April 27, 2026

AWS News Apr 20 - Apr 26

AWS News Apr 20 - Apr 26
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This week: Lambda Durable Execution SDK brings year-long workflow checkpointing to Java developers, S3 adds ten checksum algorithms for data integrity, and CloudWatch Logs Insights now supports JOIN queries across log groups. Plus MSK Replicator gains external cluster migration, Aurora Serverless v4 delivers 30% better performance, and Bedrock AgentCore lets you prototype agents without orchestration code.

Identity & Directory

  • Managed Microsoft AD: Auto-upgraded to Windows 2016, adds LAPS support
  • Managed Microsoft AD: Kerberos encryption audit logs to CloudWatch

Migration & Landing Zone

  • Transform: Automates Control Tower/Organizations/IAM setup, exports as CFN/CDK/LZA

Contact Center

  • Connect: Pass customer context into calls for instant recognition
  • Connect Outbound: Hourly segment refresh, priority dialing by 10 attributes
  • Connect: Agentic voice AI expands to 10 locales
  • Connect: 8 new AI agent metrics (goal success, faithfulness, tool accuracy)

Storage

  • S3 Express One Zone: S3 Inventory support for directory buckets
  • S3: 10 checksum algorithms added, auto-validates on upload

Streaming & Kafka

  • MSK Replicator: Enhanced logs, bidirectional sync, external Kafka→Express

Observability

  • CloudWatch Logs Insights: JOIN and sub-query across log groups
  • CloudWatch Pipelines: Natural language log processor config

Containers & Kubernetes

  • EKS: 7 new IAM condition keys (private endpoints, KMS, version, deletion)
  • EKS Hybrid Nodes: Gateway automates VPC-to-pod networking

Database

  • DocumentDB: In-place upgrade v5→v8, 7x faster queries, 5x compression
  • Aurora Serverless: 30% faster, smarter scaling, scales to zero

Compute & Lambda

  • Lambda Durable Execution SDK: GA - checkpointing, pause up to 1 year
  • Lambda: Mount S3 buckets as file systems via S3 Files
  • EC2: Hide managed service resources from console/API

IoT & Edge

  • IoT Greengrass 2.17: Non-root Linux, nucleus lite (36→4MB), TPM 2.0

VMware & Windows

  • Elastic VMware Service: Includes Windows Server licensing

Backup & Governance

  • Backup Policies: Direct targeting for Redshift Serverless, Aurora DSQL

Location & Address

  • Location Service: Bulk address validation (US/CA/AU/UK) with geocoding

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