AWS announcements, Feb 23 – Mar 1, 2026
62 announcements
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Subscribe- 1MarAWS announces pricing for VPC Encryption ControlsAmazon VPC · Networking and content delivery
- 28FebAWS Elemental MediaLive Now Supports SRT Listener ModeAWS Elemental MediaLive
- 27FebAmazon Lightsail expands blueprint selection with a new WordPress blueprintAmazon Lightsail · Compute and containers
- 27FebEC2 Image Builder enhances lifecycle policies with wildcard support and simplified IAMAmazon EC2 · Compute and containers
- 27FebARC Region switch adds three new capabilities: post-recovery workflows, RDS orchestration and AWS provider support for TerraformAmazon RDS · Regions, marketplace and partners
- 27FebAmazon Bedrock batch inference now supports the Converse API formatAmazon Bedrock · AI and machine learning
- 27FebAWS Network Firewall now supports firewall state change notifications through Amazon EventBridgeAWS Network Firewall · Security, identity and compliance
- 27FebAmazon CloudWatch logs centralization rules now support customizable destination log group structureAmazon CloudWatch · Management, governance and cost
- 27FebAWS Resource Access Manager now supports maintaining shares when accounts change organizationsSecurity, identity and compliance
- 27FebAWS now supports Bacs Direct Debit as a payment method for UK customersRegions, marketplace and partners
- 27FebAmazon OpenSearch Service adds new insights for improved cluster stabilityAmazon OpenSearch Service · Analytics
- 27FebOracle Database@AWS is now available in the Dublin AWS RegionDatabases
- 27FebAmazon RDS for PostgreSQL supports minor versions 18.3, 17.9, 16.13, 15.17, and 14.22Amazon RDS · Databases
- 27FebAWS IAM Identity Center now supports IPv6 dual-stack endpoints in AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) and AWS GovCloud (US) RegionsAWS IAM Identity Center
- 26FebAmazon Bedrock announces OpenAI-compatible Projects APIAmazon Bedrock · AI and machine learning
- 26FebAmazon SageMaker HyperPod now supports API-driven Slurm configurationAmazon SageMaker · Compute and containers
- 26FebAmazon ECS Managed Instances now integrates with Amazon EC2 Capacity ReservationsAmazon ECS · Compute and containers
- 26FebAWS Marketplace now supports multiple purchases of SaaS & Professional Services products from the same accountRegions, marketplace and partners
- 26FebAmazon Connect now supports dynamic dialing mode switching for outbound campaignsAmazon Connect · Business applications and end-user computing
- 26FebAmazon CloudWatch now provides lock contention diagnostics for Amazon RDS for PostgreSQLAmazon RDS · Databases
- 26FebAWS Security Hub launches Extended plan for pay-as-you-go partner solutionsAWS Security HUB · Security, identity and compliance
- 26FebAmazon Cognito enhances client secret management with secret rotation and custom secretsAmazon Cognito · Security, identity and compliance
- 26FebApplication Performance Monitoring Enabled by Default in CloudWatch Observability EKS Add-onAmazon CloudWatch · Management, governance and cost
- 26FebAmazon EC2 M8i and M8i-flex instances are available in additional regionsAmazon EC2 · Compute and containers
- 26FebIntroducing Amazon EC2 I8g.metal-48xl instancesAmazon EC2 · Compute and containers
- 26FebAmazon SNS now supports push notifications in the Europe (Spain) RegionAmazon SNS · Serverless
- 26FebAWS Lambda Durable Execution SDK for Java now available in Developer PreviewAWS Lambda · Serverless
- 25FebAWS Outposts racks now support additional Amazon CloudWatch metrics in AWS GovCloud (US) RegionsAmazon CloudWatch · AWS Outposts · Compute and containers
- 25FebAWS Security Agent adds support for penetration tests on shared VPCs across AWS accounts
