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AWS – Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL and Amazon RDS on AWS Outposts Now Supports PostgreSQL 14
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL and Amazon RDS on AWS Outposts now supports PostgreSQL major version 14. PostgreSQL 14 includes performance improvements for parallel queries, heavily-concurrent workloads, partitioned tables, logical replication, and vacuuming. PostgreSQL 14 also improves functionality with new capabilities such as long-running queries may be cancelled if the client disconnects, […]

AWS – Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) region
Customers in the AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region can now use Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS). Read More for the details.

AWS – Metrics now available for AWS PrivateLink
You can now access 5 new metrics for PrivateLink-based VPC Endpoints and Endpoint Services. AWS PrivateLink is a fully-managed private connectivity service that enables customers to access AWS services, third-party services or internal enterprise services hosted on AWS in a secure and scalable manner while keeping network traffic private. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon RDS Performance Insights now supports query execution plan capture for RDS for Oracle
Amazon RDS Performance Insights now supports collection and tracking of query execution plans for Amazon RDS for Oracle, so you can more easily identify if a change in the query execution plan is the cause of a worse performing or a stuck query. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Resilience Hub expands to 13 additional AWS Regions
AWS Resilience Hub, which provides a central place to define, validate, and track the resilience of your applications on AWS, has just launched in 13 additional AWS Regions: US West (N. California), Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Canada (Central), Europe (London), Europe (Milan), Europe […]

AWS – Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) now supports Apache Airflow version 2.2 and Web Server Plugins
You can now create Apache Airflow 2.2 environments on Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA). Apache Airflow 2.2 is the latest version of the popular open-source tool that helps customers author, schedule, and monitor workflows. Further, MWAA will install Python requirements, provider packages, and plugins on the Airflow web server starting with 2.2 environments. Read […]

AWS – Amazon QuickSight adds comparative and cumulative date/time calculations
Amazon QuickSight now supports comparative (e.g., year-over-year) and cumulative (e.g., year-to-date) time period functions. These new functions allow QuickSight authors to quickly implement advanced date/time calculations without having to use complicated row offsets or pre-computed columns, allowing these calculations to be added in regular business reporting, trend analysis and time series analysis. For further details, […]

AWS – AWS IoT Greengrass is now available in Canada (Central) region
AWS IoT Greengrass is now available in Canada (Central) region. AWS IoT Greengrass is an Internet of Things (IoT) edge runtime and cloud service that helps customers build, deploy, and manage device software. With AWS IoT Greengrass, customers can have their connected devices run AWS Lambda functions, Docker containers, or both, execute predictions based on […]

Azure – Public preview: Multitasking in the cost analysis preview
Azure Cost Management has a new tabbed experience to streamline analysis as you drill into costs. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview: Azure Percept DK January (2201) software update is available
The Azure Percept January update includes fixes related to security. Read More for the details.