Amazon Web Services

AWS announces pricing for VPC Encryption Controls

AWS announced pricing for VPC Encryption Controls, transitioning from a free preview to a paid feature starting March 1, 2026. Users will be charged an hourly rate for non-empty VPCs with Encryption Controls enabled.

Amazon Bedrock batch inference now supports the Converse API format

Amazon Bedrock batch inference now supports the Converse API format, allowing a consistent input format for batch workloads. This simplifies prompt management and reduces the effort to switch between models.

AWS Resource Access Manager now supports maintaining shares when accounts change organizations

AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM) now supports maintaining resource shares when accounts change organizations using the new <i>RetainSharingOnAccountLeaveOrganization</i> parameter and <i>ram:RetainSharingOnAccountLeaveOrganization</i> condition key.

AWS Network Firewall now supports firewall state change notifications through Amazon EventBridge

AWS Network Firewall now supports firewall state change notifications through Amazon EventBridge. This integration provides real-time notifications for firewall state changes and configuration updates.

ARC Region switch adds three new capabilities: post-recovery workflows, RDS orchestration and AWS provider support for Terraform

Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC) Region switch added three new capabilities: post-recovery workflows, native RDS execution blocks, and AWS provider for Terraform support.

EC2 Image Builder enhances lifecycle policies with wildcard support and simplified IAM

EC2 Image Builder now supports wildcard patterns in lifecycle policies, allowing management of images from multiple recipes. IAM role creation is simplified with pre-populated default permissions.

Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL supports minor versions 18.3, 17.9, 16.13, 15.17, and 14.22

Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL now supports minor versions 18.3, 17.9, 16.13, 15.17, and 14.22. These versions address a regression from the February 12, 2026 PostgreSQL community release and include security vulnerability fixes.

Amazon CloudWatch logs centralization rules now support customizable destination log group structure

Amazon CloudWatch now supports customizing destination log group names when creating CloudWatch log centralization rules, allowing organizations to organize centralized logs into meaningful hierarchies using attributes like account ID, region, or organizational unit.

Amazon Bedrock announces OpenAI-compatible Projects API

Amazon Bedrock now supports OpenAI-compatible Projects API in the Mantle inference engine. This allows customers to create individual projects for better isolation, IAM-based access control, and cost visibility.

Amazon OpenSearch Service adds new insights for improved cluster stability

Amazon OpenSearch Service added new Cluster Insights for improved cluster stability, including Cluster Overload and Suboptimal Sharding Strategy insights, available in version 2.17 or later.