Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) now supports dual-stack connectivity (IPv4 and IPv6) for new connectors on Amazon MSK Connect. This capability enables customers to create connectors on MSK Connect using both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols, in addition to the existing IPv4-only option. It helps customers modernize applications for IPv6 environments while maintaining IPv4 compatibility, making it easier to meet compliance requirements and prepare for future network architectures.
Amazon MSK Connect is a fully managed service that allows you to deploy and operate Apache Kafka Connect connectors in a fully managed environment. Previously, connectors on MSK Connect only supported IPv4 addressing for all connectivity options. With this new capability, customers can now enable dual-stack connectivity (IPv4 and IPv6) on new connectors using the Amazon MSK Console, AWS CLI, SDK, or CloudFormation by setting the Network Type parameter during connector creation. All connectors on MSK Connect will by default use IPv4-only connectivity unless explicitly opted-in for dual-stack while creating new connectors. Existing connectors will continue using IPv4 connectivity. To change that you will need to delete and recreate the connector.
Dual-stack connectivity for new connectors on MSK Connect is now available in all AWS Regions where Amazon MSK Connect is available, at no additional cost. To learn more about Amazon MSK dual-stack support, refer to the Amazon MSK developer guide.
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) now supports dual-stack connectivity (IPv4 and IPv6) for new connectors on Amazon MSK Connect. This capability enables customers to create connectors on MSK Connect using both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols, in addition to the existing IPv4-only option. It helps customers modernize applications for IPv6 environments while maintaining IPv4 compatibility, making it easier to meet compliance requirements and prepare for future network architectures. Amazon MSK Connect is a fully managed service that allows you to deploy and operate Apache Kafka Connect connectors in a fully managed environment. Previously, connectors on MSK Connect only supported IPv4 addressing for all connectivity options. With this new capability, customers can now enable dual-stack connectivity (IPv4 and IPv6) on new connectors using the Amazon MSK Console, AWS CLI, SDK, or CloudFormation by setting the Network Type parameter during connector creation. All connectors on MSK Connect will by default use IPv4-only connectivity unless explicitly opted-in for dual-stack while creating new connectors. Existing connectors will continue using IPv4 connectivity. To change that you will need to delete and recreate the connector. Dual-stack connectivity for new connectors on MSK Connect is now available in all AWS Regions where Amazon MSK Connect is available, at no additional cost. To learn more about Amazon MSK dual-stack support, refer to the Amazon MSK developer guide.
Amazon WorkSpaces now supports IPv6 for WorkSpaces domains and external endpoints, enabling users to connect through an IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack configuration from compatible clients (excluding SAML authentication). This helps customers meet IPv6 compliance requirements and eliminates the need for costly networking equipment to handle address translation between IPv4 and IPv6.
Dual-stack support for WorkSpaces addresses the Internet’s growing demand for IP addresses by offering a vastly larger address space than IPv4. This eliminates the need to manage overlapping address ranges within your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). Customers can deploy WorkSpaces through dual-stack that supports both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols while maintaining backward compatibility with existing IPv4 systems. Customers can also connect to their WorkSpaces through PrivateLink VPC endpoints over IPv6, enabling them to access the service privately without routing traffic over the public internet.
Connecting to Amazon WorkSpaces over IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack configuration is supported in all AWS Regions where Amazon WorkSpaces is available, including the AWS GovCloud (US East & US West) Regions. There is no additional cost for this feature.
Amazon WorkSpaces now supports IPv6 for WorkSpaces domains and external endpoints, enabling users to connect through an IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack configuration from compatible clients (excluding SAML authentication). This helps customers meet IPv6 compliance requirements and eliminates the need for costly networking equipment to handle address translation between IPv4 and IPv6. Dual-stack support for WorkSpaces addresses the Internet’s growing demand for IP addresses by offering a vastly larger address space than IPv4. This eliminates the need to manage overlapping address ranges within your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). Customers can deploy WorkSpaces through dual-stack that supports both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols while maintaining backward compatibility with existing IPv4 systems. Customers can also connect to their WorkSpaces through PrivateLink VPC endpoints over IPv6, enabling them to access the service privately without routing traffic over the public internet. Connecting to Amazon WorkSpaces over IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack configuration is supported in all AWS Regions where Amazon WorkSpaces is available, including the AWS GovCloud (US East & US West) Regions. There is no additional cost for this feature. To enable IPv6, you must use the latest WorkSpaces client application for Windows, macOS, Linux, PCoIP zero clients, or web access. To learn more about IPv6 support on Amazon WorkSpaces, refer to the Amazon WorkSpaces administration guide.
