Author: David Tucker
Join cloud strategist and Pluralsight author David Tucker to learn what’s new in AWS, including the general availability of CDK Pipelines, new Wavelength Zones and much more!
For full notes of all the resources, announcements and tools mentioned in this video, follow the links below:
Featured Announcements
CDK Pipelines now GA - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/07/announcing-cdk-pipelines-ga-ci-cd-cdk-apps/
SAM Pipelines in Preview - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/07/simplify-ci-cd-configuration-serverless-applications-your-favorite-ci-cd-system-public-preview/
Route 53 Application Recovery Controller - https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-route-53-application-recovery-controller/
Amplify Geo in Preview - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/08/announcing-amplify-geo-developer-preview-aws-amplify/
Announcing new AWS Wavelength Zones in Chicago, Houston, and Phoenix - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/08/announcing-new-aws-wavelength-zones-chicago-houston-phoenix/
AWS Local Zones - Denver - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/07/announcing-the-general-availability-of-aws-local-zones-in-denver/
Platform Updates
CloudWatch Cross Account Alarms - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/08/announcing-amazon-cloudwatch-cross-account-alarms/
Cross-account Cross-region CloudWatch Console - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/Cross-Account-Cross-Region.html
Amazon EKS Adds Multus Support - https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/amazon-eks-now-supports-multus-cni/
CloudFormation Resource Additions - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/08/introducing-79-new-resource-types-cloudformation-registry/
Import into CloudFormation Stack Set - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/07/you-can-now-import-your-aws-cloudformation-stacks-into-a-cloudformation-stack-set/
CloudFormation Stack Limit Increased - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/aws-cloudformation-now-supports-more-stacks-per-aws-account/
Copilot supports Custom Domain Name and Enhancements - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/08/aws-copilot-supports-custom-domain-names-app-runner-services-other-enhancements/
Sagemaker Pipelines adds Support for Running Lambda Functions - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/08/amazon-sagemaker-pipelines-supports-invoking-aws-lambda-functions/
AWS Control Tower supports Region Deselection - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/08/aws-control-tower-available-sao-paulo-paris-provides-region-deselection/1
AppSync adds custom authentication via Lambda for GraphQL API’s - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/07/aws-appsync-supports-custom-authorization-with-aws-lambda-graphsql-apis/
EC2 Auto-scaling Supports Selecting Instances to terminate - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/07/amazon-ec2-auto-scaling-now-lets-you-control-which-instances-to-terminate-on-scale-in/
Amazon Neptune ML - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/07/amazon-neptune-ml-generally-available-support-edge-predictions-automation-and-more/
AWS IoT SiteWise Edge now GA - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/07/aws-iot-sitewise-edge-now-generally-available/
Amazon HealthLake is now GA - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/07/amazon-healthlake-generally-available/
Glue DataBrew now HIPAA eligible - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/07/aws-glue-databrew-hipaa-eligible/
Featured Resources
DevOps on AWS: Getting Started