4/22/2022, 12:00:00 AM ~ 4/25/2022, 12:00:00 AM (UTC)
Recent Announcements
You can now use AWS Launch Wizard to lead you through a best practices deployment of self-managed IIS (Internet Information Services) for Windows Server on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Auto Scaling group across multiple Availability Zones (AZs). AWS Launch Wizard uses the AWS Well-Architected Framework to guide you through the configuration, sizing and deployment of Microsoft IIS on AWS Cloud, without the need to manually identify and provision individual AWS resources. Nodes are deployed into separate subnets across multiple Availability Zones for high availability. Internet Information Services (IIS) for Windows Server is a flexible, secure and manageable Web server for hosting anything on the Web.
Amazon Connect launches API to claim and configure phone numbers programmatically
Amazon Connect launches API to claim new phone numbers and configure them programmatically. Using this API, you can programmatically search for and claim available phone numbers, associate phone numbers to your contact flows, or release phone numbers that are no longer needed. Additionally, the phone number API comes with support for AWS CloudFormation. To learn more, see the API documentation and Amazon Connect Resource Type Reference in the AWS CloudFormation User Guide.
AWS Launch Wizard now provides guided deployment of Microsoft Exchange Server
You can now use AWS Launch Wizard to lead you through a best practices deployment of self-managed Microsoft Exchange Server on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). AWS Launch Wizard uses the AWS Well-Architected Framework to guide you through the configuration, sizing and deployment of Microsoft Exchange Server on AWS Cloud, without the need to manually identify and provision individual AWS resources.
Amazon ECS-optimized Amazon Linux 2022 AMI now available in preview
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) today announced the public preview of the Amazon ECS-optimized Amazon Linux 2022 Amazon Machine Image (AMI). Amazon Linux 2022 (AL2022) is the next generation of Amazon Linux from Amazon Web Services (AWS) that is designed to provide a secure, stable, and high-performance execution environment to develop and run your cloud applications. Starting with AL2022, a new Amazon Linux major version will be available every two years and each major version will be supported for five years. Amazon ECS will publish Amazon ECS-optimized AMIs to support the same 2-year release and 5-year support cycle for every new major Amazon Linux version. The two-year major release cycle helps you keep your software up-to-date while the five year support commitment for each major release gives you the stability you need to manage long project lifecycles.
AWS Batch adds improvements to UpdateComputeEnvironment API
AWS Batch now expands the Compute environment (CE) configuration parameters that can be updated without having to recreate compute environments. Previously customers used UpdateComputeEnvironment API to change CE state, desired CPU count, min and max vCPU count, and service role. To update additional configuration parameters, customers have to create new CEs. With this launch, customers can use the UpdateComputeEnvironment API to dynamically update CE configuration parameters such as AMI, EC2 launch templates, instance types, and more. Rather than having to manually create a new CE to use the updated configurations, Batch will use the updated CE configuration while launching new instances and terminate instances using old CE configuration once the jobs running on them are completed.
Amazon Connect now allows customers to subscribe to a near real-time stream of contact (voice calls, chat, and task) events (e.g., call is queued) in your Amazon Connect contact center in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region. These events include when a voice call, chat, or task is initiated, queued to be assigned to an agent, connected to an agent, transferred to another agent or queue, and disconnected. Contact events can be used to create analytics dashboards to monitor and track contact activity, integrate into workforce management (WFM) solutions to better understand contact center performance, or to integrate applications that react to events (e.g., call disconnected) in real-time. Amazon Connect contact events are published via Amazon EventBridge, and can be set up in a couple of clicks by going to the Amazon EventBridge AWS console and creating a new rule.
AWS Batch adds support for AWS PrivateLink
You can now use AWS PrivateLink to privately access the AWS Batch APIs from your virtual private cloud (AmazonVPC). AWS PrivateLink provides private connectivity between VPCs, AWS services, and your on-premises networks. You can now manage your AWS Batch resources in your VPC using AWS PrivateLink and meet your organization’s security and compliance requirements. To use AWS PrivateLink, create an interface VPC endpoint for AWS Batch in your VPC using the Amazon VPC console, SDK, or CLI. You can also access the VPC endpoint from on-premises environments or from other VPCs using AWS VPN, AWS Direct Connect, or VPC Peering.