This Quick Start deploys an Autodesk BIM 360 integration environment on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud in about 15 minutes.

You can now create CodeStar projects using the publicly available CodeCommit and GitHub CloudFormation resources. You can also create the initial commit for your repository through CloudFormation. Previously, customers could not easily replicate CodeStar’s resource provisioning. Now you can provision toolchain resources simply by using the CloudFormation template CodeStar configures for you. You can customize your CodeStar templates to setup a more complex continuous integration and deployment process, so you no longer need to start from scratch.

Amazon Chime now provides users an integrated room experience on Dolby Voice Room. Amazon Chime now lets you join meetings with a single tap or by saying “Alexa, start the meeting” when using Amazon Chime with Alexa for Business on Dolby Voice Room. You can easily share content, get a visual roster with attendee information, and use enhanced whiteboard features during your meeting.  

Amazon ElastiCache for Redis now allows you to modify authentication tokens by setting and rotating new tokens. Redis authentication tokens enable Redis to require a token (password) before allowing clients to execute commands. You can now modify active tokens while in use, or add brand-new tokens to existing encryption-in-transit enabled clusters that were previously setup without authentication tokens. ElastiCache for Redis provides a two-step process that allows you to set and rotate the token without interrupting client requests. 

AWS App Mesh is now available in Europe Paris Region. This is the fourth region with App Mesh availability in EU, in addition to Ireland, Frankfurt and London regions. 

AWS CodeCommit, a fully-managed source control service, is now available in the Middle East (Bahrain) Region. CodeCommit makes it easy for companies to host secure and highly scalable private Git repositories. 

Amazon Neptune is now available in the AWS Canada (Central) region. You can create Neptune clusters using r5 instance types.

Amazon Neptune is now available in the AWS Middle East (Bahrain) region. You can create Neptune clusters using r5 instance types.

Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL now supports external authentication of database users using Kerberos and Microsoft Active Directory.  

AWS Snowball Edge now supports block storage volumes of up to 10 TB, ten times higher than the previous limit of 1 TB. A higher volume size limit provides you greater flexibility when using block storage with your applications on Snowball Edge.