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AWS – Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock now supports private network policies for OpenSearch Serverless
Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) capability that allows you to connect foundation models (FMs) to internal company data sources to deliver more relevant, context-specific, and accurate responses. We are excited to announce that Knowledge Bases now supports private network policies for Amazon OpenSearch Serverless (OSS). Read More for […]
AWS – Private Access to the AWS Management Console is now available in all commercial AWS Regions
Starting today, you can now deploy AWS Management Console Private Access in US West (N. California), Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Canada (West), Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (Stockholm), Europe (Paris), Europe (Spain), Europe (Milan), Europe (Zurich), Middle East (Bahrain), Middle East (UAE), and South America […]
AWS – Amazon AppStream 2.0 can now launch IdP-initiated sessions using the Windows client
Amazon AppStream 2.0 now supports launching the client application for Windows from an Identity Provider (IdP)-initiated SAML 2.0 sign-in flow. This feature allows your end-users to sign in to SAML 2.0 IdPs using their system’s default web browser before transitioning into the streaming session in the Windows client. Read More for the details.
Azure – GA: Azure API Management Developer Portal Unveils Enhanced Features for Increased Developer Productivity
The API Management developer portal is an automatically generated, fully customizable website with the documentation of your APIs. It’s where API consumers can discover your APIs, learn how to use them, request access, and try them out. We recently improved the portal editor interface to boost your productivity and enhance the interactions with your favorite features […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for SQL Server supports Single-AZ Read Replica
Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports Single-AZ Read-Replicas using Always On Availability Groups (AOAG) for Enterprise Edition. This provides customer the option to create up to 15 number of read replicas from a Single-AZ Enterprise Edition source instance in the same region, or cross regions. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Transcribe launches Spanish language support for PII identification and redaction
Today, we are excited to announce Amazon Transcribe’s support for Personally Identifiable Information (PII) identification and redaction for Spanish (US) audio transcription, in addition to the existing support for English audio. Amazon Transcribe uses state-of-the-art machine learning technology to help identify sensitive information such as Social Security number, credit card/bank account information, and contact information […]
AWS – Announcing per-second billing for EC2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)-based instances
Effective April 1, 2024, AWS has extended per-second billing to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)-based instances running on Amazon EC2. Customers will pay for RHEL-based instances that are launched in On-Demand, Reserved, and Spot form in one second increments, with a minimum of one minute. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview: ExpressRoute Metro for High Resiliency
ExpressRoute lets you extend your on-premises networks into the Microsoft cloud over a private connection with the help of a connectivity provider. With ExpressRoute, you can establish connections to Microsoft cloud services, such as Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon EventBridge announces an improved Learn page and other console enhancements
Amazon EventBridge announces improvements to the Learn page in the console that make it easier for you to learn and get started with event-driven architectures. With this new page, you can now learn the basics of event-driven architectures, explore EventBridge capabilities, and understand how best to use Event Buses, Pipes, and Scheduler in your applications. […]
AWS – Partner Analytics is now Analytics and Insights
The AWS Partner Analytics Dashboard is now known as Analytics and Insights, covering more insights for your AWS Marketplace and APN businesses than ever. We’ve streamlined the interface and added several new features to help you better understand how to grow with AWS: The new Training and Certifications tab gives you self-service access to commonly […]