Kategorie: Amazon AWS

Amazon WorkSpaces Adds Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Support PCoIP Zero Clients

Amazon WorkSpaces now supports multi-factor authentication when users access their WorkSpaces from PCoIP Zero Clients running the PCOIP firmware version 6.0.0 (or newer). This allows administrators to require an additional factor of authentication when users are accessing their WorkSpaces from a PCoIP Zero Client device. This update also removes the need to use the PCoIP Connection Manager to connect to WorkSpaces, making it easier for you to use PCoIP Zero Clients in your organization.  
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Amazon Aurora (MySQL) Doubles Maximum Write Throughput with Support for R4 Instances

Starting today, you can launch instances in the R4 family when using Amazon Aurora (MySQL). R4 is the next generation of memory-optimized instances and improves upon the popular R3 instances with a larger L3 cache and faster memory.
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Amazon Aurora (MySQL) Speeds Join Queries by More than 10x with Asynchronous Key Prefetch

Amazon Aurora (MySQL) now supports the asynchronous key prefetch (AKP) feature which can speed up join queries by more than an order of magnitude.
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Amazon WorkDocs Now Makes It Easier to Edit Your Files When Using the Web Client

Starting today, you can open Microsoft Office, .pdf, and .txt files directly from the Amazon WorkDocs web client using the default application installed on your computer. When you save your changes, the file is automatically updated on Amazon WorkDocs. With this feature, you no longer need to manually download, save, and upload files when using the web client.
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Amazon EC2 Systems Manager Now Integrates With GitHub

Amazon EC2 Systems Manager now supports the ability to run any script or Systems Manager Document stored on GitHub or Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).
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Amazon EC2 Systems Manager Parameter Store Adds Versioning Support

Amazon EC2 Systems Manager Parameter Store now supports versioning for each parameter.
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Tag Your AWS Batch Spot Managed Compute Environments

AWS Batch now supports user tags that will automatically propagate to Spot instances launched by your Managed Compute Environments. This makes it easier for AWS Batch customers to track ownership, drive their cost accounting processes, implement compliance protocols, and to control access to Spot instances via IAM policies. 
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Amazon ElastiCache for Redis now supports In-Transit and At-Rest Encryption to Help Protect Sensitive Information

Amazon ElastiCache for Redis now supports encryption in-transit and at-rest for secure internode communications to help keep personally identifiable information (PII) safe. The new encryption in-transit feature enables you to encrypt all communications between clients and Redis server as well as between the Redis servers (primary and read replica nodes). The encryption at-rest feature allows you to encrypt your backups on disk and in Amazon S3. Additionally, you can use the Redis AUTH command for an added level of authentication. 
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Amazon RDS now supports MySQL Minor Versions 5.5.57, 5.6.37 and 5.7.19

Amazon RDS for MySQL now supports MySQL Community Edition minor versions 5.5.57, 5.6.37 and 5.7.19 in all AWS Regions. These new versions include a number of fixes and functionality improvements for the MySQL database engine. 
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Amazon Kinesis Analytics now supports configuring multiple destinations in the console

You can now configure your Amazon Kinesis Analytics applications to send real time analytics to up to three destinations in the AWS Management console. You can use this feature to send notifications in response to a high anomaly scores on applications, update a live leaderboard from a group ranking of mobile app data, and much more in the same application. 
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