7/28/2025, 12:00:00 AM ~ 7/29/2025, 12:00:00 AM (UTC)

Recent Announcements

AWS Transfer Family is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) region

Customers in AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region can now use AWS Transfer Family for file transfers over Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), FTP over SSL (FTPS) and Applicability Statement 2 (AS2).\n AWS Transfer Family provides fully managed file transfers for Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) over SFTP, FTP, FTPS and AS2 protocols. In addition to file transfers, Transfer Family enables common file processing and event-driven automation for managed file transfer (MFT) workflows, helping customers to modernize and migrate their business-to-business file transfers to AWS. To learn more about AWS Transfer Family, visit our product page and user-guide. See the AWS Region Table for complete regional availability information.

AWS Marketplace enhances offer and subscription management

Today, AWS Marketplace is introducing new capabilities that simplify both software procurement and ongoing subscription management.\n Customers can now download private offers and agreements to PDF documents. They can also access historical agreement information, agreement status, and deployed on AWS status directly in the AWS Marketplace console for a more comprehensive view of transactions and improved governance. These features enable customers to easily save and share AWS Marketplace offer and agreement details to supplement approval requests or help satisfy audit requirements for AWS Marketplace transactions. These new capabilities are available today in all AWS Regions where AWS Marketplace is supported. To learn more about these enhancements, visit the AWS Marketplace console to view the updated manage subscription experience, read the AWS Marketplace buyer guide, or download a copy prior to accepting your next private offer.

AWS Control Tower is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region

Starting today, customers can use AWS Control Tower in the AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region. With this launch, AWS Control Tower is available in 33 AWS Regions and the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. AWS Control Tower offers the easiest way to set up and govern a secure, multi-account AWS environment. It simplifies AWS experiences by orchestrating multiple AWS services on your behalf while maintaining the security and compliance needs of your organization. You can set up a multi-account AWS environment within 30 minutes or less, govern new or existing account configurations, gain visibility into compliance status, and enforce controls at scale.\n If you are new to AWS Control Tower, you can launch it today in any of the supported regions, and you can use AWS Control Tower to build and govern your multi-account environment in all supported Regions. If you are already using AWS Control Tower and you want to extend its governance features to the newly supported regions in your accounts, you can go to the settings page in your AWS Control Tower dashboard, select your regions, and update your landing zone. Once you update all accounts that are governed by AWS Control Tower, your landing zone, managed accounts, and registered OUs will be under governance in the new region(s). For a full list of Regions where AWS Control Tower is available, see the AWS Region Table. To learn more, visit the AWS Control Tower homepage or see the AWS Control Tower User Guide.

Amazon Connect’s UI builder launches an improved UX/UI

The Amazon Connect UI builder, used to create each step in a Step-by-Step Guide, now features an updated user interface to reduce the complexity to build structured workflows in Connect. The new user interface is designed to make the process of passing dynamic data onto guides and storing data entered in a guide by a user more initiative and consistent with Connect’s workflow orchestration. These improvements provide your managers with a streamlined user experience that enables them to create powerful and flexible experiences for agents and end customers. For example, managers can now define custom variables as dynamic references that can be edited for clarity or reusability and can be shared across multiple fields and components within each step in a guide.\n

In addition, the UI builder now contains a consistent look and feel with the rest of Amazon Connect by using Cloudscape Design System components. Amazon Connect UI builder is available in the following AWS regions: US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Canada (Central), Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (London), and the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region.

AWS Direct Connect extends MACsec functionality to supported Partner Interconnects

AWS Direct Connect now supports IEEE 802.1AE MAC Security Standard (MACsec) encryption on Partner-owned interconnects terminated on supported physical devices. Partners using supported devices can now encrypt the Layer 2 connection between their edge network device and the Direct Connect device at over 100 Points of Presence globally where MACsec is supported.\n MACsec is designed to deliver native, near line-rate, point-to-point encryption at Layer 2 between AWS’ network device and the Partner’s edge device on the other end of that connection. Partners who enable the feature can now encrypt all customer traffic traversing the secured link. The Direct Connect User Guide provides instructions for how to set up MACsec on supported 10Gbps and 100Gbps interconnects. Partners can request MACsec-capable interconnects and manage the new feature through the Direct Connect Console or supported APIs.

