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AWS – Real-time audio and Microsoft Server 2022 support are now available on Amazon AppStream 2.0 multi-session fleets
Amazon AppStream 2.0 announces support for real-time audio conferencing on multi-session fleets. Additionally, you can now launch multi-session fleets powered by Microsoft Windows Server 2022 operating system and take the advantage of latest operating systems features. Multi-session fleets enable IT admins to host multiple end-user sessions on a single AppStream 2.0 instance, helping customers to […]
Azure – Public Preview: Analyze data using Log Analytics Simple mode
Azure Monitor Logs is excited to introduce the next leap in log experience: Simple mode. Simple Mode allows users to utilize Azure Monitor Logs in a simple, point-and-click experience, eliminating the need for KQL for most common use cases. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview: Azure NetApp Files support for Active Directory connection per NetApp account
Azure NetApp Files support for one Active Directory connection per NetApp account now enables connecting a NetApp account to its own distinct Active Directory Forest and Domain. Azure NetApp Files can now be used with more than one Active Directory Forest and Domain in a region under a subscription. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview: Azure Load Balancer now supports Admin State
Override Azure Load Balancer’s health probe behavior on a per backend pool instance basis using the new Load Balancer Admin State feature to make taking your VM out of rotation for maintenance easy. Read More for the details.
Azure – Feature Update: Azure Action Groups
Customers using action groups with the notification type Email Resource Manager Role may see that different or more users are getting emails than were previously. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS AppSync now supports long running events with asynchronous Lambda function invocations
AWS AppSync now allows customers to invoke their Lambda functions, configured as AppSync data sources, in an event-driven manner. This new capability enables asynchronous execution of Lambda functions, providing more flexibility and scalability for serverless and event-driven applications. Previously, customers could only invoke Lambda functions synchronously from AppSync, which meant that the GraphQL API would […]
AWS – Amazon Cognito user pools now support the ability to customize access tokens
In December 2023, Amazon Cognito user pools announced the ability to enrich identity and access tokens with custom attributes in the form of OAuth 2.0 scopes and claims. Today, we are expanding this functionality to support complex custom attributes such as arrays, maps and JSON objects in both identity and access tokens. You can now […]
AWS – Amazon Bedrock announces new Converse API
Today, Amazon Bedrock announces the new Converse API, which provides developers a consistent way to invoke Amazon Bedrock models removing the complexity to adjust for model-specific differences such as inference parameters. This API also simplifies managing multi-turn conversations by enabling developers to provide conversational history in a structured way as part of the API request. […]
AWS – Amazon QuickSight is now available in Milan, Zurich, Cape Town and Jakarta Regions
Amazon QuickSight, which lets you easily create and publish interactive dashboards across your organization and embed data visualizations into your apps, is now available in Milan, Zurich, Cape Town and Jakarta Regions. New accounts are able to sign up for QuickSight with Milan, Zurich, Cape Town or Jakarta as their primary region, making SPICE capacity […]
AWS – Amazon EventBridge Scheduler adds new API request metrics for improved observability
Amazon EventBridge Scheduler now emits 12 new Amazon CloudWatch metrics allowing you to monitor API request rates for create, delete, get, list, and update API calls for Schedules and ScheduleGroups. You can now more effectively monitor your application’s performance when making calls to Scheduler’s APIs and proactively identify when you may need to increase your […]