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Most Recent Announcements from AWS

Date Announcement
Dec 21 AWS Config Rules Available in US West (N. California) and Asia Pacific (Seoul)
Dec 21 Amazon Kinesis Streams is Now Available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Region
Dec 21 Amazon WorkMail redesigned web client offers users a better email experience
Dec 21 Amazon EC2 Systems Manager now offers Patch Management
Dec 21 Amazon Kinesis Firehose can now prepare and transform streaming data before loading it to data stores
Dec 20 AWS IoT Available in the Ohio Region
Dec 20 AWS Schema Conversion Tool now Converts Schema and Runs a Migration
Dec 20 Amazon EMR now supports events and notifications with Amazon CloudWatch Events
Dec 20 Amazon RDS now supports copying encrypted snapshots of encrypted DB instances across regions
Dec 20 Amazon RDS Supports Easy Migration from RDS MySQL to RDS MariaDB

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What's New by Category

Compute

Date Announcement
Dec 20 Amazon ECS Supports Windows Server Containers
Dec 16 AWS Elastic Beanstalk Support for Restoring Terminated Environments
Dec 15 Amazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts are now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Region
Dec 15 Now available: EC2 Convertible RIs and the RI regional benefit in AWS GovCloud (US) region
Dec 09 AWS Elastic Beanstalk Supports Closer Integration with AWS X-Ray

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Storage

Date Announcement
Dec 21 Amazon Kinesis Firehose can now prepare and transform streaming data before loading it to data stores
Nov 30 Move Exabyte-Scale Data Sets with AWS Snowmobile
Nov 30 Announcing AWS Snowball Edge
Nov 29 AWS Storage Gateway price reductions
Nov 29 Revolutionizing S3 Storage Management with 4 new features

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Databases

Date Announcement
Dec 21 Amazon Kinesis Firehose can now prepare and transform streaming data before loading it to data stores
Dec 20 Amazon RDS now supports copying encrypted snapshots of encrypted DB instances across regions
Dec 20 Amazon RDS Supports Easy Migration from RDS MySQL to RDS MariaDB
Dec 20 Amazon ElastiCache now supports Memcached version 1.4.33
Dec 14 Announcing spatial indexes and zero-downtime patching for Amazon Aurora

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Migration

Date Announcement
Dec 05 AWS Database Migration Service Officially Supports SSL for Oracle databases
Nov 30 Move Exabyte-Scale Data Sets with AWS Snowmobile
Nov 30 Announcing AWS Snowball Edge
Nov 17 AWS Schema Conversion Tool Adds Netezza and Greenplum Sources
Oct 24 New AWS Server Migration Service (SMS) makes it easier and faster to migrate on-premises servers to AWS

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Networking & Content Delivery

Date Announcement
Dec 20 On-premises access to Amazon EFS via AWS Direct Connect Available in US East (N. Virginia) Region
Dec 01 Announcing Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) support for EC2 instances in Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Nov 30 Announcing Regional Edge Caches for Amazon CloudFront
Nov 23 Amazon CloudFront adds new Edge Locations in Minneapolis, MN, Berlin, Germany and our Fourth in London, England
Nov 21 Amazon Route 53 Now Supports Health Checks of IPv6 Endpoints

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Developer Tools

Date Announcement
Dec 14 AWS CodePipeline Available in Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region
Dec 09 AWS Elastic Beanstalk Supports Closer Integration with AWS X-Ray
Dec 07 AWS CodePipeline Available in South America (São Paulo) Region
Dec 01 Announcing AWS CodeBuild
Dec 01 Announcing AWS X-Ray

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Management Tools

Date Announcement
Dec 21 AWS Config Rules Available in US West (N. California) and Asia Pacific (Seoul)
Dec 21 Amazon EC2 Systems Manager now offers Patch Management
Dec 14 Amazon CloudWatch adds detailed billing to CloudWatch Logs
Dec 14 Amazon CloudWatch adds support for evenly distributing log data from CloudWatch Logs to Amazon Kinesis
Dec 07 Record and govern Amazon Redshift configurations with AWS Config

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Security, Identity & Compliance