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R8i and R8i-flex instances are available in the Asia Pacific (Seoul), South America (Sao Paulo), and Asia Pacific (Tokyo) regions. These instances are powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, available only on AWS, delivering the highest performance and fastest memory bandwidth among comparable Intel processors in the cloud. The R8i and R8i-flex instances offer up to 15% better price-performance, and 2.5x more memory bandwidth compared to previous generation Intel-based instances. They deliver 20% higher performance than R7i instances, with even higher gains for specific workloads. They are up to 30% faster for PostgreSQL databases, up to 60% faster for NGINX web applications, and up to 40% faster for AI deep learning recommendation models compared to R7i.
R8i-flex, our first memory-optimized Flex instances, are the easiest way to get price performance benefits for a majority of memory-intensive workloads. They offer the most common sizes, from large to 16xlarge, and are a great first choice for applications that don’t fully utilize all compute resources.
R8i instances are a great choice for all memory-intensive workloads, especially for workloads that need the largest instance sizes or continuous high CPU usage. R8i instances offer 13 sizes including 2 bare metal sizes and the new 96xlarge size for the largest applications. R8i instances are SAP-certified and deliver 142,100 aSAPS, the highest among all comparable machines in on-premises and cloud environments, delivering exceptional performance for mission-critical SAP workloads.
To get started, sign in to the AWS Management Console. Customers can purchase these instances via Savings Plans, On-Demand instances, and Spot instances. For more information about the new R8i and R8i-flex instances visit the AWS News blog.
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R8i and R8i-flex instances are available in the Asia Pacific (Seoul), South America (Sao Paulo), and Asia Pacific (Tokyo) regions. These instances are powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, available only on AWS, delivering the highest performance and fastest memory bandwidth among comparable Intel processors in the cloud. The R8i and R8i-flex instances offer up to 15% better price-performance, and 2.5x more memory bandwidth compared to previous generation Intel-based instances. They deliver 20% higher performance than R7i instances, with even higher gains for specific workloads. They are up to 30% faster for PostgreSQL databases, up to 60% faster for NGINX web applications, and up to 40% faster for AI deep learning recommendation models compared to R7i. R8i-flex, our first memory-optimized Flex instances, are the easiest way to get price performance benefits for a majority of memory-intensive workloads. They offer the most common sizes, from large to 16xlarge, and are a great first choice for applications that don’t fully utilize all compute resources. R8i instances are a great choice for all memory-intensive workloads, especially for workloads that need the largest instance sizes or continuous high CPU usage. R8i instances offer 13 sizes including 2 bare metal sizes and the new 96xlarge size for the largest applications. R8i instances are SAP-certified and deliver 142,100 aSAPS, the highest among all comparable machines in on-premises and cloud environments, delivering exceptional performance for mission-critical SAP workloads. To get started, sign in to the AWS Management Console. Customers can purchase these instances via Savings Plans, On-Demand instances, and Spot instances. For more information about the new R8i and R8i-flex instances visit the AWS News blog.
Amazon Neptune Database is now available in the Europe (Zurich)Region on engine versions 1.4.5.0 and later. You can now create Neptune clusters using R5, R5d, R6g, R6i, X2iedn, T4g, and T3 instance types in the AWS Europe (Zurich) Region.
Amazon Neptune Database is a fast, reliable, and fully managed graph database as a service that makes it easy to build and run applications work with highly connected datasets. You can build applications using Apache TinkerPop Gremlin or openCypher on the Property Graph model, or using the SPARQL query language on W3C Resource Description Framework (RDF). Neptune also offers enterprise features such as high availability, automated backups, and network isolation to help customers quickly deploy applications to production.
