The Amazon Route 53 authoritative DNS service for public hosted zones is now generally available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East and US-West) Regions. With today’s release, AWS customers and AWS Partners who rely on public DNS for their applications in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions can now take advantage of most of the features they have come to expect of Route 53 in commercial AWS Regions.

Previously, customers used Route 53 authoritative DNS served from commercial AWS Regions for routing traffic to their applications in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Now, you can serve DNS queries to your public hosted zones from locations within the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions and without dependency on commercial AWS Region accounts. Features include authoritative DNS query logging, DNSSEC signing on AWS GovCloud (US) public hosted zones, and support for all Route 53 routing types except for IP-based routing. It also includes alias records to the following other AWS services: Amazon API Gateway, Amazon S3, Amazon VPC endpoints, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, and Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) load balancers.

Getting started with Route 53 in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions is easy. All customers in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions can use Route 53 authoritative DNS via the AWS Management Console and API in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region. For more information, visit the Route 53 documentation or review migration recommendations in the Route 53 Developer Guide. For details on pricing, visit section Authoritative DNS on the Route pricing page.

 

​The Amazon Route 53 authoritative DNS service for public hosted zones is now generally available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East and US-West) Regions. With today’s release, AWS customers and AWS Partners who rely on public DNS for their applications in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions can now take advantage of most of the features they have come to expect of Route 53 in commercial AWS Regions. Previously, customers used Route 53 authoritative DNS served from commercial AWS Regions for routing traffic to their applications in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Now, you can serve DNS queries to your public hosted zones from locations within the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions and without dependency on commercial AWS Region accounts. Features include authoritative DNS query logging, DNSSEC signing on AWS GovCloud (US) public hosted zones, and support for all Route 53 routing types except for IP-based routing. It also includes alias records to the following other AWS services: Amazon API Gateway, Amazon S3, Amazon VPC endpoints, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, and Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) load balancers. Getting started with Route 53 in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions is easy. All customers in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions can use Route 53 authoritative DNS via the AWS Management Console and API in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region. For more information, visit the Route 53 documentation or review migration recommendations in the Route 53 Developer Guide. For details on pricing, visit section Authoritative DNS on the Route pricing page.  

Today, we are launching two significant updates to AWS Elemental MediaTailor pricing:

A new VOD ad insertion usage type priced at a 50% discount to live. The new pricing model aligns better with how streaming providers monetize their content. By pricing VOD ad insertion at 50% of the cost of live workflows, you can expand your ad-supported VOD libraries more cost-effectively using MediaTailor.

Elimination of the $0.75 per 1000 ads pricing tier, so live ad insertion now has a single tier at $0.50 per 1000 ads. By removing the tiered pricing model of 1 to 5M insertions and greater than 5M insertions per month, this makes it easier for you to predict your bill and get started with MediaTailor.
The following summary illustrates the changes:

Previously, ad insertion pricing was tiered:

• $0.75 per 1,000 ad insertions for the first 5 million insertions per month
• $0.50 per 1,000 ad insertions for volumes exceeding 5 million per month

Under the new pricing model:

• Live streaming ad insertions: $0.50 per 1,000 insertions
• VOD streaming ad insertions: $0.25 per 1,000 insertions

Both rates now apply regardless of volume.

The new pricing is effective immediately and will be applied automatically to your bill. Customers willing to make minimum commitments of more than 60 million ad insertions per month qualify for additional discounted pricing. Contact us or your account manager to learn more.

This new pricing structure is available in all AWS Regions where MediaTailor is available. To learn more, please visit the MediaTailor product page.