Date Announcement
Dec 07 AWS WAF is now available on the Application Load Balancer (ALB)
Dec 01 Introducing AWS Shield
Nov 29 Announcing AWS Organizations, Now in Preview
Nov 16 Amazon EMR now supports fine-grained access control using cluster tags
Nov 16 Now available: IAM console updates that make it easier to create and manage users

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Analytics

Date Announcement
Dec 21 Amazon Kinesis Firehose can now prepare and transform streaming data before loading it to data stores
Dec 20 Amazon EMR now supports events and notifications with Amazon CloudWatch Events
Dec 16 Amazon QuickSight Enterprise Edition Now Available
Dec 14 Amazon CloudWatch adds support for evenly distributing log data from CloudWatch Logs to Amazon Kinesis
Dec 09 Amazon Redshift now supports Python UDF logging module

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Artificial Intelligence

Date Announcement
Nov 30 Introducing Amazon Rekognition
Nov 30 Introducing Amazon Polly
Nov 30 Introducing Amazon Lex, now in Preview
Aug 02 Compute and Completion Time for Object Creation Now Available in the Amazon ML Console, API, and AWS SDKs
Jul 26 Now Access CloudWatch Metrics directly from the Amazon ML Console

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Mobile Services

Date Announcement
Dec 15 Amazon Cognito Adds Groups, Fine-Grained Role-Based Access Control, and US East (Ohio) and Asia Pacific (Sydney) Regions
Dec 08 Simulate mobile connections and conditions with AWS Device Farm
Dec 01 Introducing Amazon Pinpoint
Dec 01 Enhanced Context for Custom Authorizers in Amazon API Gateway
Dec 01 Document Your API with Amazon API Gateway

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Application Services

Date Announcement
Dec 01 Introducing AWS Step Functions
Dec 01 Enhanced Context for Custom Authorizers in Amazon API Gateway
Dec 01 Document Your API with Amazon API Gateway
Dec 01 Amazon API Gateway Integration with AWS Marketplace
Nov 21 Amazon API Gateway Available in US West (N. California)

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Messaging

Date Announcement
Dec 01 Introducing Amazon Pinpoint
Nov 21 Amazon SES Now Offers Dedicated IP Addresses
Nov 17 Amazon SQS Introduces FIFO Queues with Exactly-Once Processing and Lower Prices for Standard Queues
Nov 02 Amazon SES Now Provides Fine-Grained Email Sending Metrics
Aug 31 New Amazon CloudWatch metric for Amazon SQS monitors the age of the oldest message

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Business Productivity

Date Announcement
Dec 21 Amazon WorkMail redesigned web client offers users a better email experience
Dec 19 Amazon WorkMail interoperability with Microsoft Exchange Server now supports a unified global address book
Nov 22 Amazon WorkDocs increases default storage to 1TB, enhances commenting, and updates sync clients
Nov 21 Amazon WorkMail now allows you to use journaling to support compliance requirements
Nov 17 Amazon WorkDocs Administrative SDK is now in public preview

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Desktop & App Streaming

Date Announcement
Dec 15 Amazon WorkSpaces tags now also apply to Amazon WorkSpaces Application Manager
Dec 01 Introducing Amazon AppStream 2.0: Stream desktop applications from AWS
Nov 29 Amazon WorkSpaces introduces Windows 10 desktop experience
Nov 18 Amazon WorkSpaces now allows you to access your virtual cloud desktop using Chrome and Firefox
Nov 15 Amazon WorkSpaces introduces new Graphics bundles

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Internet of Things

Date Announcement
Dec 20 AWS IoT Available in the Ohio Region
Nov 30 Announcing AWS Greengrass, now in limited preview
Nov 30 Announcing an Improved AWS IoT Button Developer Experience
Nov 30 Announcing the AWS IoT Button Enterprise Program, now in limited preview
Nov 29 AWS Partner Network Launches New Competency, IoT Partner Solutions

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Game Development

Date Announcement
Dec 06 Amazon GameLift expands to 5 more regions across Europe, Asia-Pacific and South America
Nov 18 Amazon GameLift Adds On Demand Fleet and Instance Access
Nov 03 Amazon Lumberyard Beta 1.6 now available, introduces Twitch Metastream and more
Sep 29 Amazon Game Studios Announce Breakaway
Sep 22 Amazon Lumberyard Beta 1.5 now available, adds Asset Builder SDK, OSVR support, new components, and more

