Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports Always On Availability Groups for SQL Server 2017 which enables you to improve availability and durability of your SQL Server deployments by automatically replicating databases between two AWS Availability Zones (AZ). This feature is now available for SQL Server 2017 latest minor version (14.00.3049.1.v1) for the Enterprise Edition database engine. Previously, in November 2018, we announced support for this feature for SQL Server 2016 Enterprise Edition.

Amazon GuardDuty is now a Service Organization Control (SOC) compliant service. This compliance certification applies to all AWS Regions where Amazon GuardDuty is available. 

AWS IoT Device Tester v1.2, a Windows/Linux/Mac test automation tool for connected devices, is now available for Amazon FreeRTOS 1.4.8. You can download the latest release here .

You can now enable Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) Encryption by Default, ensuring that all new EBS volumes created in your account are encrypted. Encryption by Default opt-in settings are specific to individual AWS regions in your account. With increasingly strict regulations on data, this feature makes it easier for you to encrypt data on EBS so that you achieve your compliance and security goals. 

This Quick Start deploys the Ribbon Session Border Controller Software Edition (SBC SWe) on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud in about 30 minutes.

You can now make an initial commit when you create an AWS CodeCommit repository in your AWS CloudFormation stack.  

AWS Step Functions now supports callback patterns. Callback patterns automate workflows for applications with human activities and custom integrations with third-party services. You create callback patterns in minutes with less code to write and maintain, run without servers and infrastructure to manage, and scale reliably. 

Amazon API Gateway now offers tag-based access control using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies, allowing you to set more fine-grained access controls for all API Gateway resources. Tags are simple key-value pairs that you can define on API Gateway resources to categorize them by purpose, owner, or other criteria. 

You can now use Amazon Elasticsearch Service in applications that are subject to Service Organization Control (SOC) compliance. Amazon Elasticsearch Service is now SOC 1, 2, and 3 compliant, allowing you to get deep insight into the security processes and controls that protect customer data. SOC compliance reports are often leveraged across diverse industries, such as technology, healthcare, banking, and financial services, and used for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) efforts.

You can now use AWS CloudFormation templates to provision and automate your AWS Backup tasks.