 

​Today, we are launching two significant updates to AWS Elemental MediaTailor pricing: A new VOD ad insertion usage type priced at a 50% discount to live. The new pricing model aligns better with how streaming providers monetize their content. By pricing VOD ad insertion at 50% of the cost of live workflows, you can expand your ad-supported VOD libraries more cost-effectively using MediaTailor. Elimination of the $0.75 per 1000 ads pricing tier, so live ad insertion now has a single tier at $0.50 per 1000 ads. By removing the tiered pricing model of 1 to 5M insertions and greater than 5M insertions per month, this makes it easier for you to predict your bill and get started with MediaTailor. The following summary illustrates the changes: Previously, ad insertion pricing was tiered:

$0.75 per 1,000 ad insertions for the first 5 million insertions per month
$0.50 per 1,000 ad insertions for volumes exceeding 5 million per month

Under the new pricing model:

Live streaming ad insertions: $0.50 per 1,000 insertions
VOD streaming ad insertions: $0.25 per 1,000 insertions

Both rates now apply regardless of volume. The new pricing is effective immediately and will be applied automatically to your bill. Customers willing to make minimum commitments of more than 60 million ad insertions per month qualify for additional discounted pricing. Contact us or your account manager to learn more. This new pricing structure is available in all AWS Regions where MediaTailor is available. To learn more, please visit the MediaTailor product page.  

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) now offers Bottlerocket FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) AMIs for EKS managed node groups, helping customers to meet federal compliance requirements while leveraging the security of Bottlerocket and the operational benefits of EKS managed node groups.

Bottlerocket is a Linux-based operating system optimized for running containers that follows a minimal, immutable design for enhanced security and performance. The FIPS-enabled Bottlerocket AMIs for EKS include FIPS 140-3 validated cryptographic modules and are configured by default to use FIPS-enabled AWS service endpoints, making it easier for customers in regulated industries to run containerized workloads while maintaining compliance with federal standards.

This feature is available in all AWS Regions where Amazon EKS is available. There are no additional charges for using Bottlerocket FIPS AMIs with EKS managed node groups beyond standard EKS and EC2 pricing.

To learn more, visit the Amazon EKS documentation for the Bottlerocket FIPS AMI.
 

 

​Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) now offers Bottlerocket FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) AMIs for EKS managed node groups, helping customers to meet federal compliance requirements while leveraging the security of Bottlerocket and the operational benefits of EKS managed node groups. Bottlerocket is a Linux-based operating system optimized for running containers that follows a minimal, immutable design for enhanced security and performance. The FIPS-enabled Bottlerocket AMIs for EKS include FIPS 140-3 validated cryptographic modules and are configured by default to use FIPS-enabled AWS service endpoints, making it easier for customers in regulated industries to run containerized workloads while maintaining compliance with federal standards. This feature is available in all AWS Regions where Amazon EKS is available. There are no additional charges for using Bottlerocket FIPS AMIs with EKS managed node groups beyond standard EKS and EC2 pricing. To learn more, visit the Amazon EKS documentation for the Bottlerocket FIPS AMI.    

Today, Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) launched support for adding attachments to emails when sending via SES simple sending v2 APIs. Customers can add attachments such as PDF documents to emails, or include images for rendering inline in email content without requiring image downloads. This makes it easier to send richer email content with the convenience of the SES sending APIs.

Previously, customers could send email content such as text and HTML through SES simple sending APIs. Customers did not have to worry about creating the email data structure which is actually sent to mailbox providers. However, if customers wanted to attach documents or include inline images, they had to use more complex APIs requiring construction of the email document structure prior to sending. Now, customers can add attachments in any of the SES supported MIME types (such as PDF, Word, and GIF), without knowledge of how MIME messages are constructed. This decreases code complexity and reduces time to implement sending over SES.

SES supports attachments in all AWS Regions where SES is available.

For more information, see the documentation for working with email attachments in SES.
 

 

​Today, Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) launched support for adding attachments to emails when sending via SES simple sending v2 APIs. Customers can add attachments such as PDF documents to emails, or include images for rendering inline in email content without requiring image downloads. This makes it easier to send richer email content with the convenience of the SES sending APIs. Previously, customers could send email content such as text and HTML through SES simple sending APIs. Customers did not have to worry about creating the email data structure which is actually sent to mailbox providers. However, if customers wanted to attach documents or include inline images, they had to use more complex APIs requiring construction of the email document structure prior to sending. Now, customers can add attachments in any of the SES supported MIME types (such as PDF, Word, and GIF), without knowledge of how MIME messages are constructed. This decreases code complexity and reduces time to implement sending over SES. SES supports attachments in all AWS Regions where SES is available. For more information, see the documentation for working with email attachments in SES.    

