Tag: SysAdmin

Amazon SageMaker Notebook instance now supports self-service migration, allowing you to update your notebook instance platform identifier through the UpdateNotebookInstance API. This enables you to seamlessly transition from unsupported platform identifiers (notebook-al1-v1, notebook-al2-v1, notebook-al2-v2) to supported versions (notebook-al2-v3, notebook-al2023-v1). With the new PlatformIdentifier parameter in the UpdateNotebookInstance API, you can update to newer versions of the Notebook instance platform while preserving your existing data and configurations. The platform identifier determines which Operating System and JupyterLab version combination your notebook instance runs. This self-service capability s

AWS Elastic Beanstalk now enables customers to build and deploy Node.js 24 applications on Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023) platform. This latest platform support allows developers to leverage the newest features and improvements in Node.js while taking advantage of the enhanced security and performance of AL2023. AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a service that provides the ability to deploy and manage applications in AWS without worrying about the infrastructure that runs those applications. Node.js 24 on AL2023 delivers updates to the V8 JavaScript engine, npm 11, and security and performance improvements. Developers can create Elastic Beanstalk environments running Node.js 24 on AL2023 through the Elastic Beanstalk Console, CLI, or API. This platform is available in all commercial AWS Regions where Elastic Beanstalk is available, including the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. For a complete list of regions and service offerings, see

Amazon Connect Outbound Campaigns now supports WhatsApp, expanding on the WhatsApp Business messaging capabilities that already allow customers to contact your agents. You can now engage customers through proactive, automated campaigns on their preferred messaging platform, delivering timely communications such as appointment reminders, payment notifications, order updates, and product recommendations directly through WhatsApp. Setting up WhatsApp campaigns uses the same familiar Amazon Connect interface, where you can define your target audience, choose personalized message templates, schedule delivery times, and apply compliance guardrails, just as you do for SMS, voice, and email campaigns. Previously, Outbound Campaigns supported SMS, email, and voice channels, while WhatsApp was available only for customers to initiate conversations with your agents. With WhatsApp support in Outbound Campaigns, you can now proactively reach customers through an additional messaging pla

Today, Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) added support for accessing SES API endpoints through Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) endpoints. Customers use VPC endpoints to enable access to SES APIs for sending emails and managing their SES resource configuration. This release helps customers increase security in their VPCs. Previously, customers who ran their workloads in a VPC could access SES APIs by configuring an internet gateway resource in their VPC. This enabled traffic from the VPC to flow into the internet, and reach SES public API endpoints. Now, customers can use the VPC endpoints to access SES APIs without the need for an internet gateway, reducing the chances for activity in the VPC to be exposed to the internet.. SES supports VPC for SES API endpoints in all AWS Regions where SES is available. For more information

Amazon SES announces that the SES Mail Manager product is now available in 10 additional commercial AWS Regions. This expands coverage from the current 17 commercial AWS Regions where Mail Manager is launched, meaning that Mail Manager is now offered in all commercial Regions where SES offers its core Outbound service. SES Mail Manager allows customers to configure email routing and delivery mechanisms for their domains, and to have a single view of email governance, risk, and compliance solutions for all email workloads. Organizations commonly deploy Mail Manager to replace legacy hosted mail relays or simplify integration with third-party mailbox providers and email security solutions. Mail Manager also supports onward delivery to WorkMail mailboxes, built-in archiving with search and export capabilities, and integration with third-party security add-ons directly within the co

Amazon Bedrock introduces Global cross-Region inference for TwelveLabs' Pegasus 1.2, expanding model availability to 23 new regions in addition to the seven regions where the model was already available. You can now also access the model in all EU regions in Amazon Bedrock using Geographic cross-Region inference. Geographic cross-Region inference is ideal for workloads with data residency or compliance requirements within a specific geographic boundary, while Global cross-Region inference is recommended for applications that prioritize availability and performance across multiple geographies. Pegasus 1.2 is a powerful video-first language model that can generate text based on the visual, audio, and textual content within videos. Specifically designed for long-form video

Amazon OpenSearch Service now brings automatic semantic enrichment to managed clusters, matching the capability we launched for OpenSearch Serverless earlier this year. This feature allows you to leverage the power of semantic search with minimal configuration effort. Traditional lexical search only matches exact phrases, often missing relevant content. Automatic semantic enrichment understands context and meaning, delivering more relevant results. For example, a search for "eco-friendly transportation options" finds matches about "electric vehicles" or "public transportation"—even when these exact terms aren't present. This new capability handles all semantic processing automatically, eliminating the need to manage machine learning models. It supports both English-only and multi-lingual variants, covering 15 langu

Amazon Connect Customer Profiles now offers new segmentation capabilities powered by Spark SQL (Beta), enabling you to build sophisticated customer segments using your complete Customer Profiles data with AI assistance. You can: Access complete profile data: Use both custom objects and standard objects for segmentation Leverage SQL capabilities: Join objects, filter with statistical functions like percentiles, and standardize date fields for complex analysis Build segments with AI assistance: Use natural language prompts with the Segment AI assistant to automatically generate segment definitions in Spark SQL, or write SQL directly Validate before deployment: Review AI-generated SQL, view natural language explanations, and get automatic segment estimates For example, you can create segments like "customers who called customer services more than 3 times in the past month about ne

AWS Elastic Beanstalk now enables customers to build and deploy Python 3.14 applications on Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023) platform. This latest platform support allows developers to leverage the newest features and improvements in Python while taking advantage of the enhanced security and performance of AL2023. AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a service that provides the ability to deploy and manage applications in AWS without worrying about the infrastructure that runs those applications. Python 3.14 on AL2023 delivers enhanced interactive interpreter capabilities, improved error messages, important security and API improvements. Developers can create Elastic Beanstalk environments running Python 3.14 on AL2023 through the Elastic Beanstalk Console, CLI, or API. This platform is available in all commercial AWS Regions where Elastic Beanstalk is available, including the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. For a complete list of regions and service offerings, see

Today, AWS launches simplified enablement of AWS CloudTrail events in Amazon CloudWatch, a monitoring and logging service that helps you collect, monitor, and analyze log data from your AWS resources and applications. With this launch, you can now centrally configure collection of CloudTrail events in CloudWatch alongside other popular AWS log sources such as Amazon VPC flow logs and Amazon EKS Control Plane Logs. CloudWatch's ingestion experience provides a consolidated view that simplifies collecting telemetry from different sources for accounts in your AWS Organization thus ensuring comprehensive monitoring and data collection across your AWS environment. This new integration leverages service-linked channels