Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP second-generation file systems are now available in 2 additional AWS Regions: Europe (Stockholm), and Asia Pacific (Singapore).

Amazon FSx makes it easier and more cost effective to launch, run, and scale feature-rich high-performance file systems in the cloud. Second-generation FSx for ONTAP file systems give you more performance scalability and flexibility over first-generation file systems by allowing you to create or expand file systems with up to 12 highly-available (HA) pairs of file servers, providing your workloads with up to 72 GBps of throughput and 1 PiB of provisioned SSD storage.

With this regional expansion, second-generation FSx for ONTAP file systems are available in the following AWS Regions: US East (N. Virginia, Ohio), US West (N. California, Oregon), Europe (Frankfurt, Ireland, Stockholm), and Asia Pacific (Singapore, Sydney). You can create second-generation Multi-AZ file systems with a single HA pair, and Single-AZ file systems with up to 12 HA pairs. To learn more, visit the FSx for ONTAP user guide.

 

​Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP second-generation file systems are now available in 2 additional AWS Regions: Europe (Stockholm), and Asia Pacific (Singapore). Amazon FSx makes it easier and more cost effective to launch, run, and scale feature-rich high-performance file systems in the cloud. Second-generation FSx for ONTAP file systems give you more performance scalability and flexibility over first-generation file systems by allowing you to create or expand file systems with up to 12 highly-available (HA) pairs of file servers, providing your workloads with up to 72 GBps of throughput and 1 PiB of provisioned SSD storage. With this regional expansion, second-generation FSx for ONTAP file systems are available in the following AWS Regions: US East (N. Virginia, Ohio), US West (N. California, Oregon), Europe (Frankfurt, Ireland, Stockholm), and Asia Pacific (Singapore, Sydney). You can create second-generation Multi-AZ file systems with a single HA pair, and Single-AZ file systems with up to 12 HA pairs. To learn more, visit the FSx for ONTAP user guide.  

Amazon Linux now brings a Graphical Desktop, a new kernel option with Linux kernel 6.12, an upgraded OpenSSL to version 3.2.2, and addition of new high demand packages on AL2023.

AL2023.7 offers a modern, secure, and cloud-optimized desktop environment to Amazon Linux users. The new Graphical Desktop provides a lightweight interface designed for productivity and seamless AWS integration. The Graphical Desktop comes with GNOME 47 for a sleek UI experience. It includes other essential tools like a terminal emulator for improved CLI experience, an image viewer, a text editor, a file manager for file navigation, and Mozilla Firefox for secure web browsing. Additionally, you can connect seamlessly using Amazon DCV, enabling remote desktop access from anywhere.

The updated kernel 6.12 will help you get benefits from upstream improvements in scheduling, networking, security, and system tracing. Some of the features include EEVDF scheduling, FUSE passthrough I/O support, and enhanced eBPF support. In addition, OpenSSL has been upgraded which provides a significant performance upgrade. Finally, some of the most requested packages such as gcc14, nbd-client, nbdkit, and openDKIM will be available with AL2023.7, and this comes on the heels of recently released packages such as pam_radius, lldpad, and mod_auth_mellon.

Please refer to the release notes for the latest features and packages getting added to Amazon Linux. Amazon Linux 2023 is generally available in all AWS Regions. To learn more about Amazon Linux 2023, see the AWS documentation. For Amazon DCV, please refer to the Amazon DCV documentation.

 

​Amazon Linux now brings a Graphical Desktop, a new kernel option with Linux kernel 6.12, an upgraded OpenSSL to version 3.2.2, and addition of new high demand packages on AL2023. AL2023.7 offers a modern, secure, and cloud-optimized desktop environment to Amazon Linux users. The new Graphical Desktop provides a lightweight interface designed for productivity and seamless AWS integration. The Graphical Desktop comes with GNOME 47 for a sleek UI experience. It includes other essential tools like a terminal emulator for improved CLI experience, an image viewer, a text editor, a file manager for file navigation, and Mozilla Firefox for secure web browsing. Additionally, you can connect seamlessly using Amazon DCV, enabling remote desktop access from anywhere. The updated kernel 6.12 will help you get benefits from upstream improvements in scheduling, networking, security, and system tracing. Some of the features include EEVDF scheduling, FUSE passthrough I/O support, and enhanced eBPF support. In addition, OpenSSL has been upgraded which provides a significant performance upgrade. Finally, some of the most requested packages such as gcc14, nbd-client, nbdkit, and openDKIM will be available with AL2023.7, and this comes on the heels of recently released packages such as pam_radius, lldpad, and mod_auth_mellon. Please refer to the release notes for the latest features and packages getting added to Amazon Linux. Amazon Linux 2023 is generally available in all AWS Regions. To learn more about Amazon Linux 2023, see the AWS documentation. For Amazon DCV, please refer to the Amazon DCV documentation.  

