Episode Summary: AWS Morning Brief for the week of July 14th, 2025, with Corey Quinn. Links: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/07/amazon-bedrock-api-keys-for-streamlined-development https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/07/amazon-p6e-gb200-ultraservers-gpu-performance-ec2 https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/07/aws-builder-center-available/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/07/oracle-database-aws-general-expands-networking-capabilities/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/evolve-your-amazon-dynamodb-tables-data-model/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/enterprise-strategy/business-value-of-developer-experience-improvements-amazons-15-9-breakthrough/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/use-k8sgpt-and-amazon-bedrock-for-simplified-kubernetes-cluster-maintenance/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery/aws-direct-connect-layer-1-explained-from-data-centers-to-cloud-connectivity/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/establishing-a-european-trust-service-provider-for-the-aws-european-sovereign-cloud/…

Links: Finch expands support to Ubuntu, streamlining container development across platforms Amazon CloudFront announces support for HTTPS DNS records Amazon Q Business launches the ability to customize responses Build the highest resilience apps with multi-Region strong consistency in Amazon DynamoDB global tables Leveling up Amazon RDS with AWS Graviton4: Benchmarks Build AWS architecture diagrams using Amazon Q CLI and MCP Using generative AI to help dog owners make smarter health decisions AWS Certificate Manager now supports exporting public certificates Remote access to AWS: A guide for hybrid workforces How to Use AWS Data Transfer Terminal…

AWS Morning Brief for the week of Monday, June 30th, with Corey Quinn. Links: What is AWS Security Hub? Amazon data center complex Code reviews in you IDE AWS Local Zones Features - AWS Last Week in AWS Slack community Amazon VPC raises default Route Table capacity Announcing Intelligent Search for re:Post and re:Post Private How to Set Up Automated Alerts for Newly Purchased AWS Savings Plans Introducing AWS Lambda native support for Avro and Protobuf formatted Apache Kafka events…

AWS Morning Brief for the week of June 23rd, 2025, with Corey Quinn. Links: AWS IAM now enforces MFA for root users across all account types AWS expands resource control policies (RCPs) support to two additional services One Year EC2 Instance Savings Plans are now available for P5 and P5en instances AWS Certificate Manager introduces exportable public SSL/TLS certificates to use anywhere Verify internal access to critical AWS resources with new IAM Access Analyzer capabilities Introducing AWS CDK Community Meetings Rapid monitoring of Amazon S3 bucket policy changes in AWS environments 1Password’s New Secrets Syncing Integration With AWS | 1Password…

AWS Morning Brief for the week of June 16, 2025, with Corey Quinn. Links: Amazon EFS is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) region Amazon S3 Tables now provide storage cost visibility for individual tables AWS Console Mobile Application adds support for CloudWatch Log Insights AWS launches public preview of Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) Stream multi-channel audio to Amazon Transcribe using the Web Audio API Amazon to launch second Secret Cloud Region in 2025 CVE-2025-6031 - Insecure device pairing in end-of-life Amazon Cloud Cam What To Do When You’re Underwater on Your AWS EDP AWS screwed up the What's New at AWS page…

AWS Morning Brief for the week of June 9th, 2025, with Corey Quinn. Links: Amazon EC2 now enables you to delete underlying EBS snapshots when deregistering AMIs AWS Compute Optimizer now supports Aurora I/O-Optimized recommendations AWS Invoice Summary API is now generally available Optimize Your AWS Spend with New Cost Savings Features in AWS Trusted Advisor Announcing up to 45% price reduction for Amazon EC2 NVIDIA GPU-accelerated instances Now open – AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region Upgrade your Amazon DynamoDB global tables to the current version…

AWS Morning Brief for the week of June 2nd, with Corey Quinn. Links: Amazon ECS increases container exit reason message to 1024 characters Amazon GameLift Servers SDKs are now on GitHub AWS Cost Explorer now offers new Cost Comparison feature AWS DataSync simplifies and accelerates cross-cloud data transfers AWS Secrets Manager announces support for cost allocation tags for secrets CloudTrail Lake now supports event enrichment and expanded event size Cost Optimization Hub now supports Savings Plans and reservations preferences Amazon Aurora DSQL is now generally available Enhance AI-assisted development with Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS and AWS Serverless MCP server OpenSearch UI: Six months in review 5 steps for building a VMware transition strategy for public sector customers Cloud Repatriation is Getting Complicated Sponsor The Duckbill Group: https://www.duckbillgroup.com/ Join us for Office Hours! https://www.duckbillgroup.com/officehours/…

AWS Morning Brief for the week of Tuesday, May 27th with Corey Quinn. Links: Amazon Aurora reduces cross-Region Global Database Switchover time to typically under 30 seconds Amazon MSK adds support for Apache Kafka version 4.0 AWS Control Tower releases Enabled controls view for centralized visibility - AWS AWS Cost Anomaly Detection enables advanced alerting through AWS User Notifications AWS service changes DynamoDB local is now accessible on AWS CloudShell Join Us at FinOps X 2025: Your Guide to All Things AWS Introducing the AWS Product Lifecycle page and AWS service availability updates Join AWS Cloud Infrastructure Day to learn cutting-edge innovations building global cloud infrastructure How to secure your instances with multi-factor authentication Cost Optimization for Healthcare on AWS CORS configuration through Amazon CloudFront Introducing Strands Agents, an Open Source AI Agents SDK | AWS Open Source Blog Andy Jassy’s leadership lesson he practices at work and at home…

