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AWS – AWS Lake Formation now supports Tag-based access control (TBAC)
AWS Lake Formation now supports tagging data lake resources (databases, tables and columns) and creating logical access control policies based on those tags. Tag-based access control (TBAC) decouples policy creation from resource creation which helps data stewards govern large number of databases, tables, and columns by removing the need to update policies every time a […]

AWS – Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics now supports RollbackApplication, ListApplicationVersions, and DescribeApplicationVersion APIs in preview
Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics for Apache Flink now supports three new application management APIs in preview. RollbackApplication allows you to restore your application to the last running version and application state from the most recent, successful snapshot. ListApplicationVersions allows you to get all application versions and a summary of the associated configurations. DescribeApplicationVersion gives you […]

AWS – Amazon EKS managed node groups adds support for Kubernetes node taints
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) managed node groups now supports Kubernetes node taints, simplifying node lifecycle management for clusters with varying application resource requirements. Read More for the details.

AWS – Announcing Amazon RDS for SQL Server on AWS Outposts
Amazon RDS for SQL Server on AWS Outposts is now available to all AWS Outposts customers. Amazon RDS on AWS Outposts allows you to deploy fully managed database instances in your on-premises environments. AWS Outposts is a fully managed service that extends AWS infrastructure, AWS services, APIs, and tools to virtually any datacenter, co-location space, […]

AWS – AWS Certificate Manager Private Certificate Authority is now available in the Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region
AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) Private Certificate Authority (CA) is now available in the Asia Pacific (Osaka) region. This regional expansion extends the availability of ACM Private CA across the globe, increasing the number of regions to 22. The Osaka region only supports CAs with the private key stored in a FIPS 140-2 level 2 HSM. […]

AWS – Amazon EMR on EKS is now available in the EU (Paris and Stockholm) region
Starting today, Amazon EMR on Amazon EKS is now available in the EU (Paris and Stockholm) region. Read More for the details.

AWS – New digital training and AWS Certification Guide for AWS End User Computing
We’re excited to add seven free, digital training courses to the series of AWS End User Computing Digital Training curriculums. Use these new Amazon WorkSpaces Deep Dive and Amazon AppStream 2.0 Primer courses to learn how to administer, optimize, and troubleshoot your cloud-based desktops and applications. Designed for desktop or virtual desktop infrastructure managers and […]

Azure – General availability: Azure IoT Central new and updated features—April 2021
April updates include API general availability, new guidance articles, dashboard updates, IoT Edge updates, and device connectivity events. Read More for the details.

AWS – Announcing the General Availability of AWS Local Zones in Boston, Houston, and Miami
Today we are announcing the general availability of AWS Local Zones in Boston, Houston, and Miami. Customers can now use these new AWS Local Zones to deliver applications that require single-digit millisecond latency to end-users or on-premises installations in Boston, Houston, and Miami metro areas. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Fraud Detector now supports AWS CloudFormation
Amazon Fraud Detector now supports AWS CloudFormation for creating and configuring Amazon Fraud Detector resources such as detectors and rules along with the rest of your AWS infrastructure. Amazon Fraud Detector is a fully managed service that makes it easy to identify potentially fraudulent online activities, such as the creation of fake accounts or online […]