Now Amazon Connect makes it easy for supervisors to monitor agents’ adherence to their schedules in a calendar view. With this launch, supervisors can visualize adherence breaches by agent and day, for up to 90 days in the past alongside their shifts, including the ability to filter out minimal adherence breaches. This visualization allows supervisors to immediately spot adherence breaches across their team, prioritize the most critical incidents, compare with past agent behavior, and take steps to address concerns with the agent. For example, if a supervisor notices a pattern of agents consistently running late to work after breaks or lunches, they can investigate further to determine if there are underlying issues such as network problems, equipment issues, or expectations of timeliness that need to be addressed.

This feature is available in all AWS Regions where Amazon Connect agent scheduling is available. To learn more and get started, visit the Amazon Connect agent scheduling guide for a overview of this feature.
 

 

​Now Amazon Connect makes it easy for supervisors to monitor agents’ adherence to their schedules in a calendar view. With this launch, supervisors can visualize adherence breaches by agent and day, for up to 90 days in the past alongside their shifts, including the ability to filter out minimal adherence breaches. This visualization allows supervisors to immediately spot adherence breaches across their team, prioritize the most critical incidents, compare with past agent behavior, and take steps to address concerns with the agent. For example, if a supervisor notices a pattern of agents consistently running late to work after breaks or lunches, they can investigate further to determine if there are underlying issues such as network problems, equipment issues, or expectations of timeliness that need to be addressed. This feature is available in all AWS Regions where Amazon Connect agent scheduling is available. To learn more and get started, visit the Amazon Connect agent scheduling guide for a overview of this feature.    

Amazon Web Services Korea LLC (AWS Korea) is now facilitating AWS Marketplace transactions for customers with AWS accounts in South Korea. AWS Korea enhances the purchasing experience by automatically including applicable Value Added Tax (VAT) on invoices and allowing payments in Korean Won (KRW) for AWS Marketplace purchases. Independent software vendors (ISVs) and Channel Partners from South Korea are now eligible to sell software in AWS Marketplace.

Customers can now directly procure software from South Korean ISVs, and can pay for purchases using wire transfers in either KRW or US Dollars (USD), or by using credit cards in KRW only. Purchases can also be made through local Channel Partners in South Korea, allowing customers to benefit from local relationships, expertise, and support. AWS Korea manages VAT obligations for all transactions, including those between ISVs and Channel Partners. AWS Korea automates VAT collection and invoicing for all third-party product purchases, except Amazon Bedrock products. AWS, Inc. will continue to be the contracting party for purchases of AWS services and Amazon Bedrock offerings. Customers can now purchase software from South Korean ISVs such as Saltlux, Hackle, Superb AI, and Neosapience, and from Channel Partners such as MegazoneCloud, LG CNS, BespinGlobal, and SK C&C.

For sellers, an additional regional listing fee of 1% will be applied to the standard AWS Marketplace listing fees for their transactions with Korean buyers.

For more information, visit the AWS Korea FAQs, the AWS Marketplace Buyer Guide or the Seller Guide.

 

​Amazon Web Services Korea LLC (AWS Korea) is now facilitating AWS Marketplace transactions for customers with AWS accounts in South Korea. AWS Korea enhances the purchasing experience by automatically including applicable Value Added Tax (VAT) on invoices and allowing payments in Korean Won (KRW) for AWS Marketplace purchases. Independent software vendors (ISVs) and Channel Partners from South Korea are now eligible to sell software in AWS Marketplace. Customers can now directly procure software from South Korean ISVs, and can pay for purchases using wire transfers in either KRW or US Dollars (USD), or by using credit cards in KRW only. Purchases can also be made through local Channel Partners in South Korea, allowing customers to benefit from local relationships, expertise, and support. AWS Korea manages VAT obligations for all transactions, including those between ISVs and Channel Partners. AWS Korea automates VAT collection and invoicing for all third-party product purchases, except Amazon Bedrock products. AWS, Inc. will continue to be the contracting party for purchases of AWS services and Amazon Bedrock offerings. Customers can now purchase software from South Korean ISVs such as Saltlux, Hackle, Superb AI, and Neosapience, and from Channel Partners such as MegazoneCloud, LG CNS, BespinGlobal, and SK C&C. For sellers, an additional regional listing fee of 1% will be applied to the standard AWS Marketplace listing fees for their transactions with Korean buyers. For more information, visit the AWS Korea FAQs, the AWS Marketplace Buyer Guide or the Seller Guide.  