Amazon Neptune Database is now available in the Europe (Zurich) Region on engine versions 1.4.5.0 and later. You can now create Neptune clusters using R5, R5d, R6g, R6i, X2iedn, T4g, and T3 instance types in the AWS Europe (Zurich) Region. Amazon Neptune Database is a fast, reliable, and fully managed graph database as a service that makes it easy to build and run applications work with highly connected datasets. You can build applications using Apache TinkerPop Gremlin or openCypher on the Property Graph model, or using the SPARQL query language on W3C Resource Description Framework (RDF). Neptune also offers enterprise features such as high availability, automated backups, and network isolation to help customers quickly deploy applications to production. To get started, you can create a new Neptune cluster using the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, or a quickstart AWS CloudFormation template. For more information on pricing and region availability, refer to the Neptune pricing page and AWS Region Table.
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK) now supports Apache Kafka version 3.9 for Express Brokers. This release introduces support for KRaft (Kafka Raft), Apache Kafka’s new consensus protocol that eliminates the dependency on Apache ZooKeeper for metadata management. KRaft shifts metadata management in Kafka clusters from external Apache ZooKeeper nodes to a group of controllers within Kafka. This change allows metadata to be stored and replicated as topics within Kafka brokers, resulting in faster propagation of metadata.
New Express Broker clusters created using Kafka v3.9 will automatically use KRaft as the metadata management mode, giving you the benefits of this modern architecture from the start. The ability to upgrade existing clusters to v3.9 will be available in a future release.
Amazon MSK Express Brokers with Kafka v3.9 are available in all AWS regions where MSK Express is supported. To get started, create a new Express Broker cluster and select Kafka version 3.9 in the AWS Management Console or via the AWS CLI or AWS SDKs.
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK) now supports Apache Kafka version 3.9 for Express Brokers. This release introduces support for KRaft (Kafka Raft), Apache Kafka’s new consensus protocol that eliminates the dependency on Apache ZooKeeper for metadata management. KRaft shifts metadata management in Kafka clusters from external Apache ZooKeeper nodes to a group of controllers within Kafka. This change allows metadata to be stored and replicated as topics within Kafka brokers, resulting in faster propagation of metadata.
New Express Broker clusters created using Kafka v3.9 will automatically use KRaft as the metadata management mode, giving you the benefits of this modern architecture from the start. The ability to upgrade existing clusters to v3.9 will be available in a future release.
Amazon MSK Express Brokers with Kafka v3.9 are available in all AWS regions where MSK Express is supported. To get started, create a new Express Broker cluster and select Kafka version 3.9 in the AWS Management Console or via the AWS CLI or AWS SDKs.
AWS Direct Connect now supports resilience testing with AWS Fault Injection Service (FIS), a fully managed service for running controlled fault injection experiments to improve application performance, observability, and resilience. With this capability, you can test and observe how your applications respond when Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) sessions over your Virtual Interfaces are disrupted and validate your resilience mechanisms.
With this new capability, you can test how your applications handle Direct Connect BGP failover in a controlled environment. For example, you can validate that traffic routes to redundant Virtual Interfaces when a primary Virtual Interface’s BGP session is disrupted and your applications continue to function as expected. This capability is particularly valuable for proactively testing Direct Connect architectures where failover is critical to maintaining network connectivity.