Amazon Bedrock Data Automation now supports DOC/DOCX and H.265 files

Amazon Bedrock Data Automation (BDA) now supports DOC/DOCX files for document processing and H.265 encoded video files for video processing. This update allows you to build more comprehensive and efficient multimodal data analysis pipelines by working directly with these popular formats.\n With support for DOC/DOCX, you can now seamlessly process your Word documents, reports, and other text-based content without the intermediate step of converting them to PDF. This streamlines your workflows, allowing for faster text extraction and analysis. H.265 support enables you to process high-quality video files more efficiently. The H.265 codec provides superior video quality at significantly smaller file sizes compared to older codecs, speeding up processing times for your video analysis workloads. Amazon Bedrock Data Automation is available in 7 AWS regions: Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (London), Europe (Ireland), Asia Pacific (Mumbai, Asia Pacific (Sydney), US West (Oregon) and US East (N. Virginia) AWS Regions. To learn more, visit the Bedrock Data Automation page or view documentation.

AWS IoT SiteWise Introduces Multivariate Anomaly Detection

Today, AWS announces the general availability of multivariate anomaly detection in AWS IoT SiteWise. This native capability enables industrial customers to automatically identify abnormalities across their equipment and asset data. This capability simplifies the implementation of predictive and preventative maintenance strategies without requiring machine learning expertise, helping to improve operational efficiency and reduce downtime.\n Multivariate anomaly detection in AWS IoT SiteWise helps to address a critical challenge faced by industrial operations: the need to prevent costly downtime and maintain peak efficiency. By embedding this capability directly within AWS IoT SiteWise, industrial customers can now detect equipment anomalies across their entire fleet of assets without writing code or managing complex infrastructure, lowering the barrier to entry for implementing effective predictive maintenance strategies. This feature is particularly effective for assets like turbines, compressors, and motors, where continuous monitoring of operational parameters is crucial for early detection of failure risks. Multivariate anomaly detection is available in US East (N. Virginia) , Europe (Ireland) , and Asia Pacific (Sydney) AWS Regions where AWS IoT SiteWise is offered. To learn more, read the launch blog and user guide.

Amazon Connect agent workspace enhances third-party applications to support new actions and workflows

Amazon Connect now allows businesses to introduce new actions and workflows into the agent workspace, powered by third-party applications running in the background. For example, when an agent logs in, they see a new training to complete, or when an agent initiates transfer, they see a company-specific phone directory. Agents can also perform new actions within their third-party applications, including filling out forms in pop-up windows and downloading files. When agents finish helping the customer, they can resume their work exactly where they left off. These new capabilities enable agents to complete more advanced workflows within a single-pane-of-glass experience, improving their productivity and customer satisfaction.\n Third-party applications are available in the following AWS Regions: US East (N. Virginia), US-West (Oregon), Africa (Cape town), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Canada (Central), Europe (Frankfurt), and Europe (London). To learn more and get started, see our admin guide and developer guide.

Amazon Connect Contact Control Panel (CCP) launches refreshed look and feel

The Amazon Connect Contact Control Panel (CCP) now features an updated user interface using Cloudscape Design System components to enhance agent productivity and focus. The refreshed user interface includes a updated visual style for colors and buttons, and more visually consistent UI elements across interfaces. This visual refresh provides a more intuitive and streamlined experience for your contact center agents while maintaining the familiar layout and functionality to minimize impact and training requirements.\n This updated user interface is available in all AWS regions where Amazon Connect is offered. To learn more, please see the documentation.

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