Starting today, Amazon RDS for SQL Server supports enabling or disabling certain security protocols and ciphers. By creating a custom DB parameter group and associating it with your DB instance, you can disable or enable older versions of Transport Layer Security (TLS) such as TLS 1.0 and 1.1. You can also disable or enable ciphers such as the RC4 stream cipher.

AWS CodeBuild now supports accessing your build environments with AWS Session Manager so you can investigate and diagnose build issues. With support for AWS Session Manager, you can access your Linux and Windows build environments through an interactive one-click browser-based shell or through the AWS CLI.

The Cypress PSoC 64 Standard Secure microcontroller is now qualified for FreeRTOS. You can take advantage of FreeRTOS features and benefits using the Cypress PSoC 64 Standard Secure AWS Wi-Fi Bluetooth Pioneer Kit available from Cypress.

FreeRTOS now supports the ability to suspend and resume an over-the-air update (OTA) operation. With this feature, a FreeRTOS device can suspend an in-progress OTA if it disconnects from the network, and then resume the OTA when it reconnects. This helps OTA downloads to complete quickly when there is intermittent network connectivity. For additional details, see the 202007.00 release Changelog .

Starting today, you can enable Fast Snapshot Restore (FSR) on shared snapshots.

AWS Snowball Edge Compute Optimized is now available in US East (Ohio), Canada (Central), South America (Sao Paulo), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Asia Pacific (Seoul), EU (Stockholm), EU (Paris), EU (Frankfurt), and EU (London).  

The AWS Serverless Application Model Command Line Interface (SAM CLI) is now generally available. SAM CLI is a deployment toolkit that also allows you to locally build, test, and debug serverless applications. SAM CLI v.1.0.0 is a stable version recommended for building production serverless applications.  

AWS X-Ray .NET auto-instrumentation agent is now available in beta, enabling customers to collect trace data without having to modify existing applications written in .NET and .NET Core.

Alexa for Business is now available to run directly on Logitech Zoom Rooms, enabling customers with voice-activated control without deploying additional hardware. Users get a touch-free way to interact with Zoom Rooms and keep meetings on track by leveraging Alexa to join meetings and be reminded to wrap up when a meeting is about to end. They can optimize meeting room reservations by saying, “Alexa, find me an available room” or “Alexa, extend my meeting.” Further, the intelligent room release feature leverages Logitech Tap’s motion sensor to free up reserved, but unoccupied rooms for other employees to book them. Additionally, private skills enable customers to create custom experiences like “Alexa, what’s the guest wifi password?”  

Today we are excited to announce the general availability of Salesforce Service Cloud Voice with Amazon Connect. Service Cloud Voice brings together phone, digital channels, and CRM data into one unified contact center experience. Amazon Connect offers pre-integrated cloud telephony and automatic speech recognition for both agents and supervisors in Service Cloud, the leading customer service platform.