AWS AppSync is a managed GraphQL service that simplifies application development by letting you create a flexible API to securely access, manipulate, and combine data from one or more data sources. With AppSync, you can build scalable applications on a range of data sources such as NoSQL data stores, relational databases, HTTP APIs, and any custom data sources with AWS Lambda.  

AWS Config now supports multi-account, multi-region data aggregation in Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) and Middle East (Bahrain) Regions. This feature enables you to aggregate AWS Config configuration and compliance data into a single account and Region, which reduces the time and overhead needed to gather an enterprise-wide view of your compliance status for governance.  

You can now deploy AWS DataSync agents on Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) and Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisors. This enables you to run DataSync agents on Linux hosts, and in Windows-based environments, in addition to the existing VMware and EC2 options.

When using AWS DataSync, you now have the option of automatically generating the CloudWatch log group and resource policy required to publish logs for your data transfer, simplifying task creation and monitoring set up.  

Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) is now available in 4 additional AWS Regions including US East (Ohio), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), and Asia Pacific (Seoul). This regional expansion is particularly useful for organizations where data residency considerations previously made it difficult for customers to use Amazon SES.

AWS provides a live streaming solution that combines AWS Elemental MediaLive and AWS Elemental MediaStore with Amazon CloudFront. This solution delivers the fundamentals you need to get started with live streaming and deliver your content around the world. The latest version of the solution now supports AWS Elemental Link which offers a configuration-free, cost-efficient way to securely and reliably transfer video to AWS Elemental MediaLive.  

Amazon Personalize uses machine learning to personalize recommendations for products, content, and marketing communications for your users, with no machine learning experience required. This technology has been perfected from over 20 years of recommender systems development at Amazon.com.  

You can now use AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM) in the Europe (Milan) Region.

You can now use AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM) in the Africa (Cape Town) Region.

Amazon RDS Performance Insights supports collection and tracking of query plans on Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL compatibility, Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS for MySQL, and Amazon RDS for MariaDB so you can easily identify if a change in the query plan is the cause of a long-running or stuck query.