AWS Morning Brief for the week of May 19th, with Corey Quinn. Links: Amazon VPC Reachability Analyzer now supports resource exclusion AWS announces new AWS Data Transfer Terminal location in the San Francisco Bay Area Accelerate CI/CD pipelines with the new AWS CodeBuild Docker Server capability Accelerate the modernization of Mainframe and VMware workloads with AWS Transform New Amazon EC2 P6-B200 instances powered by NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs to accelerate AI innovations Introducing Amazon Q Developer in Amazon OpenSearch Service Amazon CloudWatch Database Insights applied in real scenarios Cost-effective AI image generation with PixArt-Σ inference on AWS Trainium and AWS Inferentia United Airlines implement enterprise-wide resilience program with AWS Bringing more to the table: How Amazon S3 Tables rapidly delivered new capabilities in the first 5 months Understanding Amazon S3 client-side encryption options Sponsor The Duckbill Group: https://www.duckbillgroup.com/ Join us for Office Hours! https://www.duckbillgroup.com/officehours/…

AWS Morning Brief for the week of May 12th, with Corey Quinn. Links: Amazon Connect external voice pricing changes AWS Marketplace now supports SaaS products from all deployment locations Amazon Q Developer elevates the IDE experience with new agentic coding experience Amazon Q Developer in GitHub (in preview) accelerates code generation In the works – AWS South America (Chile) Region Monitoring network traffic in AWS Lambda functions Announcing the end of support for AWS DynamoDB Session State Provider WordFinder app: Harnessing generative AI on AWS for aphasia communication Accelerating government efficiency with AWS Enterprise Support Introducing the AWS Zero Trust Accelerator for Government Sponsor The Duckbill Group: https://www.duckbillgroup.com/ Join us for Office Hours! https://www.duckbillgroup.com/officehours/…

AWS Morning Brief for the week of May 5th, with Corey Quinn. Links: Automated HTTP validated public certificates with Amazon CloudFront AWS Systems Manager launches just-in-time node access MAP enhancements to accelerate AI customer adoption Announcing SaaS Manager for Amazon CloudFront Announcing second-generation AWS Outposts racks Amazon CloudWatch launches tiered pricing and additional destinations for AWS Lambda logs AWS Launch Wizard automates multi-node SAP NetWeaver deployment on SAP ASE Database AWS Lambda standardizes billing for INIT Phase Sponsor The Duckbill Group: https://www.duckbillgroup.com/ Join us for Office Hours! https://www.duckbillgroup.com/officehours/…

AWS Morning Brief for the week of April 28th, with Corey Quinn. Links: Amazon CloudWatch agent now supports Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) Amazon Cognito now supports refresh token rotation Amazon Q Developer releases state-of-the-art agent for feature development AWS Account Management now supports IAM-based account name updates AWS CodeBuild adds support for specifying EC2 instance type and configurable storage size AWS Console Mobile Application adds support for Amazon Lightsail AWS STS global endpoint now serves your requests locally in Regions enabled by default AWS Transfer Family introduces Terraform module for deploying SFTP server endpoints How Smartsheet reduced latency and optimized costs in their serverless architecture In the works – New Availability Zone in Maryland for US East (Northern Virginia) Region CVE-2025-3857 – Infinite loop condition in Amazon.IonDotnet I annotated Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s 2024 Letter to Shareholders…

AWS Morning Brief for the week of April 21st, with Corey Quinn. Links: AWS simplifies Amazon VPC Peering billing AWS now allows customers in Europe to pay For their usage in advance AWS Lambda@Edge announces advanced logging controls Announcing new AWS Wavelength Zone in Dakar Announcing the AWS Well-Architected Generative AI Lens Announcing General Availability of GitLab Duo with Amazon Q Racing beyond DeepRacer: Debut of the AWS LLM League Manage budgets efficiently with budget events in AWS Deadline Cloud…

AWS Morning Brief for the week of April 14th, with Corey Quinn. Links: Amazon Route 53 adds public authoritative DNS service to AWS GovCloud (US) Regions Cost Optimization Hub supports DynamoDB and MemoryDB reservation recommendations Load Balancer Capacity Unit Reservation for Gateway Load Balancers Announcing new AWS Elemental MediaTailor pricing model with lower VOD ad insertion costs How AWS and Intel make LLMs more accessible and cost-effective with DeepSeek Announcing up to 85% price reductions for Amazon S3 Express One Zone Optimize Amazon VPC Flow Logs analysis with Cribl Stream sampling Exploring Data Transfer Costs for AWS Network Load Balancers…

AWS Morning Brief for the week of April 7th, with Corey Quinn. Links: Amazon EC2 now supports more bandwidth and jumbo frames to select destinations API Gateway launches support for dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6) endpoints AWS Lambda adds support for Ruby 3.4 Amazon CloudWatch Logs increases maximum log event size to 1 MB Amazon Neptune announces 99.99% availability Service Level Agreement Announcing the general availability of Amazon VPC Route Server Under the hood: Amazon EKS Auto Mode Optimizing cost savings: The advantage of Amazon Aurora over self-managed open source databases How AWS Sales uses generative AI to streamline account planning Issue with AWS SAM CLI (CVE-2025-3047, CVE-2025-3048)…