AWS Direct Connect now supports resilience testing with AWS Fault Injection Service (FIS), a fully managed service for running controlled fault injection experiments to improve application performance, observability, and resilience. With this capability, you can test and observe how your applications respond when Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) sessions over your Virtual Interfaces are disrupted and validate your resilience mechanisms. With this new capability, you can test how your applications handle Direct Connect BGP failover in a controlled environment. For example, you can validate that traffic routes to redundant Virtual Interfaces when a primary Virtual Interface’s BGP session is disrupted and your applications continue to function as expected. This capability is particularly valuable for proactively testing Direct Connect architectures where failover is critical to maintaining network connectivity. This new action is available in all AWS Commercial Regions where AWS FIS is offered. To learn more, visit the AWS FIS product page and the Direct Connect FIS actions user guide.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Business: El futuro del trabajo para las pequeñas empresas
Por: Jared Spataro, director de marketing, IA at Work, Microsoft
Las pequeñas empresas funcionan con equipos y plazos más ajustados: cada hora y cada decisión cuenta. Pero cuando tienes que manejar un mosaico de aplicaciones independientes y chatbots, tienes más fricción que flujo. Los datos acaban dispersos, la seguridad pasa a ser secundaria y tu equipo pierde tiempo en el cambio de herramienta en vez de atender a los clientes. En resumen: no necesitan un producto puntual más: necesitan una solución que lo reúna todo para que puedan centrarse en el crecimiento, no en las lagunas.
Microsoft está diseñada para empoderar a empresas preparadas para el futuro. Desde herramientas de productividad de primer nivel que agilizan el trabajo hasta IA y agentes seguros e integrados que impulsan mejores decisiones y automatizan flujos de trabajo, ayudamos a las empresas a mantenerse conectadas y eficientes. Simplificamos y protegemos sus operaciones con una seguridad robusta, una gestión fiable de datos y un sistema de planificación de recursos empresariales (ERP, por sus siglas en inglés) adaptado a pequeñas y medianas empresas (PyMEs). Microsoft ofrece un enfoque integral que permite a las PyMEs trabajar de manera más inteligente y prosperar en un mundo que cambia con rapidez.
IA de calidad empresarial, precio amigable para PyMEs: Microsoft Copilot Business ya está disponible
Microsoft ya tiene una gran gama de productos para pequeñas y medianas empresas; que mejoró aún más. Nos complace anunciar la disponibilidad general de Microsoft 365 Copilot Business, una solución de IA integral y completa, diseñada para el trabajo a un precio accesible para las PyMEs. Por solo 21 USD por usuario y al mes, Copilot Business incorpora una IA segura y de nivel empresarial a las aplicaciones de Microsoft 365 que las PyMEs utilizan cada día: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook y Teams.
Y ahora, solo por un tiempo limitado (hasta el 31 de marzo de 2026), pueden desbloquear precios aún mejores al comprar Copilot Business con los planes Microsoft 365 Business, lo que facilita más que nunca equipar a su equipo con las herramientas necesarias para trabajar de forma más inteligente y crecer más rápido.
Microsoft 365 Copilot está diseñado por IA para el trabajo
Microsoft 365 Copilot no es solo otra herramienta de IA: está diseñado en específico para apoyar su negocio. Impulsado por Work IQ, la capa de inteligencia que permite a Copilot entender su negocio, Copilot aprende cómo trabajan y con quién trabajan, para anticipar sus necesidades, automatizar tareas rutinarias y mostrar lo que en verdad importa. Eso significa menos tiempo dedicado a tareas repetitivas y más tiempo en impulsar el crecimiento, para servir a los clientes y planificar el futuro.
Integrado en las aplicaciones de Microsoft 365, Copilot ofrece asistencia impulsada por IA para tareas como resumir correos electrónicos, redactar documentos, analizar datos y tomar notas de reuniones, todo ello sin interrumpir su flujo de trabajo. Funciona a la perfección en Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel y PowerPoint, además de respetar las configuraciones de seguridad y cumplimiento existentes de su organización. Basado en la confiable nube de Microsoft, Copilot garantiza que sus datos permanezcan protegidos y privados, para que puedan tomar decisiones más rápidas e inteligentes y escalar con confianza, sin los riesgos de seguridad que conlleva unir múltiples soluciones puntuales o productos de consumo propio.
