Amazon Connect now supports scheduling of individual agents, giving you more flexibility in scheduling your workforce. For example, when onboarding 100 new agents to a business unit with schedules already published for next two months, you can create schedules for only those new agents and automatically merge them with existing schedules. This eliminates the need […]

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) now extends the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) support to publicly accessible databases, in addition to the existing support for privately accessible databases within a VPC. This allows you to configure dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6) connectivity for your publicly accessible RDS and Aurora databases. IPv6 provides an expanded address space, […]

Today, AWS announced the ability for Amazon VPC IP Address Manager (IPAM) to automate prefix lists updates with prefix list resolver (PLR). This feature allows network administrators to automatically update prefix lists based on their business logic in IPAM improving their operational posture and reducing overhead. Using IPAM PLR, you can define business rules for […]

Today, AWS announces the general availability of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Proxy for AWS, a client-side proxy that enables MCP clients to connect to remote, AWS-hosted MCP servers using AWS SigV4 authentication. The Proxy supports popular agentic AI development tools like Amazon Q Developer CLI, Kiro, Cursor, and popular agent frameworks like Strands Agents. […]

AWS Marketplace now offers flexible pricing models, simplified authentication, and streamlined deployment for AI agents and tools. The new capabilities include contract-based and usage-based pricing for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime containers, and simplified OAuth credential management through Quick Launch for API-based AI agents and tools. Customers can also use supported remote MCP servers procured through […]

AWS announces USB redirection support for WorkSpaces running Amazon DCV protocol, enabling users to access locally connected USB devices from their virtual desktop environments. With this feature, customers can now connect a wide range of USB peripherals to their virtual desktops, including credit card readers, 3D mice, and other specialized devices. USB redirection addresses the […]

Amazon announces the expansion of the TwelveLabs’ Pegasus 1.2 video understanding model to the US East (Ohio), US West (N. California), and Europe (Frankfurt) AWS Regions. This expansion makes it easier for customers to build and scale generative AI applications that can understand and interact with video content at an enterprise level. Pegasus 1.2 is […]

You can now create Amazon S3 Access Grants in the AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) and AWS Mexico (Central) Regions. Amazon S3 Access Grants map identities in directories such as Microsoft Entra ID, or AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) principals, to datasets in S3. This helps you manage data permissions at scale by automatically granting […]

Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) announces support for linear and canary deployment strategies, giving you more flexibility and control when deploying containerized applications. These new strategies complement ECS built-in blue/green deployments, enabling you to choose the traffic shifting approach that best matches your application’s risk profile and validation requirements. With linear deployments, you can gradually […]