4/15/2024, 12:00:00 AM ~ 4/16/2024, 12:00:00 AM (UTC)

Recent Announcements

Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports Oracle Application Express (APEX) Version 23.2

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for Oracle now supports version 23.2 of Oracle Application Express (APEX) for 19c and 21c versions of Oracle Database. Using APEX, developers can build applications entirely within their web browser.

Amazon RDS for Oracle supports managed Oracle Data Guard Switchover and Automated Backups for replicas in additional regions

Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports additional regions for Oracle Data Guard Switchover and Automated Backups of replica instances (read-only and mounted) deployed within an Availability Zone, or in separate Availability Zones of a given Region, or in separate AWS Regions.

Amazon RDS for SQL supports minor version 2022 CU12

A new minor version of Microsoft SQL Server is now available on Amazon RDS for SQL Server, providing performance enhancements and security fixes. Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports the latest minor version of SQL Server 2022 across the Express, Web, Standard, and Enterprise editions.

Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle now supports Oracle Database Standard Edition 2

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Custom for Oracle, a managed database service for legacy, custom, and packaged applications that require access to the underlying operating system and database environment, now supports Oracle Database Standard Edition 2 (SE2).

Amazon MSK is now available in Canada West (Calgary) Region

Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) is now available in Canada West(Calgary) Region. Amazon MSK is a fully managed service for Apache Kafka and Kafka Connect that makes it easier for you to build and run applications that use Apache Kafka as a data store. Amazon MSK is fully compatible with Apache Kafka, which enables you to more quickly migrate your existing Apache Kafka workloads to Amazon MSK with confidence or build new ones from scratch. With Amazon MSK, you spend more time building innovative streaming applications and less time managing Kafka clusters.

Amazon RDS for Oracle extends support for x2iedn in additional AWS regions

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle now offers memory optimized X2iedn instances in Asia Pacific (Hyderabad, Jakarta and Osaka), Europe (Milan and Paris), US West (N. California), AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West).

Amazon QuickSight now supports account instances of IAM Identity Center

Amazon QuickSight now supports account instances of IAM Identity Center when creating a new subscription to QuickSight. Administrators can sign up for QuickSight and choose an account instance of IAM Identity Center that exists in the same AWS account as their QuickSight subscription. Account instances support isolated deployments of applications in a single AWS account, leveraging IAM Identity Center workforce identity and access portal features. Account instances are bound to a single AWS account and are used only to manage user and group access for applications in the same account and AWS region.

AWS HealthOmics announces support for reading sequence stores through Amazon S3 APIs

We are excited to announce AWS HealthOmics now supports reading sequence store objects using Amazon S3 APIs. AWS HealthOmics is a fully managed service that empowers healthcare and life science organizations to store, query, analyze omics data, and generate insights to improve health and drive scientific discoveries. With this release, customers can more easily integrate HealthOmics data stores into their bioinformatics ecosystem while benefiting from the domain-specific metadata, cost-savings, and scalability.

AWS PrivateLink now supports Amazon QuickSight

AWS PrivateLink now supports Amazon QuickSight, providing private connectivity between the QuickSight website, virtual private clouds (VPCs) or on-premises networks without exposing traffic to the public internet. With this integration, administrators can also use VPC endpoint policies to restrict access to QuickSight accounts that are not authorized on their network.

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