AWS Weekly Recap Show w/ Keidrick Pettaway Episode 4: SQS, Transfer Family, AWS ECR, AWS Budgets, Training and Cert Updates

AWS Weekly Recap Week Episode #8 : AWS Computer Optimizer, GA Migration Tool for Java 2.X and More

Recent Announcements: AWS Compute Optimizer now supports 99 new Amazon EC2 instance types AWS Compute Optimizer now supports 99 additional Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance types. These enhancements help you identify additional savings opportunities across your EC2 instances without specialized knowledge or manual analysis. https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/09/aws-compute-optimizer-99-new-amazon-ec2-instance-types/ [https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/09/aws-compute-optimizer-99-new-amazon-ec2-instance-types/] General Availability Release of the Migration Tool for the AWS SDK for Java 2.x The AWS SDK for Java 1.x (v1) entered maintenance mode [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/the-aws-sdk-for-java-1-x-is-in-maintenance-mode-effective-july-31-2024/]on July 31, 2024, and will reach end-of-support on December 31, 2025. We recommend that you migrate to the AWS SDK for Java 2.x [https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-java-v2] (v2) to access new features, enhanced performance, and continued support from AWS. To help you migrate efficiently, we’ve created a migration tool that automates much of the transition process. This tool uses OpenRewrite [https://docs.openrewrite.org/], an open source automated code refactoring tool, to upgrade supported 1.x code to 2.x code https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/general-availability-release-of-the-migration-tool-for-the-aws-sdk-for-java-2-x/ [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/general-availability-release-of-the-migration-tool-for-the-aws-sdk-for-java-2-x/] Cloud Operations Simplifying Log Management using Amazon CloudWatch Logs Centralization While Amazon CloudWatch [https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/] has offered cross-account observability [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Unified-Cross-Account.html] through federation for logs across accounts, the new CloudWatch Logs centralization [https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/09/amazon-cloudwatch-cross-account-cross-region-log-centralization/] takes a fundamentally different approach—it consolidates your log data from multiple accounts and regions into a central account. This consolidation eliminates both the operational overhead and costs associated with managing custom-built aggregation solutions, providing organizations with a definitive single source of truth for all their log data as shown in Figure 1. CloudWatch Logs centralization works with AWS Organizations [https://aws.amazon.com/organizations/] to define rules that automatically replicate log data based on your exact requirements. You get complete control over what gets centralized, where it goes, and how it’s encrypted—all while maintaining your security boundaries and compliance requirements. https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/simplifying-log-management-using-amazon-cloudwatch-logs-centralization/ [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/simplifying-log-management-using-amazon-cloudwatch-logs-centralization/] Training and Certification: Introducing AWS Card Clash mobile: Learn AWS architecture through strategic gameplay AWS Card Clash features engaging turn-based strategy centered around AWS architecture. Players must identify and place the correct AWS service cards in the appropriate architecture slots to score points. The player who accumulates the most points by the end of the match wins. The game features an immersive 3D environment where, as a solutions architect, you add missing components into architecture diagrams as you learn to recognize common AWS deployment patterns. You can use special cards to defend your strategy or capture an opponent’s deployment to gain an advantage. The solution-based learning approach helps you understand how AWS services interconnect in real-world cloud architectures. With 57 unique architecture designs across these domains and progressive difficulty challenges, the game offers content for various skill levels. Currently only available on iOS, coming to the Google play store soon.. https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/training-and-certification/introducing-aws-card-clash-mobile-learn-aws-architecture-through-strategic-gameplay/ [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/training-and-certification/introducing-aws-card-clash-mobile-learn-aws-architecture-through-strategic-gameplay/] New courses and certification updates from AWS Training and Certification in September 2025 This month, we launched five new digital training products on AWS Skill Builder [https://skillbuilder.aws/?sc_channel=el&trk=64736b0c-d90d-411f-8ebc-7d69b097d3cd] including a mobile app for AWS Card Clash (available for Apple and Android products), a new way to share your AWS achievements via Skills Profile, and three new digital training courses. In addition, registration is now open for the AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate [http://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-cloudops-engineer-associate/]exam (formerly known as AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate), along with supporting Exam Prep materials. https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/training-and-certification/september-2025-new-offerings/ [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/training-and-certification/september-2025-new-offerings/] Showcase your AWS achievements with the new Skills Profile AWS Skillbuilder now offers Skills Profile—a powerful new way to highlight your verified AWS certifications, learning achievements, and badges in one shareable profile. Skills Profile has customizable sharing options that you can use to tell your unique cloud skills story while building visibility and credibility in your industry. Skills Profile is available for Skill Builder customers who are signed in, offering a central place to present your AWS achievements with the backing of the global reputation of AWS for excellence. Whether you’re an aspiring cloud practitioner or a seasoned expert, your Skills Profile becomes your professional AWS skills showcase—ready to share on platforms like LinkedIn, in job applications, or with colleagues and hiring managers. https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/training-and-certification/showcase-your-aws-achievements-with-the-new-skills-profile/ [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/training-and-certification/showcase-your-aws-achievements-with-the-new-skills-profile/]