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Custom for SQL Server now supports a new minor version for SQL Server 2019 (CU32 – 15.0.4430.1). This minor version includes performance improvements and bug fixes, and is available for SQL Server Developer, Web, Standard, and Enterprise editions. Review the Microsoft release notes for CU32 for details.

We recommend that you upgrade to the latest minor version to benefit from the performance improvements and bug fixes. You can upgrade with just a few clicks in the Amazon RDS Management Console or by using the AWS SDK or CLI. Learn more about upgrading your database instances from the Amazon RDS Custom User Guide.

This minor version is available in all AWS commercial regions where Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server is available.

RDS Custom is a managed database service that allows customization of the underlying operating system and database environment. RDS Custom for SQL Server supports two licensing models: License Included (LI) and Bring Your Own Media (BYOM). By using Bring Your Own Media (BYOM), customers can use their existing SQL Server licenses with Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server. See Amazon RDS Custom Pricing for pricing details and regional availability.
 

 

​Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Custom for SQL Server now supports a new minor version for SQL Server 2019 (CU32 – 15.0.4430.1). This minor version includes performance improvements and bug fixes, and is available for SQL Server Developer, Web, Standard, and Enterprise editions. Review the Microsoft release notes for CU32 for details. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest minor version to benefit from the performance improvements and bug fixes. You can upgrade with just a few clicks in the Amazon RDS Management Console or by using the AWS SDK or CLI. Learn more about upgrading your database instances from the Amazon RDS Custom User Guide. This minor version is available in all AWS commercial regions where Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server is available. RDS Custom is a managed database service that allows customization of the underlying operating system and database environment. RDS Custom for SQL Server supports two licensing models: License Included (LI) and Bring Your Own Media (BYOM). By using Bring Your Own Media (BYOM), customers can use their existing SQL Server licenses with Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server. See Amazon RDS Custom Pricing for pricing details and regional availability.    

Amazon SNS now supports Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) for API requests enabling you to communicate with Amazon SNS using Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6), Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4), or dual stack clients using public endpoints.

Amazon SNS is a fully managed messaging service that enables publish/subscribe messaging between distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven serverless applications. The addition of IPv6 support provides customers with a vastly expanded address space, eliminating concerns about address exhaustion and simplifying network architecture for IPv6-native applications. With simultaneous support for both IPv4 and IPv6 clients on SNS public endpoints, customers can gradually transition from IPv4 to IPv6-based systems and applications without needing to switch all systems at once. This enhancement is particularly valuable for modern cloud-native applications and organizations transitioning to IPv6 as part of their modernization efforts.

To learn more on best practices for configuring IPv6 in your environment, visit the whitepaper on IPv6 in AWS. This feature is now available in all AWS commercial Regions, including AWS China Regions, and can be used at no additional cost.

See here for a full listing of our Regions. To learn more about Amazon SNS, please refer to our Developer Guide.
 

 

​Amazon SNS now supports Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) for API requests enabling you to communicate with Amazon SNS using Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6), Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4), or dual stack clients using public endpoints. Amazon SNS is a fully managed messaging service that enables publish/subscribe messaging between distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven serverless applications. The addition of IPv6 support provides customers with a vastly expanded address space, eliminating concerns about address exhaustion and simplifying network architecture for IPv6-native applications. With simultaneous support for both IPv4 and IPv6 clients on SNS public endpoints, customers can gradually transition from IPv4 to IPv6-based systems and applications without needing to switch all systems at once. This enhancement is particularly valuable for modern cloud-native applications and organizations transitioning to IPv6 as part of their modernization efforts. To learn more on best practices for configuring IPv6 in your environment, visit the whitepaper on IPv6 in AWS. This feature is now available in all AWS commercial Regions, including AWS China Regions, and can be used at no additional cost. See here for a full listing of our Regions. To learn more about Amazon SNS, please refer to our Developer Guide.    

Amazon Security Lake customers can now use Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) addresses via new dual-stack endpoints to configure and manage the service. This update addresses the growing need for IPv6 adoption due to the exhaustion of available Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses caused by continued internet growth.

Amazon Security Lake automatically centralizes security data from AWS environments, SaaS providers, on premises, and cloud sources into a purpose-built data lake stored in your account. With Security Lake, you can get a more complete understanding of your security data across your entire organization. You can also improve the protection of your workloads, applications, and data.

