Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) now supports Apache Kafka version 4.1, introducing Queues as a preview feature, a new Streams Rebalance Protocol in early access, and Eligible Leader Replicas (ELR). Along with these features, Apache Kafka version…

AWS Backup now provides schedule preview for backup plans, helping you validate when your backups are scheduled to run. Schedule preview shows the next ten scheduled backup runs, including when continuous backup, indexing, or copy settings take effect. Backup plan…

AWS Backup now provides more details in backup job API responses and Backup Audit Manager reports to give you better visibility into backup configurations and compliance settings. You can verify your backup policies with a single API call. List and…

Amazon Elastic Container Services (Amazon ECS) now allows you to run Firelens containers as a non-root user, by specifying a User ID in your Task Definition. Specifying a non-root user with a specific user ID reduces the potential attack footprint…

Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R8g instances are available in South America (Sao Paulo), Europe (London), and Asia Pacific (Melbourne) regions. These instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors and deliver up to 30% better performance compared…

Amazon AppStream 2.0 now offers Microsoft applications with licenses included, providing customers with the flexibility to run these applications on AppStream 2.0 fleets. As part of this launch, AppStream 2.0 provides Microsoft Office, Visio, and Project 2021/2024 in both Standard…