Starting today, you can configure EC2 Fleet to utilize On-Demand Capacity Reservations first when launching On-Demand instances. EC2 Fleet will then look for available Capacity Reservations within the instance pools specified, and will fully utilize available Capacity Reservations before launching On-Demand instances on net new capacity.

AWS Training and Certification has launched AWS Computer Vision: Getting Started with GluonCV , a new self-paced digital course available exclusively on Coursera. Using video lectures and demonstrations, you will develop foundational knowledge about computer vision (CV) on AWS and skills to build and train CV models with Apache MXNet and GluonCV.

We’re excited to announce new digital versions of two APN Partner classroom courses that we launched in November 2019. Designed to help APN Partners use AWS solutions for their customers and organizations, these courses provide a technical understanding of how VMware and containers work in the AWS Cloud.

Today, Amazon AppStream 2.0 adds dual-monitor support for streaming sessions that are started on web browsers. For dual monitors, a maximum display resolution of 2560×1440 pixels per monitor is supported. If you want to use more than two monitors, or you require a display resolution that is greater than 2560×1440 pixels per monitor, you can download and use the AppStream 2.0 client for Windows .

You can now build and run streaming applications using Apache Flink 1.8 in Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics. Apache Flink 1.8 capabilities include exactly once connectors for Amazon S3 and Apache Kafka, improvements to the Amazon Kinesis Data Streams connector, a new Amazon DynamoDB streams connector, eight new SQL functions, SQL pattern detection, improvements to recovery speed and memory usage, and more.  

Amazon Connect is now available in the Asia Pacific (Singapore) AWS Region, increasing the number of AWS Regions where Amazon Connect is available to seven. The expansion into a new AWS Region provides you more options to provision your Amazon Connect cloud contact center with the other AWS services you use.

AWS Ground Station expands to the Europe (Stockholm) Region. AWS Ground Station is a fully managed service that lets you control satellite communications, process satellite data, and scale your satellite operations.

Amazon Connect is now available in the Europe (London) AWS Region, increasing the number of AWS Regions where Amazon Connect is available to six. The expansion into a new AWS Region provides you more options to provision your Amazon Connect cloud contact center with the other AWS services you use. You can now claim toll free and direct inward dial (DID) telephone numbers from twelve new countries.

Amazon Lex is a service for building conversational interfaces into any application using voice and text. Starting today, Amazon Lex is available in the Asia Pacific (Sydney) AWS Region. 

Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) now includes a feature called Bring Your Own DKIM (BYODKIM), which allows you to use your own public-private key pair to configure DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) for your email-sending domains.