AWS announces the general availability of VPC Route Server to simplify dynamic routing between virtual appliances in your Amazon VPC. Route Server allows you to advertise routing information through Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) from virtual appliances and dynamically update the VPC route tables associated with subnets and internet gateway.

Prior to this feature, you had to create custom scripts or use virtual routers with overlay network to dynamically update VPC route tables. VPC Route Server removes the operational overhead of creating and maintaining overlay networks or custom scripts and offers a managed solution for dynamically updating routes in route tables. With VPC Route Server, you can deploy endpoints in your VPC and peer them with your virtual appliances to advertise routes using BGP. The Route Server filters these received routes using standard BGP attributes and propagates the selected routes to the specified route tables. This makes it easy for you to dynamically update routes and quickly mitigate appliance failure or other issues.

VPC Route Server is available in US East (Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), Europe (Ireland), Europe (Frankfurt) and Asia Pacific (Tokyo) AWS Regions.

For more information, see the VPC Route Server documentation.
 

 

​AWS announces the general availability of VPC Route Server to simplify dynamic routing between virtual appliances in your Amazon VPC. Route Server allows you to advertise routing information through Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) from virtual appliances and dynamically update the VPC route tables associated with subnets and internet gateway. Prior to this feature, you had to create custom scripts or use virtual routers with overlay network to dynamically update VPC route tables. VPC Route Server removes the operational overhead of creating and maintaining overlay networks or custom scripts and offers a managed solution for dynamically updating routes in route tables. With VPC Route Server, you can deploy endpoints in your VPC and peer them with your virtual appliances to advertise routes using BGP. The Route Server filters these received routes using standard BGP attributes and propagates the selected routes to the specified route tables. This makes it easy for you to dynamically update routes and quickly mitigate appliance failure or other issues. VPC Route Server is available in US East (Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), Europe (Ireland), Europe (Frankfurt) and Asia Pacific (Tokyo) AWS Regions. For more information, see the VPC Route Server documentation.    

Starting today, AWS Marketplace supports the Japan Marketplace Facilitator (MPF) rule, making it easier for Sellers to meet the Japanese regulatory requirements and providing a seamless tax experience for customers in Japan. Under the MPF rule, AWS Marketplace will collect the Japan consumption tax (JCT) and issue a tax qualified invoice (TQI) for sales by non-Japan addressed Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Channel Partners (together as non-Japan addressed Sellers) to customers in Japan. Also, AWS Marketplace will offer the same customer experience by enabling TQI issuance for sales by Japan-addressed ISVs and Channel Partners (together as Japan-addressed Sellers) to customers in Japan.

With this launch, for non-Japan addressed Sellers, AWS Japan will collect the 10% JCT on products listed and sold on AWS Marketplace to Japan customers, issue a TQI to the customers, and remit the JCT to the Japan Tax Authorities. For Japan-addressed Sellers, AWS Japan will continue to collect 10% JCT on the products listed and sold on AWS Marketplace to Japan customers and disburse the collected JCT to the Japan-addressed Sellers; additionally, AWS Japan will issue a TQI to the customers. The TQI issuance helps customers reduce the administrative burden for managing tax documentation.

This feature is available for all Sellers when transacting via the AWS Japan Marketplace Operator. To learn more, please visit the AWS Japan FAQ or AWS Marketplace Seller Guide.