Copilot va más allá del chat. También proporciona agentes de IA, asistentes digitales especializados que pueden gestionar flujos de trabajo completos, no solo tareas individuales. ¿Necesitan automatizar la incorporación? ¿Gestionar inventario? ¿Mejorar el tiempo de resolución de los clientes? Los agentes pueden hacer eso. Trabajan entre bastidores para gestionar la complejidad, liberándolos a ustedes y a su equipo para que se centren en lo que importa para su negocio. Con Microsoft Copilot Studio, cualquier organización puede crear agentes personalizados específicos para sus procesos y necesidades empresariales, sin necesidad de programación. Y con un panel de control sencillo para gestionarlos, estos agentes ponen la automatización de nivel empresarial al alcance de las PyMEs.
Seguridad diseñada para PyMEs: Microsoft Defender y Microsoft Purview
En el panorama actual de amenazas, la seguridad no puede ser una idea secundaria, en especial al adoptar la IA. Microsoft 365 Copilot está diseñado para funcionar dentro de los límites de seguridad y cumplimiento existentes de su organización, para que los datos sensibles no se compartan en exceso ni se expongan. Copilot respeta los permisos y políticas establecidos por Microsoft Purview, lo que asegura que solo las personas adecuadas vean la información correcta.
Microsoft ofrece protección avanzada adaptada a PyMEs mediante soluciones como Microsoft Defender y Microsoft Purview, ahora disponibles en SKUs diseñados para organizaciones más pequeñas. Microsoft Defender ofrece protección empresarial contra phishing y ransomware, con investigación automatizada y defensa en tiempo real, sin la complejidad de las soluciones puntuales. Microsoft Purview ayuda a las empresas a gobernar, proteger y gestionar datos sensibles en entornos en la nube y locales, lo que reduce riesgos y garantiza el cumplimiento normativo.
Junto con Copilot, estas soluciones proporcionan una base segura para la productividad y la innovación, lo que ayuda a aprovechar la IA sin comprometer la seguridad o el cumplimiento normativo de los datos.
¿Listos para transformarse? Así es como empezar
El futuro del trabajo no consiste en perseguir la última app o tendencia. Se trata de construir un sistema que funcione en conjunto, de forma segura y que funcione para ustedes. Microsoft ofrece esa solución: un ecosistema donde la inteligencia, la integración y la confianza convergen para ayudar a las pequeñas empresas a prosperar. Si están listos para simplificar la complejidad, desbloquear la productividad y escalar con confianza, la elección es clara: Microsoft está hecho para su éxito.
Nunca ha habido un mejor momento para modernizar su negocio con Microsoft. Combinen Copilot Business con los planes Microsoft 365 Business y añadan Microsoft Purview a través de nuestra red de socios para obtener la mejor relación calidad-precio y una experiencia fluida.
Today, Amazon WorkSpaces Applications announced a new set of Amazon CloudWatch metrics for monitoring the health and performance of fleets, sessions, instances, and users. Administrators and support operations personnel can conveniently enable monitoring across fleets from the Amazon CloudWatch console. These metrics simplify troubleshooting and dynamically update to reflect the latest state of important performance metrics.
Users can make informed decisions on sizing and end users’ streaming instances by setting performance thresholds on available metrics to meet performance and budgeting criteria. They can view instance and session performance metrics to troubleshoot end user streaming session related issues.
To enable this feature for your fleet instancess, you must use a WorkSpaces Applications image that uses latest agent released on or after December 06, 2025 or has been updated using Managed WorkSpaces Applications image updates released on or after December 05, 2025.
These CloudWatch metrics are available in all the AWS commercial and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions where Amazon WorkSpaces Applications is currently available. To get started or learn more, you can visit Amazon WorkSpaces Applications Metrics and Dimensions documentation.
Today, Amazon WorkSpaces Applications announced a new set of Amazon CloudWatch metrics for monitoring the health and performance of fleets, sessions, instances, and users. Administrators and support operations personnel can conveniently enable monitoring across fleets from the Amazon CloudWatch console. These metrics simplify troubleshooting and dynamically update to reflect the latest state of important performance metrics. Users can make informed decisions on sizing and end users’ streaming instances by setting performance thresholds on available metrics to meet performance and budgeting criteria. They can view instance and session performance metrics to troubleshoot end user streaming session related issues. To enable this feature for your fleet instancess, you must use a WorkSpaces Applications image that uses latest agent released on or after December 06, 2025 or has been updated using Managed WorkSpaces Applications image updates released on or after December 05, 2025.