- 25FebAWS launches a playground for interactive Aurora DSQL database explorationDatabases
- 25FebAurora DSQL launches new support for Tortoise, Flyway, and PrismaDatabases
- 25FebAurora DSQL launches new integrations for Visual Studio Code SQLTools and DBeaverDatabases
- 25FebAmazon EC2 M8i and M8i-flex instances are now available in Africa (Cape Town) regionAmazon EC2 · Compute and containers
- 25FebAmazon EC2 R8a instances now available in the Europe (Ireland) regionAmazon EC2 · Compute and containers
- 25FebAmazon Location Service introduces LLM Context as a Kiro power and Claude Code plugin to improve AI performanceAmazon Location Service · Developer tools, web and mobile
- 25FebAnnouncing new metal sizes for Amazon EC2 M8gn and M8gb instancesAmazon EC2 · Compute and containers
- 25FebAmazon WorkSpaces Applications extends support for 4K resolutionAmazon AppStream 2.0 · Business applications and end-user computing
- 25FebAWS Backup extends support for Amazon Neptune to five additional AWS RegionsAWS Backup · Storage
- 24FebAmazon Bedrock now supports server-side tool execution with AgentCore GatewayAmazon Bedrock · AI and machine learning
- 24FebAWS Compute Optimizer now applies AWS-generated tags to EBS snapshots created during automationAWS Compute Optimizer · Amazon Elastic Block Store · Management, governance and cost
- 24FebAWS Observability now available as a Kiro powerAWS CloudTrail · Amazon CloudWatch
- 24FebAnnouncing AWS Elemental InferenceAI and machine learning
- 24FebAmazon RDS Snapshot Export to S3 now available in AWS GovCloud (US) RegionsAmazon RDS · Databases
- 24FebAWS Deadline Cloud now supports running tasks together in chunksAWS Deadline Cloud · Media, games and IoT
- 24FebAmazon EC2 C7i and C7i-flex instances are now available in the Africa (Cape Town) RegionAmazon EC2 · Compute and containers
- 24FebAmazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Malaysia) and South America (Sao Paulo) regionsAmazon EC2 · Compute and containers
- 24FebAmazon EC2 R7a instances are now available in the Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) RegionAmazon EC2 · Compute and containers
- 24FebAmazon EC2 I7ie instances now available in AWS Africa (Cape Town) regionAmazon EC2 · Storage
- 24FebAmazon EC2 M8a instances now available in AWS Europe (Frankfurt) regionAmazon EC2 · Compute and containers
- 24FebAWS AppConfig integrates with New Relic for automated rollbacksAWS AppConfig
- 24FebAmazon EKS Node Monitoring Agent is now open sourceAmazon EKS · Compute and containers
- 24FebAmazon RDS Custom now supports the latest GDR updates for Microsoft SQL ServerAmazon RDS for SQL Server · Databases
- 24FebAWS WAF announces AI activity dashboard for visibility into AI bot and agent trafficSecurity, identity and compliance
- 24FebMediaConvert Introduces new video probe API and UIAWS Elemental MediaConvert · Media, games and IoT
- 23FebAmazon S3 now provides AWS source region information in server access logsAmazon S3 · Storage
- 23FebAWS Trusted Advisor now delivers more accurate unused NAT Gateway checks powered by AWS Compute OptimizerManagement, governance and cost
- 23FebAmazon announces generative AI-based artifacts in Amazon Q Developer for visualizing resource and cost dataManagement, governance and cost
- 23FebAWS IAM Policy Autopilot is now available as a Kiro PowerSecurity, identity and compliance
- 23FebAWS Elemental Media Services Now Available in Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region
- 23FebAmazon Redshift Serverless introduces 3-year Serverless ReservationsAmazon Redshift · Analytics
- 23FebAutomated Reasoning policies now include references to the source document
- 23FebAmazon S3 Tables are now available in AWS GovCloud (US) RegionsAmazon S3 · Storage