (FGAC) for OpenSearch UI via SAML/IAM federation, enabling precise data access control based on IdP user attributes.

AWS Budgets now supports Billing View for cross-account cost monitoring

AWS Budgets now supports Billing View, letting organizations create budgets across multiple accounts without management account access. Users can filter by cost tags or accounts.

Amazon EC2 M7i instances are now available in the Middle East (UAE) Region

Amazon EC2 M7i instances with custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon processors are now available in Middle East (UAE). They offer 15% better performance than comparable processors and 15% better price-performance vs M6i.

AWS Deadline Cloud now supports Autodesk VRED

AWS Deadline Cloud now supports Autodesk VRED rendering jobs, extending capabilities to Automotive/Manufacturing segments. This fully-managed service simplifies render management for teams creating graphics/VFX.

AWS Lambda now supports GitHub Actions to simplify function deployment

AWS Lambda now supports GitHub Actions for automated deployment of Lambda functions when code changes are pushed to repositories. This streamlines CI/CD pipelines by eliminating manual scripts.

Amazon OpenSearch Serverless adds support for Hybrid Search, AI connectors, and automations

Amazon OpenSearch Serverless adds Neural Search, Hybrid Search, Workflow API & AI connectors for RAG/semantic search. Available in 11 regions globally.

Amazon EC2 M7gd instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Seoul) Region

Amazon EC2 M7gd instances with up to 3.8TB local NVMe SSD storage now available in Asia Pacific (Seoul). These Graviton3-based instances offer 45% better NVMe performance vs Graviton2, use 60% less energy.

Amazon EC2 R7gd instances are now available in additional AWS Regions

Amazon EC2 R7gd instances with up to 3.8TB local NVMe SSD storage now available in Cape Town, Seoul, Milan & Tel Aviv. Powered by AWS Graviton3 processors, ideal for memory-intensive workloads like databases & analytics.

AWS Private CA expands AWS PrivateLink support to FIPS endpoints

AWS Private CA now supports AWS PrivateLink with FIPS endpoints in commercial and GovCloud regions, enabling private VPC connections instead of public internet access for compliance needs.

Amazon EC2 M7i and M7i-flex instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region

AWS launches M7i and M7i-flex EC2 instances in Asia Pacific (Osaka) with custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon processors. M7i-flex offers 19% better price-performance vs M6i for general workloads.

Amazon EC2 C7g instances now available in additional regions

Amazon EC2 C7g instances now available in Middle East (Bahrain), Africa (Cape Town), and Asia Pacific (Jakarta). Powered by AWS Graviton3 processors with 25% better performance than Graviton2, 60% less energy use.

AWS Outposts racks now support new Amazon CloudWatch metrics

AWS launched two new CloudWatch metrics for Outposts racks: VifConnectionStatus (shows if VIF is operational, 1=ready, 0=not ready) and VifBgpSessionState (BGP session state, 1-6 scale). These provide visibility into Local Gateway

Amazon RDS now supports Cumulative Update CU20 for Microsoft SQL Server 2022, and General Distribution Releases for Microsoft SQL Server 2016, 2017 and 2019.

Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports CU20 for SQL Server 2022 and GDR releases for 2016-2019, fixing CVE-2025-49717/18/19 vulnerabilities.

Amazon VPC Reachability Analyzer and Amazon VPC Network Access Analyzer are now available in five additional AWS Regions

AWS VPC Reachability Analyzer and Network Access Analyzer now available in 5 new regions. Tools help diagnose network connectivity issues and identify unintended access.

AWS Console Mobile App now offers access to AWS Support

AWS customers can now manage support cases via the AWS Console Mobile App. Users can view, reply to, create, resolve, and reopen cases on-the-go. The app offers biometric authentication, push notifications, and in-app browser access.

Amazon DynamoDB adds support for Console-to-Code

Amazon DynamoDB now supports Console-to-Code powered by Amazon Q Developer. This feature records console actions and uses AI to generate infrastructure-as-code in formats like AWS CDK or CloudFormation.

Amazon QuickSight now supports connectivity to Apache Impala

Amazon QuickSight now offers a native Apache Impala connector, allowing users to connect with username/password credentials and import data into SPICE. Available across multiple regions globally.

Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 now offers up to 30% performance improvement

Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 now offers 30% better performance on platform version 3 and scales from 0-256 ACUs. New clusters launch on latest version; existing ones need restart to upgrade. Available in all AWS regions.

OpenAI open weight models now in Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker JumpStart

AWS now offers OpenAI's open weight models (gpt-oss-120b, gpt-oss-20b) via Amazon Bedrock and SageMaker JumpStart. These models excel at coding and reasoning with 128K context.

Automated Reasoning checks is now available in Amazon Bedrock Guardrails

AWS launches Automated Reasoning checks in Amazon Bedrock Guardrails, using formal verification to validate AI model outputs with up to 99% accuracy in detecting correct responses and hallucinations. Available in 6 regions.

Amazon EC2 C8g instances now available in additional regions

Amazon EC2 C8g instances with AWS Graviton4 processors are now available in 4 Asia Pacific regions. They deliver 30% better performance than Graviton3, support compute-intensive workloads, and offer 12 sizes.

AWS Parallel Computing Service now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)

AWS Parallel Computing Service (PCS) now supports IPv6 for Slurm endpoints, allowing workloads in IPv6-only or dual-stack VPCs to meet compliance requirements.

Amazon RDS io2 Block Express now available in all commercial regions

Amazon RDS io2 Block Express volumes are now available in all commercial regions (except GovCloud & China). They offer sub-millisecond latency, 99.999% durability, up to 64 TiB, 4,000 MB/s throughput, 256,000 IOPS at io1 pricing.

AWS Elastic Beanstalk now supports FIPS 140-3 enabled interface VPC endpoints

AWS Elastic Beanstalk now supports FIPS 140-3 validated VPCE endpoints, enabling secure PrivateLink connections with government-compliant encryption. Available in all US Commercial Regions.

AWS Resource Explorer supports 120 new resource types

AWS Resource Explorer now supports 120 additional resource types across all commercial regions, including services like API Gateway, Bedrock, Kendra, and SageMaker. This expands search capabilities for various AWS resources.

AWS announces general availability of Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS)

AWS launches Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS), enabling VMware Cloud Foundation to run in Amazon VPC. Offers flexible management, cost options, and license portability across 6 regions.