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AWS – Updated digital course: Architecting Serverless Solutions
The digital training course Architecting Serverless Solutions now offers hands-on learning with optional labs. You will now be able to learn how to benefit from new features such as Provisioned Concurrency, AWS Lambda Destinations, and error handling for streams. Read More for the details.
AWS – Digital course now on Coursera: Building Containerized Applications on AWS
We’re excited to announce the launch of Building Containerized Applications on AWS, a self-paced digital course available on Coursera. Using video lectures, hands-on exercise guides, demonstrations, and quizzes, the course explains what containers are, as well as the differences between containers and virtual machines. It also covers how to use AWS services to build and […]
AWS – AWS Elastic Beanstalk adds support for IMDSv2 and Service Linked Role for Managed Updates
Support for IMDSv2 AWS Elastic Beanstalk now supports IMDSv2, an on-instance component to securely access instance metadata. IMDSv2 comes with many enhancements, including support for session-oriented requests. Learn more about the IMDSV2 enhancements in this blog post. For an overview, see the Release Notes. To learn about configuring the instance metadata service in your Elastic […]
AWS – Amazon Aurora Snapshots can be managed via AWS Backup
AWS Backup adds Amazon Aurora database cluster snapshots as its latest protected resource. Starting today, you can use AWS Backup to manage Amazon Aurora database cluster snapshots. AWS Backup can centrally configure backup policies, monitor backup activity, copy a snapshot within and across AWS regions, except for China regions, where snapshots can only be copied from […]
AWS – Introducing AWS CodeArtifact: A fully managed software artifact repository service
AWS CodeArtifact is a fully managed software artifact repository service that makes it easy for organizations of any size to securely store, publish, and share packages used in their software development process. CodeArtifact eliminates the need for you to set up, operate, and scale the infrastructure required for artifact management so you can focus on […]
AWS – Amazon FSx is now available in the AWS Canada (Central) Region
Amazon FSx, a fully managed service that makes it easy to launch and run feature-rich and highly-performant file systems, is now available in the AWS Canada (Central) Region. With Amazon FSx, customers can leverage the rich feature sets and fast performance of widely-used open source and commercially-licensed file systems, while avoiding time-consuming administrative tasks like […]
Azure – Azure SQL Database serverless compute auto-scaling limits increase more than twofold
The maximum vCore limit for Azure SQL Database serverless has increased over twofold to 40 vCores. The higher limits provide greater compute auto-scaling headroom for serverless databases with more demanding workloads. Read More for the details.
AWS – EC2 Image Builder now supports connectivity through AWS PrivateLink
EC2 Image Builder is now integrated with AWS PrivateLink which enables customers to privately access EC2 Image Builder from Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (VPC) without using public IPs, and without requiring the traffic to traverse across the Internet. AWS PrivateLink provides private connectivity between VPCs, AWS services, and on-premises applications, securely on the Amazon network. […]
AWS – Amazon Pinpoint adds support for SMS, Push, and Custom Channels for Journeys
Amazon Pinpoint journeys gives marketing teams the flexibility they need to automate multi-step customer campaigns. Today, Amazon Pinpoint journeys expanded its capabilities to support notifications across SMS, Push, and custom channels. This helps marketers more effectively send the right message, to the right customer, over the best channel. Additionally, Amazon Pinpoint journeys now supports the […]
AWS – AWS Compute Optimizer Now Supports Exporting Recommendations to Amazon S3
Today, we are pleased to announce that AWS Compute Optimizer now supports exporting recommendations to Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3). Read More for the details.