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AWS – Enable RStudio on Amazon SageMaker support on your existing SageMaker Studio domains
Starting today, you can enable RStudio on Amazon SageMaker on your existing Amazon SageMaker Studio domains. This eliminates the administrative burden of decommissioning and re-creating your Studio domains to enable RStudio on SageMaker. You can also select whether all user profiles in the domain have access to RStudio on SageMaker by default or enable it […]

AWS – AWS Config now supports 13 new resource types
AWS Config now supports 13 more resource types for services including Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES), Amazon EventBridge, AWS Lightsail (Virtual Server), AWS DataSync, Amazon GuardDuty, AWS Fault Injection Simulator (Amazon FIS), Amazon CloudWatch real-user monitoring (Amazon RUM), and Amazon Backup. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Connect now provides “idle” chat participant events with auto close capability
Amazon Connect Chat now provides the ability to programmatically monitor the activity status of customers and agents participating in a chat conversation. A participant can be marked as “idle” based on a configurable inactivity timer which can trigger events such as an “Are you still there?” message to the customer. Additional timers can be configured […]

AWS – Announcing Reserved Nodes for Amazon MemoryDB for Redis
We are excited to announce the availability of reserved nodes for Amazon MemoryDB for Redis. Reserved nodes allow you to save up to 55% over On-Demand node prices in exchange for a usage commitment over a one- or three-year term. Reserved nodes are complementary to MemoryDB On-Demand nodes and give businesses flexibility to help reduce […]

AWS – Specify validation checks for CommaDelimitedList parameter with AWS CloudFormation
AWS CloudFormation now supports AllowedValues and AllowedPattern properties for CommaDelimitedList parameter type. You can use the CommaDelimitedList parameter type to specify multiple string values in a single parameter. For example, you can create three different subnets with their own VPC CIDR blocks, and use CommaDelimitedList to specify three different CIDR blocks. With these language enhancements, […]

AWS – AWS Storage Gateway management console simplifies file share creation for Amazon S3 File Gateway
AWS Storage Gateway now makes it simpler and faster for you to get started with setting up and managing your hybrid cloud storage workflow with Amazon S3 File Gateway. Using the Storage Gateway management console, you can now quickly create a new file share in a single step and just a few clicks: Choose between […]

AWS – Amazon Kendra releases ServiceNow Connector to index and search ServiceNow documents
Amazon Kendra is an intelligent search service powered by machine learning, enabling organizations to provide relevant information to customers and employees when they need it. Starting today, AWS customers can use the Amazon Kendra ServiceNow Connector to index and search documents from ServiceNow. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Kendra releases Salesforce Connector for easy and accurate content search in Salesforce
Amazon Kendra is an intelligent search service powered by machine learning enabling organizations to provide relevant information to customers and employees when they need it. Starting today, AWS customers can use the Amazon Kendra Salesforce Connector to index and search documents from Salesforce. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Network Firewall is now available in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region
Starting today, we are launching the AWS Network Firewall service in the AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region, enabling customers to deploy essential network protections for all their Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs). Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Organizations console adds support to centrally manage region opt-in settings on AWS accounts
Today, we are enhancing the AWS Organizations console to enable you to centrally view and update the region opt-in settings for your AWS accounts. With this launch, you can now use the console to easily perform these operations without logging into each account separately. We already launched Organizations console support for alternate contacts and primary […]