The new dual-stack endpoints support both IPv4 and IPv6 clients, helping you transition from IPv4 to IPv6-based systems and applications at your own pace. This approach can help you work toward IPv6 compliance requirements while reducing the need for additional networking equipment to handle address translation between IPv4 and IPv6.

Support for IPv6 on Amazon Security Lake is available in all commercial Regions and AWS GovCloud (US). To learn more on best practices for configuring IPv6 in your environment, you can visit our whitepaper on IPv6 in AWS. You can start with a 15-day free trial of Amazon Security Lake with a single-click in the AWS Management console. To learn more and get started, see the following resources:

• How to develop an Amazon Security Lake POC
• Understanding Amazon Security Lake Costs
• Amazon Security Lake User Guide

 

​Amazon Security Lake customers can now use Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) addresses via new dual-stack endpoints to configure and manage the service. This update addresses the growing need for IPv6 adoption due to the exhaustion of available Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses caused by continued internet growth. Amazon Security Lake automatically centralizes security data from AWS environments, SaaS providers, on premises, and cloud sources into a purpose-built data lake stored in your account. With Security Lake, you can get a more complete understanding of your security data across your entire organization. You can also improve the protection of your workloads, applications, and data. The new dual-stack endpoints support both IPv4 and IPv6 clients, helping you transition from IPv4 to IPv6-based systems and applications at your own pace. This approach can help you work toward IPv6 compliance requirements while reducing the need for additional networking equipment to handle address translation between IPv4 and IPv6. Support for IPv6 on Amazon Security Lake is available in all commercial Regions and AWS GovCloud (US). To learn more on best practices for configuring IPv6 in your environment, you can visit our whitepaper on IPv6 in AWS. You can start with a 15-day free trial of Amazon Security Lake with a single-click in the AWS Management console. To learn more and get started, see the following resources:

How to develop an Amazon Security Lake POC
Understanding Amazon Security Lake Costs
Amazon Security Lake User Guide  

AWS ParallelCluster 3.13 is now generally available. Key features of this release include support for Ubuntu 24.04, an updated Slurm version 24.05.07 and support for Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA)-enabled Amazon FSx for Lustre filesystems on official ParallelCluster AMIs. You can use EFA with your FSx Lustre filesystems to achieve higher throughput and complete jobs faster, reducing overall costs. To get started with enabling EFA with FSx Lustre filesystems on your clusters, follow the tutorial in the ParallelCluster User Guide – Creating a cluster with an EFA-enabled FSx Lustre .

ParallelCluster is a fully-supported and maintained open-source cluster management tool that enables R&D customers and their IT administrators to operate high-performance computing (HPC) clusters on AWS. ParallelCluster is designed to automatically and securely provision cloud resources into elastically-scaling HPC clusters capable of running scientific and engineering workloads at scale on AWS.

ParallelCluster is available at no additional charge in the AWS Regions listed here, and you pay only for the AWS resources needed to run your applications. To learn more about launching HPC clusters on AWS, visit the ParallelCluster User Guide. To start using ParallelCluster, see the installation instructions for ParallelCluster UI and CLI.

 

​AWS ParallelCluster 3.13 is now generally available. Key features of this release include support for Ubuntu 24.04, an updated Slurm version 24.05.07 and support for Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA)-enabled Amazon FSx for Lustre filesystems on official ParallelCluster AMIs. You can use EFA with your FSx Lustre filesystems to achieve higher throughput and complete jobs faster, reducing overall costs. To get started with enabling EFA with FSx Lustre filesystems on your clusters, follow the tutorial in the ParallelCluster User Guide – Creating a cluster with an EFA-enabled FSx Lustre . ParallelCluster is a fully-supported and maintained open-source cluster management tool that enables R&D customers and their IT administrators to operate high-performance computing (HPC) clusters on AWS. ParallelCluster is designed to automatically and securely provision cloud resources into elastically-scaling HPC clusters capable of running scientific and engineering workloads at scale on AWS. ParallelCluster is available at no additional charge in the AWS Regions listed here, and you pay only for the AWS resources needed to run your applications. To learn more about launching HPC clusters on AWS, visit the ParallelCluster User Guide. To start using ParallelCluster, see the installation instructions for ParallelCluster UI and CLI.  