AWS Weekly Recap Episode #6 Serverless Architecture Patterns for Generative AI

General /Recent Announcements : https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/aws-systems-manager-run-command-now-supports-interpolating-parameters-into-environment-variables/ [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/aws-systems-manager-run-command-now-supports-interpolating-parameters-into-environment-variables/] By interpolating parameters into environment variables [https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/systems-manager-run-command-interpolating-parameters/], SSM documents can now safely handle parameters by converting them into environment variables before execution. This approach significantly reduces the risk of command injection by allowing parameters to be treated as data, not code. Developer Tools: Sever less AI architecture patterns part 1 and 2 https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/serverless-generative-ai-architectural-patterns/ [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/serverless-generative-ai-architectural-patterns/] https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/part-2-serverless-generative-ai-architectural-patterns/ [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/part-2-serverless-generative-ai-architectural-patterns/] This two-part series explores the different architectural patterns, best practices, code implementations, and design considerations essential for successfully integrating generative AI solutions into both new and existing applications. Pattern 1 : Synchronous request response Pattern 2: Asynchronous request response Pattern 3: Asycnh streaming response Pattern 4: Buffered asycn request response Pattern 5: Multimoda parallel fan out Pattern 6: Non-interactive batch processing These post provide 6 architectural patterns on building GEN AI Applications using AWS Serverless services. Training and Certification https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/training-and-certification/august-2025-new-offerings/ [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/training-and-certification/august-2025-new-offerings/] SkillBuilder Subscribtions feature now generally available News https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-named-as-a-leader-in-2025-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-cloud-native-application-platforms-and-container-management/ [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-named-as-a-leader-in-2025-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-cloud-native-application-platforms-and-container-management/]

AWS Weekly Recap Show w/ Keidrick Pettaway Episode #5 : OpenSearch, Aurora Celebrates 10 Years

General /Recent Announcements : AWS Billing and Cost Management Console adds new recommended actions https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/aws-billing-cost-management-console-recommended-actions [https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/aws-billing-cost-management-console-recommended-actions] Using recommended actions customers can quickly learn of and mitigate any AWS billing issues. The recommended actions widget and API is available in all commercial regions except China Celebrating 10 Years of Aurora July marks the 10 year anniversary of Amazon Aurora. Amazon Auroa is an RDS service which was made generally available in July 2015 https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/celebrating-10-years-of-amazon-aurora-innovation/ [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/celebrating-10-years-of-amazon-aurora-innovation/] Amazon VPC now supports IPv4 ingress routing for large IP Pools Amazon VPC now allows customers to route inbound internet traffic destined for large pools of IPs to a single elastic network interface within your VPC Prior to this enhancement, internet gateways only accepted traffic destined to public IP addresses that were associated with network interfaces in the VPC. There are limits to the number of IP addresses that can be associated with network interfaces. https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/ipv4-ingress-routing/ [https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/ipv4-ingress-routing/] Amazon OpenSearch UI is now available in seven new regions Amazon OpenSearch Service expands its modernized operational analytics experience to seven new regions, including Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Europe (Milan), Europe (Zurich), Europe (Spain), and US-West (N. California) enabling users to gain insights across data spanning managed domains and serverless collections from a single endpoint. The expansion includes Workspaces to enhance collaboration and productivity, allowing teams to create dedicated spaces. https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-opensearch-UI-available-seven-new-regions [https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-opensearch-UI-available-seven-new-regions]

AWS Weekly Recap Show w/ Keidrick Pettaway Episode 4: SQS, Transfer Family, AWS ECR, AWS Budgets, Training and Cert Updates

