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AWS – Amazon Aurora Global Database supports read replica write forwarding
An Amazon Aurora Global Database now supports forwarding of write requests from a secondary region to the primary region, to simplify the development of your application code. Read More for the details.

AWS – New digital course on edX: Migrating to the AWS Cloud
AWS Training and Certification has launched Migrating to the AWS Cloud, a self-paced digital course available on edX. This course helps you build skills by providing foundational knowledge on migrating to the AWS Cloud using AWS products and services. Read More for the details.

AWS – Enable WebRTC simulcast to improve video performance for applications built with the Amazon Chime SDK
Starting today, you can use the Amazon Chime SDK for JavaScript to develop applications that automatically adapt to changing conditions to optimize the video experience for each meeting attendee. From the JavaScript SDK, you can now enable the simulcast feature, supported by the underlying WebRTC library. Once enabled, each client joining an Amazon Chime SDK […]

AWS – Amazon SES can now send notifications when the delivery of an email is delayed
Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) customers can now receive event notifications when the delivery of an email is delayed because of a temporary issue. Previously, if the delivery of an email was temporarily delayed (for example, if the recipient’s inbox was full, or if there was a temporary problem with the receiving email server), […]

AWS – AWS App Mesh controller for Kubernetes is now generally available
AWS App Mesh controller for Kubernetes provides a way to integrate AWS App Mesh with Kubernetes. It offers a Kubernetes-native experience to creating and updating the mesh. AWS App Mesh is a service mesh that provides application-level networking to make it easy for your services to communicate with each other across multiple types of compute […]

AWS – Amazon Route 53 Launches New API Action to list Private Hosted Zones associated with your Amazon VPCs
Beginning today, you can identify which Private Hosted Zones are associated with your VPCs by calling the new ListHostedZonesByVPC API action. This API action gives you better visibility into the associations between Private Hosted Zones and VPCs across your organization. For example, you can now easily identify all Private Hosted Zones associated with your VPC, […]

AWS – AWS App Mesh introduces timeout configuration support
You can now configure timeouts on your AWS App Mesh virtual nodes and individual routes. Configuring timeouts will allow you to add resiliency to your system with no changes to your services. AWS App Mesh is a service mesh that provides application-level networking to make it easy for your services to communicate with each other […]

AWS – Amazon WorkDocs refreshes the iOS app mobile UI to provide a new, simplified user experience
Starting today, users can experience a new, optimized user interface when they access Amazon WorkDocs from the WorkDocs iOS mobile application. This new user interface enhances accessibility, supports easier collaboration, and improves file and folder discoverability. Read More for the details.

AWS – CloudWatch Application Insights adds support for SQL Server High Availability configurations
Amazon CloudWatch Application Insights now supports monitoring for Microsoft SQL Server High Availability (HA) workloads enabling customers to easily set up metrics, logs, and alarms for their SQL Server HA workloads, and monitor the health of these database nodes. Customers can now use CloudWatch Application Insights to configure important counters such as Mirrored Write Transaction/sec, […]
AWS – Amazon Fraud Detector Preview now supports connectivity through AWS PrivateLink
You can now use AWS PrivateLink to privately access Amazon Fraud Detector from your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) without using public IPs and without requiring the traffic to traverse across the Internet. AWS PrivateLink provides private connectivity between Amazon VPCs, AWS services, and on-premises applications, securely on the Amazon network. Amazon Fraud Detector […]