These CloudWatch metrics are available in all the AWS commercial and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions where Amazon WorkSpaces Applications is currently available. To get started or learn more, you can visit Amazon WorkSpaces Applications Metrics and Dimensions documentation.
Today, EC2 Auto Scaling is launching a new API, LaunchInstances, which gives customers more control and flexibility over how EC2 Auto Scaling provisions instances while providing instant feedback on capacity availability.
Customers use EC2 Auto Scaling for automated fleet management. With scaling policies, EC2 Auto Scaling can automatically add instances when demand spikes and remove them when traffic drops, ensuring customers’ applications always have the right amount of compute. EC2 Auto Scaling also offers the ability to monitor and replace unhealthy instances. In certain use cases, customers may want to specify exactly where EC2 Auto Scaling should launch additional instances and need immediate feedback on capacity availability. The new LaunchInstances API allows customers to precisely control where instances are launched by specifying an override for any Availability Zone and/or subnet in an Auto Scaling group, while providing immediate feedback on capacity availability. This synchronous operation gives customers real-time insight into scaling operations, enabling them to quickly implement alternative strategies if needed. For additional flexibility, the API includes optional asynchronous retries to help reach the desired capacity.
This feature is now available in all AWS Regions and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, at no additional cost beyond standard EC2 and EBS usage. To get started, visit the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) and the AWS SDKs. To learn more about this feature, visit the AWS documentation.
Today, EC2 Auto Scaling is launching a new API, LaunchInstances, which gives customers more control and flexibility over how EC2 Auto Scaling provisions instances while providing instant feedback on capacity availability. Customers use EC2 Auto Scaling for automated fleet management. With scaling policies, EC2 Auto Scaling can automatically add instances when demand spikes and remove them when traffic drops, ensuring customers’ applications always have the right amount of compute. EC2 Auto Scaling also offers the ability to monitor and replace unhealthy instances. In certain use cases, customers may want to specify exactly where EC2 Auto Scaling should launch additional instances and need immediate feedback on capacity availability. The new LaunchInstances API allows customers to precisely control where instances are launched by specifying an override for any Availability Zone and/or subnet in an Auto Scaling group, while providing immediate feedback on capacity availability. This synchronous operation gives customers real-time insight into scaling operations, enabling them to quickly implement alternative strategies if needed. For additional flexibility, the API includes optional asynchronous retries to help reach the desired capacity. This feature is now available in all AWS Regions and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, at no additional cost beyond standard EC2 and EBS usage. To get started, visit the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) and the AWS SDKs. To learn more about this feature, visit the AWS documentation.
Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) Public now supports PrivateLink for the US East (N. Virginia) SDK endpoint, providing enhanced network security and private connectivity for customers. This update allows customers to access this ECR Public SDK endpoint through a private network connection, reducing exposure to the public internet.
With this enhancement, customers can now establish a private connection from their Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) to their ECR Public SDK endpoint while creating and maintaining their ECR Public repositories. This means organizations can maintain network privacy and security, reduce exposure of sensitive network traffic, comply with stricter network security requirements, and simplify network architecture for accessing ECR Public resources.
Get started today with the US East (N. Virginia) ECR Public SDK endpoint.
Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) Public now supports PrivateLink for the US East (N. Virginia) SDK endpoint, providing enhanced network security and private connectivity for customers. This update allows customers to access this ECR Public SDK endpoint through a private network connection, reducing exposure to the public internet. With this enhancement, customers can now establish a private connection from their Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) to their ECR Public SDK endpoint while creating and maintaining their ECR Public repositories. This means organizations can maintain network privacy and security, reduce exposure of sensitive network traffic, comply with stricter network security requirements, and simplify network architecture for accessing ECR Public resources. Get started today with the US East (N. Virginia) ECR Public SDK endpoint.
To learn more, visit ECR documentation.
