Amazon EBS now supports Volume Clones for instant volume copies

Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announces the general availability of Volume Clones for Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), our high-performance block storage service. This new capability allows you to instantly create and access point-in-time copies of EBS volumes within the same Availability Zone (AZ), accelerating software development workflows and enhancing operational agility. Customers use Amazon EBS volumes as durable block storage attached to Amazon EC2 instances. With Amazon EBS Volume Clones, you can instantly create copies of volumes and access the copied volumes with single-digit millisecond latency. Amazon EBS Volume Clones enables rapid creation of test and development environments from production volumes, eliminating manual copy workflows. Additionally, Volume Clones integrates with the Amazon EBS Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver, simplifying storage management for containerized applications. Amazon EBS Volume Clones is available in all AWS Commercial Regions and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. You can access Volume Clones through the AWS Console, AWS Command Line Interface (CLI), AWS SDKs, and AWS CloudFormation. This capability supports all EBS volume types and works for volume copies within the same account and AZ. For detailed pricing information, please visit the EBS pricing page. To explore how Volume Clones can accelerate your software development processes and improve operational efficiency, visit the AWS documentation.
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Amazon AppStream 2.0 announces availability of license included Microsoft applications

Amazon AppStream 2.0 now offers Microsoft applications with licenses included, providing customers with the flexibility to run these applications on AppStream 2.0 fleets. As part of this launch, AppStream 2.0 provides Microsoft Office, Visio, and Project 2021/2024 in both Standard and Professional editions. Each is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions for On-Demand and Always-On fleets. Administrators can dynamically control applications availability by adding or removing applications from AppStream 2.0 images and fleets. End users benefit from a seamless experience, accessing Microsoft applications that are fully integrated with their business applications within their AppStream 2.0 sessions. This helps in ensuring that users can work efficiently with both Microsoft and business applications in a unified environment, eliminating the need for switching between different platforms or services. To get started, create an AppStream custom image by launching an image builder with a Windows Server operating system image. Select the desired set of applications to be installed. Then connect to the image builder and complete image creation by following the Amazon AppStream 2.0 Administration Guide. You must use an AppStream 2.0 Image Builder that uses an AppStream 2.0 agent released on or after October 2, 2025 Or, your image must use managed AppStream 2.0 image updates released on or after October 3, 2025. This functionality is generally available in all regions where AppStream 2.0 is offered. Customers are billed per hour for the AppStream streaming resources, and per-user per-month (non-prorated) for Microsoft applications. Please see Amazon AppStream 2.0 Pricing for more information.
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