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AWS Marketplace & Partners

Date Announcement
Dec 05 JIRA Service Desk Data Center now available on the AWS Cloud with AWS Quick Start
Nov 29 Introducing the AWS Service Delivery Program
Nov 29 AWS Partner Network Launches New Competency, Financial Services Partner Solutions
Nov 29 The AWS Partner Network (APN) makes it easier to find the right APN Partner to engage through the Partner Solutions Finder
Nov 29 AWS Partner Network Launches New Competency, IoT Partner Solutions

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Developers

Date Announcement
May 02 Announcing AWS DevDay in San Francisco
Mar 14 AWS SDK for C++ - Developer Preview
Nov 19 AWS SDK for Go - General Availability Blog
Aug 05 Welcome New AWS Community Heroes Blog
Jun 03 AWS SDK for Go - Developer Preview

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Government & Public Sector

Date Announcement
Dec 21 Amazon Kinesis Streams is Now Available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Region
Dec 15 Amazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts are now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Region
Dec 15 Now available: EC2 Convertible RIs and the RI regional benefit in AWS GovCloud (US) region
Oct 27 Amazon EC2 Auto Recovery is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Region
Oct 19 AWS Educate Adds Cloud Learning Pathways for Students

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Start-Ups

Date Announcement
Sep 18 We’re Back! Starting October 1st, the AWS Pop-up Loft is Relaunching in San Francisco Blog
Aug 22 AWS Pop-up Loft - Returning in the Fall Blog
May 27 Visit the AWS Pop-up Loft in San Francisco Blog
May 14 Announcing new features in AWS Activate: Startup Blog, Startup Spotlight, and the Amazon Toolbox Blog
Mar 03 Announcing new features in AWS Activate Blog

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Pricing

Date Announcement
Dec 14 Track your Reserved Instance (RI) Utilization in AWS Cost Explorer
Dec 12 New Cost Allocation Tag features include on-demand refresh, AWS-generated tags and more!
Sep 19 New Filtering Options for AWS Cost Explorer
Dec 09 Announcing AWS Price List API, Programmatic Access to AWS Prices Blog
Aug 12 New Free Tier Usage Monitoring – View Your Current and Forecasted Free Tier-eligible Service Usage
Jun 29 New Forecasting Capability in Cost Explorer – View Forecasted Costs together with Historical Costs
Jun 29 AWS Introduces Budgets – A Simple Way to Manage your AWS Costs
Jun 18 Get Billed and Pay in Canadian Dollars
Apr 08 Introducing Cost Explorer: View and analyze your historical AWS spend
Jan 21 Announcing New Amazon EC2 M3 Instance Sizes and Lower Prices for Amazon S3 and Amazon EBS Blog

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Global Infrastructure

Date Announcement
Dec 20 On-premises access to Amazon EFS via AWS Direct Connect Available in US East (N. Virginia) Region
Dec 13 Announcing the AWS Europe (London) Region
Dec 08 Announcing the AWS Canada (Central) Region
Oct 17 Announcing the AWS US East (Ohio) Region
Jun 27 Announcing the AWS Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region Blog

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Training & Certification

Date Announcement
Nov 22 Now Available: Updated AWS Business and Technical Accreditations for APN Partners
Oct 24 First AWS Certification Study Guide Now Available
Jul 20 Four New AWS Training Bootcamps to Help You Build Technical Skills
Jun 30 Learn AWS Security Fundamentals with Free and Online Training Blog
Jun 02 New Data Warehousing on AWS Training Available

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Support

Date Announcement
Nov 18 Trusted Advisor enables automated actions and custom notifications
Sep 22 AWS Well-Architected Reviews now available with the Enterprise Support Plan Blog
Sep 15 Enterprise Support customers now receive credits toward self-paced training
Aug 18 AWS Trusted Advisor adds three new checks to verify connection redundancy for Direct Connect
Jun 23 AWS Support enables tagging capabilities for Trusted Advisor

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