AWS Weekly Recap | Latest AWS Cloud Updates, Features & Best Practices Welcome to AWS Weekly Recap – Episode 4, your go-to source for the latest Amazon Web Services updates, features, and announcements. In this week’s episode, we cover important enhancements and news across AWS SQS (Simple Queue Service), AWS Transfer Family, Amazon ECR (Elastic Container Registry), AWS Budgets, and the latest AWS Training and Certification updates. Learn how recent improvements to Amazon SQS can streamline your messaging workflows, discover new features in AWS Transfer Family for secure file transfers, and explore the latest optimizations in Amazon ECR for containerized applications. We’ll also break down updates in AWS Budgets to help you manage and optimize your cloud spend more effectively. Finally, we’ll highlight fresh opportunities in AWS Training and Certification to help you grow your skills and advance your cloud career. Whether you’re an AWS beginner, cloud architect, DevOps engineer, or developer, this recap keeps you up to speed on what’s new in the AWS ecosystem. General /Recent Announcements : Amazon SQS increases maximum message payload size to 1 MB https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-sqs-max-payload-size-1mib/ AWS Transfer Family is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) region https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/aws-transfer-family-asia-pacific-thailand-region/ Amazon ECR now supports 100,000 images https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-ecr-supports-100000-images/ AWS Resource Explorer supports 120 new resource types https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/aws-resource-explorer-120-resource-types/ AWS Budgets now supports Billing View for cross-account cost monitoring https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/aws-budgets-billing-view-cross-account-cost/ Amazon EKS adds safety control to prevent accidental cluster deletion https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/eks-safety-control-prevent-accidental-cluster-deletion Training and certification Begin your AWS journey with new free AWS Builder Labs learning plan on AWS Skill Builder https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/training-and-certification/begin-your-aws-journey-with-new-free-aws-builder-labs-learning-plan-on-aws-skill-builder/ Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more weekly AWS news, tips, and tutorials. #AWS #AWSWeeklyRecap #AmazonWebServices #AWSSQS #AWSTransferFamily #AmazonECR #AWSBudgets #AWSTraining #AWSCertification #CloudComputing #AWSUpdates #DevOps #CloudNews 🔹 Topics Covered in This AWS Recap: ✅ Latest AWS feature releases & updates ✅ Best practices for cloud security & cost optimization ✅ AWS services deep dive & hands-on tips ✅ Real-world AWS use cases & implementation strategies 🔔 Subscribe for weekly AWS insights and stay ahead in your cloud computing journey! Don’t forget to like, comment, and share if you find this helpful.

AWS Weekly Recap Show w/ Keidrick Pettaway Episode 3: AWS Developer Day 2025, AWS Trust Center, Integrating with .Net Aspire

AWS Weekly Recap | Latest AWS Cloud Updates, Features & Best Practices Stay up to date with the latest AWS Cloud news, updates, and best practices in this AWS Weekly Recap! Whether you’re new to Amazon Web Services (AWS) or looking to expand your cloud expertise, this video covers essential AWS announcements, new services, feature updates, and expert insights to help you stay ahead. In this episode, we’ll break down the most important AWS updates, including EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudFormation, IAM, and more! Learn about new AWS services, performance enhancements, security best practices, and real-world use cases to optimize your cloud environment. If you’re preparing for AWS certifications like AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Solutions Architect, or DevOps Engineer, or simply want to keep up with the ever-evolving AWS ecosystem, this weekly update is perfect for you! 🔹 Topics Covered in This AWS Recap: ✅ Latest AWS feature releases & updates ✅ Best practices for cloud security & cost optimization ✅ AWS services deep dive & hands-on tips ✅ Real-world AWS use cases & implementation strategies 🔔 Subscribe for weekly AWS insights and stay ahead in your cloud computing journey! Don’t forget to like, comment, and share if you find this helpful. Compute Dynamically reconfigure your outpost capacity using capacity tasks https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/dynamically-reconfigure-your-aws-outposts-capacity-using-capacity-tasks/ AWS News AWS CloudTrail Network activity events by VPC endpoints now GA https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-cloudtrail-network-activity-events-for-vpc-endpoints-now-generally-available/ Introducing the AWS Trust Center https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/introducing-the-aws-trust-center/ AWS Developer Day https://youtu.be/BSHZNveDE28 .Net News Intergrating with AWS with .Net Aspire https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/integrating-aws-with-net-aspire/ Connect with me on Social Keidrick Pettaway : Twitter | https://twitter.com/justkeydrick LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/keidrick-pettaway-b587058 #AWS #CloudComputing #AmazonWebServices #AWSNews #AWSUpdates #CloudSecurity #AWSRecap #CloudTech