#299: February 2019 Updates

Published: Feb. 17, 2019, 8:33 p.m.

b'Simon guides you through lots of new features, services and capabilities that you can take advantage of. Including the new AWS Backup service, more powerful GPU capabilities, new SLAs and much, much more!\\n\\nChapters:\\n\\nService Level Agreements 0:17\\nStorage 0:57\\nMedia Services 5:08\\nDeveloper Tools 6:17\\nAnalytics 9:54\\nAI/ML 12:07\\nDatabase 14:47\\nNetworking & Content Delivery 17:32\\nCompute 19:02\\nSolutions 21:57\\nBusiness Applications 23:38\\nAWS Cost Management 25:07\\nMigration & Transfer 25:39\\nApplication Integration 26:07\\nManagement & Governance 26:32\\nEnd User Computing 29:22\\n\\nLinks:\\n\\nTopic || Service Level Agreements 0:17\\n\\nAmazon Kinesis Data Firehose Announces 99.9% Service Level Agreement | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/amazon-kinesis-data-firehose-announces-99-9-service-level-agreement/ \\nAmazon Kinesis Data Streams Announces 99.9% Service Level Agreement | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/amazon-kinesis-data-streams-announces-99-9-service-level-agreement/ \\nAmazon Kinesis Video Streams Announces 99.9% Service Level Agreement | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-announces-99-9-service-level-agreement/ \\nAmazon EKS Announces 99.9% Service Level Agreement | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/-amazon-eks-announces-99-9--service-level-agreement-/ \\nAmazon ECR Announces 99.9% Service Level Agreement | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/amazon-ecr-announces-99-9--service-level-agreement/ \\nAmazon Cognito Announces 99.9% Service Level Agreement | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/amazon-cognito-announces-99-9-service-level-agreement/ \\nAWS Step Functions Announces 99.9% Service Level Agreement | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/aws-step-functions-announces-service-level-agreement/ \\nAWS Secrets Manager Announces Service Level Agreement | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/AWS-Secrets-Manager-announces-service-level-agreement/ \\nAmazon MQ Announces 99.9% Service Level Agreement | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/amazon-mq-announces-service-level-agreement/ \\n\\n\\nTopic || Storage 0:57\\nIntroducing AWS Backup | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/introducing-aws-backup/ \\nIntroducing Amazon Elastic File System Integration with AWS Backup | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/introducing-amazon-elastic-file-system-integration-with-aws-backup/ \\nAWS Storage Gateway Integrates with AWS Backup - Amazon Web Services | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/aws-storage-gateway-integrates-with-aws-backup-to-protect-volume/ \\nAWS Backup Integrates with Amazon DynamoDB for Centralized and Automated Backup Management | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/aws-backup-integrates-with-amazon-DynamoDB-for-centralized-and-automated-backup-management/ \\nAmazon EBS Integrates with AWS Backup to Protect Your Volumes | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/amazon-ebs-integrates-with-aws-backup-to-protect-your-volumes/ \\nAWS Storage Gateway Volume Detach & Attach - Amazon Web Services | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/aws-storage-gateway-introduces-volume-detach-and-attach-feature-/ \\nAWS Storage Gateway - Tape Gateway Performance | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/aws-storage-gateway-announces-increased-throughput-performance-for-tape-gateway/ \\nAmazon FSx for Lustre Offers New Options and Faster Speeds for Working with S3 Data | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/amazon-fsx-for-lustre-offers-new-options-and-faster-speeds/ \\n\\nTopic || Media Services 5:08\\n\\nAWS Elemental MediaConvert Adds IMF Input and Enhances Caption Burn-In Support | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/aws-elemental-mediaconvert-adds-imf-input-enhances-caption-burn-in-support/ \\nAWS Elemental MediaLive Adds Support for AWS CloudTrail | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/aws-elemental-medialive-adds-support-for-aws-cloudtrail/ \\nAWS Elemental MediaLive Now Supports Resource Tagging | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/aws-elemental-medialive-now-supports-resource-tagging/ \\nAWS Elemental MediaLive Adds I-Frame-Only HLS Manifests and JPEG Outputs | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/aws-elemental-medialive-add-i-frame-only-hls-manifest-and-jpeg-outputs/ \\n\\n\\nTopic || Developer Tools 6:17\\nAmazon Corretto is Now Generally Available | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/amazon-corretto-is-now-generally-available/ \\nAWS CodePipeline Now Supports Deploying to Amazon S3 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/aws-codepipeline-now-supports-deploying-to-amazon-s3/ \\nAWS Cloud9 Supports AWS CloudTrail Logging | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/aws-cloud9-supports-aws-cloudtrail-logging/ \\nAWS CodeBuild Now Supports Accessing Images from Private Docker Registry | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/aws-codebuild-now-supports-accessing-images-from-private-docker-registry/ \\nDevelop and Test AWS Step Functions Workflows Locally | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/develop-and-test-aws-step-functions-workflows-locally/ \\nAWS X-Ray SDK for .NET Core is Now Generally Available | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/aws-x-ray-net-core-sdk-generally-available/ \\n\\nTopic || Analytics 9:54\\nAmazon Elasticsearch Service doubles maximum cluster capacity with 200 node cluster support | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/amazon-elasticsearch-service-doubles-maximum-cluster-capacity-with-200-node-cluster-support/ \\nAmazon Elasticsearch Service announces support for Elasticsearch 6.4 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/amazon-elasticsearch-service-announces-support-for-elasticsearch-6-4/ \\nAmazon Elasticsearch Service now supports three Availability Zone deployments | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/amazon-elasticsearch-service-now-supports-three-availability-zone-deployments/ \\nNow bring your own KDC and enable Kerberos authentication in Amazon EMR | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/now_bring_your_own_kdc_and_enable_kerberos_authentication_in_amazon_emr/ \\nSource code for the AWS Glue Data Catalog client for Apache Hive Metastore is now available for download | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/source-code-for-the-aws-glue-data-catalog-client-for-apache-hive-metatore-is-now-available-for-download/ \\n\\nTopic || AI/ML 12:07\\nAmazon Comprehend is now Integrated with AWS CloudTrail | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/amazon-comprehend-is-now-integrated-with-aws-cloudtrail/ \\nObject Bounding Boxes and More Accurate Object and Scene Detection are now Available for Amazon Rekognition Video | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/object-bounding-boxes-and-more-accurate-object-and-scene-detection-are-now-available-for-amazon-rekognition-video/ \\nAmazon Elastic Inference Now Supports TensorFlow 1.12 with a New Python API | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/amazon-elastic-inference-supports-tensorflow-1-12-with-a-python-api/ \\nNew in AWS Deep Learning AMIs: Updated Elastic Inference for TensorFlow, TensorBoard 1.12.1, and MMS 1.0.1 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/aws-deep-learning-amis-now-support-elastic-inference-for-tensorflow-tensorboard1-12-1-mms101/ \\nAmazon SageMaker Batch Transform Now Supports TFRecord Format | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/amazon-sagemaker-batch-transform-now-supports-tfrecord-format/ \\nAmazon Transcribe Now Supports US Spanish Speech-to-Text in Real Time | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/amazon-transcribe-now-supports-us-spanish-speech-to-text-in-real-time/ \\n\\n\\n\\nTopic || Database 14:47\\nAmazon Redshift now runs ANALYZE automatically | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/amazon-redshift-auto-analyze/ \\nIntroducing Python Shell Jobs in AWS Glue | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/introducing-python-shell-jobs-in-aws-glue/ \\nAmazon RDS for PostgreSQL Now Supports T3 Instance Types | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/amazon-rds-postgresql-now-supports-t3-instance-types/ \\nAmazon RDS for Oracle Now Supports T3 Instance Types | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/amazon-rds-for-oracle-now-supports-t3-instance-types/ \\nAmazon RDS for Oracle Now Supports SQLT Diagnostics Tool Version 12.2.180725 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/amazon-rds-oracle-now-supports-sqlt-diagnostics-tool-122180725/ \\nAmazon RDS for Oracle Now Supports January 2019 Oracle Patch Set Updates (PSU) and Release Updates (RU) | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/amazon-rds-oracle-supports-jan-2019-oracle-psu/ \\nAmazon DynamoDB Local Adds Support for Transactional APIs, On-Demand Capacity Mode, and 20 GSIs | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/amazon-dynamodb-local-adds-support-for-transactional-apis-on-demand-capacity-mode-and-20-gsis/ \\n\\n\\nTopic || Networking & Content Delivery 17:32\\nNetwork Load Balancer Now Supports TLS Termination | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/network-load-balancer-now-supports-tls-termination/ \\nAmazon CloudFront announces six new Edge locations across United States and France | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/cloudfront-feb2019-6locations/ \\nAWS Site-to-Site VPN Now Supports IKEv2 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/aws-site-to-site-vpn-now-supports-ikev2/ \\nVPC Route Tables Support up to 1,000 Static Routes | https://forums.aws.amazon.com/ann.jspa?annID=6554\\n\\nTopic || Compute 19:02\\nAnnouncing a 25% price reduction for Amazon EC2 X1 Instances in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) AWS Region | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/announcing-a-25-percent-price-reduction-for-amazon-ec2-x1-instances-in-the-asia-pacific-mumbai-aws-region/ \\nAmazon EKS Achieves ISO and PCI Compliance | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/amazon-eks-achieves-iso-and-pci-compliance/ \\nAWS Fargate Now Has Support For AWS PrivateLink | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/aws-fargate-now-has-support-for-aws-privatelink/ \\nAWS Elastic Beanstalk Adds Support for Ruby 2.6 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/aws-elastic-beanstalk-adds-support-for-ruby-26/ \\nAWS Elastic Beanstalk Adds Support for .NET Core 2.2 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/aws-elastic-beanstalk-adds-support-for-net-core-22/ \\nAmazon ECS and Amazon ECR now have support for AWS PrivateLink | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/aws-fargate--amazon-ecs--and-amazon-ecr-now-have-support-for-aws/ \\nGPU Support for Amazon ECS now Available | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/gpu-support-for-amazon-ecs-now-available/ \\nAWS Batch now supports Amazon EC2 A1 Instances and EC2 G3s Instances | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/aws-batch-now-supports-amazon-ec2-a1-instances-and-ec2-g3s-insta/ \\n\\n\\nTopic || Solutions 21:57\\nDeploy Micro Focus Enterprise Server on AWS with New Quick Start | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/deploy-micro-focus-enterprise-server-on-aws-with-new-quick-start/ \\nAWS Public Datasets Now Available from UK Meteorological Office, Queensland Government, University of Pennsylvania, Buildzero, and Others | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/aws-public-datasets-now-available/ \\nQuick Start Update: Active Directory Domain Services on the AWS Cloud | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/quick-start-update-active-directory-domain-services-on-aws/ \\nIntroducing the Media2Cloud solution | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/introducing-the-media2cloud-solution/ \\n\\n\\nTopic || Business Applications 23:38\\nAlexa for Business now offers IT admins simplified workflow to setup shared devices | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/alexa-for-business-now-offers-it-admins-simplified-workflow-to-s/ \\n\\n\\nTopic || AWS Cost Management 25:07\\nIntroducing Normalized Units Information for Amazon EC2 Reservations in AWS Cost Explorer | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/normalized-units-information-for-amazon-ec2-reservations-in-aws-cost-explorer/ \\n\\nTopic || Migration & Transfer 25:39\\nAWS Migration Hub Now Supports Importing On-Premises Server and Application Data to Track Migration Progress | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/AWSMigrationHubImport/ \\n\\nTopic || Application Integration 26:07\\nAmazon SNS Message Filtering Adds Support for Multiple String Values in Blacklist Matching | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/amazon-sns-message-filtering-adds-support-for-multiple-string-values-in-blacklist-matching/ \\n\\n\\nTopic || Management & Governance 26:32\\nAWS Trusted Advisor Expands Functionality With New Best Practice Checks | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/aws-trusted-advisor-expands-functionality/ \\nAWS Systems Manager State Manager Now Supports Management of In-Guest and Instance-Level Configuration | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/aws-systems-manager-state-manager-now-supports-management-of-in-guest-and-instance-level-configuration/ \\nAWS Config Increases Default Limits for AWS Config Rules | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/aws-config-increases-default-limits-for-aws-config-rules/ \\nIntroducing AWS CloudFormation UpdateReplacePolicy Attribute | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/introducing-aws-cloudformation-updatereplacepolicy-attribute/ \\nAutomate WebSocket API Creation in Amazon API Gateway Using AWS CloudFormation | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/automate-websocket-api-creation-in-api-gateway-with-cloudformation/ \\nAWS OpsWorks for Chef Automate and AWS OpsWorks for Puppet Enterprise Now Support AWS CloudFormation | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/aws-opsworks-for-chef-automate-and-aws-opsworks-for-puppet-enter/ \\nFind And Update Access Keys, Password, And MFA Settings Easily Using The AWS Management Console | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/my-security-credentials/ \\nAmazon CloudWatch Agent Adds Support for Procstat Plugin and Multiple Configuration Files | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-adds-support-for-procstat-plugin-and-multiple-configuration-files/ \\nImprove Security Of Your AWS SSO Users Signing In To The User Portal By Using Email-based Verification | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/email-based-verification-for-sso/ \\n\\n\\nTopic || End User Computing 29:22\\nIntroducing Amazon WorkLink | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/01/introducing-amazon-worklink/ \\nAppStream 2.0 enables custom scripts before session start and after session termination | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/appstream-2-0-enables-custom-scripts-before-session-start-and-af/'