Today, AWS announces an updated service level agreement (SLA) for Amazon Neptune, increasing the Monthly Uptime Percentage for Multi-AZ DB Instance, Multi-AZ DB Cluster, and Multi-AZ Graph from 99.90% to 99.99%. This enhancement reflects AWS’s continued commitment to providing a highly available and reliable graph database service for your mission-critical applications.

With this new SLA, AWS will use commercially reasonable efforts to make each Amazon Neptune’s Multi-AZ DB Instance, Multi-AZ DB Cluster, and Multi-AZ Graph available with a Monthly Uptime Percentage, during any monthly billing cycle, of at least 99.99%. If Neptune does not meet this Service Commitment, customers will be eligible for Service Credits as outlined in the Amazon Neptune SLA.

This improved SLA is now available in all AWS regions where Amazon Neptune is offered. For more details, visit the AWS Global Region Table and learn more about Neptune on our product page, developer resources, and documentation.

 

​Today, AWS announces an updated service level agreement (SLA) for Amazon Neptune, increasing the Monthly Uptime Percentage for Multi-AZ DB Instance, Multi-AZ DB Cluster, and Multi-AZ Graph from 99.90% to 99.99%. This enhancement reflects AWS’s continued commitment to providing a highly available and reliable graph database service for your mission-critical applications. With this new SLA, AWS will use commercially reasonable efforts to make each Amazon Neptune’s Multi-AZ DB Instance, Multi-AZ DB Cluster, and Multi-AZ Graph available with a Monthly Uptime Percentage, during any monthly billing cycle, of at least 99.99%. If Neptune does not meet this Service Commitment, customers will be eligible for Service Credits as outlined in the Amazon Neptune SLA. This improved SLA is now available in all AWS regions where Amazon Neptune is offered. For more details, visit the AWS Global Region Table and learn more about Neptune on our product page, developer resources, and documentation.  

AWS Step Functions expands its AWS SDK integrations with support for Amazon Backup Search. You can now orchestrate backup discovery and management actions directly in your workflows without writing additional integration code.

AWS Step Functions is a visual workflow service capable of orchestrating over 14,000+ API actions from over 220 AWS services to help customers build distributed applications at scale. By directly invoking AWS services or their API actions from AWS Step Functions, customers can write less code, simplify their architecture, and save costs.

In addition to the new Amazon Backup Search integration, Step Functions added support for 137 API actions across new and existing AWS services. These new actions span a wide range of AWS services, including Amazon Backup, AWS MediaConvert and Amazon Bedrock. This expansion enables you to incorporate diverse tasks such as backup operations, media analysis, and AI agent interactions into your workflows. For the full list of added services and supported API actions, visit AWS SDK service integrations.

These enhancements are now generally available in all regions where AWS Step Functions is available. Specific services and API actions are subject to the availability of the target services in the AWS Region. To learn more about AWS SDK integrations, visit the Developer Guide, or build a state machine using our AWS SDK integration tutorial.
 

 

​AWS Step Functions expands its AWS SDK integrations with support for Amazon Backup Search. You can now orchestrate backup discovery and management actions directly in your workflows without writing additional integration code. AWS Step Functions is a visual workflow service capable of orchestrating over 14,000+ API actions from over 220 AWS services to help customers build distributed applications at scale. By directly invoking AWS services or their API actions from AWS Step Functions, customers can write less code, simplify their architecture, and save costs. In addition to the new Amazon Backup Search integration, Step Functions added support for 137 API actions across new and existing AWS services. These new actions span a wide range of AWS services, including Amazon Backup, AWS MediaConvert and Amazon Bedrock. This expansion enables you to incorporate diverse tasks such as backup operations, media analysis, and AI agent interactions into your workflows. For the full list of added services and supported API actions, visit AWS SDK service integrations. These enhancements are now generally available in all regions where AWS Step Functions is available. Specific services and API actions are subject to the availability of the target services in the AWS Region. To learn more about AWS SDK integrations, visit the Developer Guide, or build a state machine using our AWS SDK integration tutorial.