Mike Rosoft

Amazon S3 Vectors is now generally available with 40 times the scale of preview

Amazon S3 Vectors, the first cloud object storage with native support to store and query vectors, is now generally available. S3 Vectors delivers purpose-built, cost-optimized vector storage for AI agents, inference, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), and semantic search at billion-vector…

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Amazon Web Services

Announcing Database Savings Plans with up to 35% savings

Today, AWS announces Database Savings Plans, a new flexible pricing model that helps you save up to 35% in exchange for a commitment to a consistent amount of usage (measured in $/hour) over a one-year term with no upfront payment.…

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Amazon Web Services

Amazon EMR Serverless eliminates local storage provisioning for Apache Spark workloads

Amazon EMR Serverless now offers serverless storage that eliminates local storage provisioning for Apache Spark workloads, reducing data processing costs by up to 20% and preventing job failures from disk capacity constraints. You no longer need to configure local disk…

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Amazon Web Services

Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports Developer Edition

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server now offers Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Developer Edition. SQL Server Developer Edition is a free edition of SQL Server that contains all the features of Enterprise Edition and can be used…

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Amazon Web Services

Amazon S3 increases the maximum object size to 50 TB

Amazon S3 increased the maximum object size to 50 TB, a 10x increase from the previous 5 TB limit. This simplifies the processing of large objects such as high-resolution videos, seismic data files, AI training datasets and more. You can…

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(Updated) PowerPoint adds AI-powered image editing with “Designer editor” [MC1187787]

Message ID: MC1187787 (Updated) Updated December 1, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. [Introduction] The new Designer editor integration in PowerPoint introduces a modern, intuitive image editing experience directly within your slides—eliminating the need to switch…

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Snow Rider 3D on Amazon Cognito now supports resource indicators to simplify enhancing protection of OAuth 2.0 resources28 October 2025
Wow, this change in Cognito sounds like a game-changer for security! It's kinda wild how little things like specifying resource…
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Mike on GCP Release Notes: October 01, 20252 October 2025
Haha, “magical shrinking sauce” is such a perfect way to describe it! The new InPlaceOrRecreate mode really does feel like…
Mike on GCP Release Notes: October 01, 20252 October 2025
Haha, love the imagery — “tiny floating islands” vs “resource-guzzling behemoths” is exactly how VPA feels sometimes! Kubernetes definitely keeps…
Mike on Upcoming Secure by Default Settings Changes for Exchange and Teams APIs [MC1163922]2 October 2025
Absolutely nailed it — this update does feel like Microsoft handing the keys back to IT admins, but with a…