 

​Starting today, AWS Marketplace supports the Japan Marketplace Facilitator (MPF) rule, making it easier for Sellers to meet the Japanese regulatory requirements and providing a seamless tax experience for customers in Japan. Under the MPF rule, AWS Marketplace will collect the Japan consumption tax (JCT) and issue a tax qualified invoice (TQI) for sales by non-Japan addressed Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Channel Partners (together as non-Japan addressed Sellers) to customers in Japan. Also, AWS Marketplace will offer the same customer experience by enabling TQI issuance for sales by Japan-addressed ISVs and Channel Partners (together as Japan-addressed Sellers) to customers in Japan. With this launch, for non-Japan addressed Sellers, AWS Japan will collect the 10% JCT on products listed and sold on AWS Marketplace to Japan customers, issue a TQI to the customers, and remit the JCT to the Japan Tax Authorities. For Japan-addressed Sellers, AWS Japan will continue to collect 10% JCT on the products listed and sold on AWS Marketplace to Japan customers and disburse the collected JCT to the Japan-addressed Sellers; additionally, AWS Japan will issue a TQI to the customers. The TQI issuance helps customers reduce the administrative burden for managing tax documentation. This feature is available for all Sellers when transacting via the AWS Japan Marketplace Operator. To learn more, please visit the AWS Japan FAQ or AWS Marketplace Seller Guide.  

AWS CodeBuild now supports on-demand Windows build environments in four additional AWS Regions: South America (São Paulo), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Sydney), and Europe (Frankfurt). The expansion allows customers in these AWS Regions to run Windows-based workloads with the flexibility of on-demand pricing. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous integration service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages ready for deployment.

Additionally, CodeBuild Windows build environment now supports non-container builds, enabling you to run build commands directly on the host operating system without containerization. You can also configure your builds to build docker images in Windows environment.

CodeBuild on-demand Windows environment is available in US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), Europe (Ireland), South America (São Paulo), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Sydney), and Europe (Frankfurt).

To learn more about CodeBuild build environment, please visit our documentation. To learn more about how to get started with CodeBuild, visit the AWS CodeBuild product page.
 

 

​AWS CodeBuild now supports on-demand Windows build environments in four additional AWS Regions: South America (São Paulo), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Sydney), and Europe (Frankfurt). The expansion allows customers in these AWS Regions to run Windows-based workloads with the flexibility of on-demand pricing. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous integration service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages ready for deployment. Additionally, CodeBuild Windows build environment now supports non-container builds, enabling you to run build commands directly on the host operating system without containerization. You can also configure your builds to build docker images in Windows environment. CodeBuild on-demand Windows environment is available in US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), Europe (Ireland), South America (São Paulo), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Sydney), and Europe (Frankfurt). To learn more about CodeBuild build environment, please visit our documentation. To learn more about how to get started with CodeBuild, visit the AWS CodeBuild product page.    

Amazon Connect now allows you to customize the number of seconds which the system will wait between a caller’s keypad button presses so you can optimize user inputs in your Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems. Administrators can now adjust this waiting period from 1 to 20 seconds, which was previously fixed at 5 seconds. For example, in a banking IVR flow, you can now set a longer inter-digit timeout for account number entry benefitting customers who may need more time between pressing digits. Additionally, two existing settings, Maximum Digits and Timeout Before First Entry, can now be set dynamically using variables, giving administrators more flexibility in designing IVR flows. This added flexibility allows you to optimize your IVR systems for specific use cases, improving user experience and system efficiency.

To learn more refer to our public documentation. This new feature is available in all AWS regions where Amazon Connect is available. To learn more about Amazon Connect, the AWS contact center as a service solution on the cloud, please visit the Amazon Connect website.
 

 

​Amazon Connect now allows you to customize the number of seconds which the system will wait between a caller’s keypad button presses so you can optimize user inputs in your Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems. Administrators can now adjust this waiting period from 1 to 20 seconds, which was previously fixed at 5 seconds. For example, in a banking IVR flow, you can now set a longer inter-digit timeout for account number entry benefitting customers who may need more time between pressing digits. Additionally, two existing settings, Maximum Digits and Timeout Before First Entry, can now be set dynamically using variables, giving administrators more flexibility in designing IVR flows. This added flexibility allows you to optimize your IVR systems for specific use cases, improving user experience and system efficiency. To learn more refer to our public documentation. This new feature is available in all AWS regions where Amazon Connect is available. To learn more about Amazon Connect, the AWS contact center as a service solution on the cloud, please visit the Amazon Connect website.    

AWS Payment Cryptography now supports exchanging cryptographic keys using Elliptic-curve Diffie–Hellman (ECDH). With this new feature, customers now have a method to electronically exchange keys up to 256 bits in strength. These capabilities bring more flexibility in addition to existing support for industry norms such as TR-34 and TR-31/X9.143. With AWS Payment Cryptography, you can simplify cryptography operations in your cloud-hosted payment applications with a service that grows elastically with your business and has been assessed as compliant with PCI PIN Security and Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) requirements.

While payment processing has traditionally relied on TDES (Triple DES) encryption schemes, customers have shown a greater interest in moving to the more secure AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) standard including the 256-bit option. With this feature, AWS Payment Cryptography provides an interoperable method to exchange any key supported by the service with a customers on-premise HSM, providing a secure method of key synchronization and migration. ECDH can also be used when transferring keys to mobile payment applications such as those certified under the PCI MPoC (Mobile Payments on Commercial-off-the-shelf devices) standard. This removes the risks and hassle of manual processes and makes it easier to upgrade to the latest cryptographic standards.

These features are available in all AWS Regions where AWS Payment Cryptography is available. For detailed information and samples for utilizing the new key exchange features, please download the latest AWS CLI/SDK and review importing and exporting keys in the AWS Payment Cryptography Developer Guide.
 

 

​AWS Payment Cryptography now supports exchanging cryptographic keys using Elliptic-curve Diffie–Hellman (ECDH). With this new feature, customers now have a method to electronically exchange keys up to 256 bits in strength. These capabilities bring more flexibility in addition to existing support for industry norms such as TR-34 and TR-31/X9.143. With AWS Payment Cryptography, you can simplify cryptography operations in your cloud-hosted payment applications with a service that grows elastically with your business and has been assessed as compliant with PCI PIN Security and Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) requirements. While payment processing has traditionally relied on TDES (Triple DES) encryption schemes, customers have shown a greater interest in moving to the more secure AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) standard including the 256-bit option. With this feature, AWS Payment Cryptography provides an interoperable method to exchange any key supported by the service with a customers on-premise HSM, providing a secure method of key synchronization and migration. ECDH can also be used when transferring keys to mobile payment applications such as those certified under the PCI MPoC (Mobile Payments on Commercial-off-the-shelf devices) standard. This removes the risks and hassle of manual processes and makes it easier to upgrade to the latest cryptographic standards. These features are available in all AWS Regions where AWS Payment Cryptography is available. For detailed information and samples for utilizing the new key exchange features, please download the latest AWS CLI/SDK and review importing and exporting keys in the AWS Payment Cryptography Developer Guide.    

Amazon Q in QuickSight is now generally available in embedded dashboards and console. The Generative BI capabilities of Amazon Q in QuickSight help business analysts and business users easily build and consume insights using natural language.

With executive summaries, users of embedded dashboards can quickly grasp essential insights from any dashboard in seconds. Dashboard-authoring capabilities empower your users to build interactive dashboards more easily than ever, leveraging natural language to generate visuals and perform complex calculations with ease. With just a few lines of code, developers can integrate Generative BI capabilities into their applications by embedding the new multi-visual Q&A experience—enabling end users to confidently explore and answer questions from data. Users can prompt Amazon Q using a few words to generate a sharable document or presentation in moments that explains data, extracts key insights and visuals, and recommends best actions to improve your business.

These Amazon Q capabilities in embedded dashboards and console are now generally available in the US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Europe (Ireland, Frankfurt, London), Asia Pacific (Mumbai and Sydney ), Canada (Central) and South America (São Paulo) AWS Regions.

To learn more about Amazon Q in embedded QuickSight see the AWS Business Intelligence Blog and try Amazon QuickSight free for 30 days.

 

​Amazon Q in QuickSight is now generally available in embedded dashboards and console. The Generative BI capabilities of Amazon Q in QuickSight help business analysts and business users easily build and consume insights using natural language. With executive summaries, users of embedded dashboards can quickly grasp essential insights from any dashboard in seconds. Dashboard-authoring capabilities empower your users to build interactive dashboards more easily than ever, leveraging natural language to generate visuals and perform complex calculations with ease. With just a few lines of code, developers can integrate Generative BI capabilities into their applications by embedding the new multi-visual Q&A experience—enabling end users to confidently explore and answer questions from data. Users can prompt Amazon Q using a few words to generate a sharable document or presentation in moments that explains data, extracts key insights and visuals, and recommends best actions to improve your business. These Amazon Q capabilities in embedded dashboards and console are now generally available in the US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Europe (Ireland, Frankfurt, London), Asia Pacific (Mumbai and Sydney ), Canada (Central) and South America (São Paulo) AWS Regions. To learn more about Amazon Q in embedded QuickSight see the AWS Business Intelligence Blog and try Amazon QuickSight free for 30 days.