A short, curated feed of recent AWS launches that are relevant to Commonwealth teams. Each item links to the official AWS announcement so you can confirm the details and check Region availability.
Summaries are paraphrased for brevity and selected for public sector relevance. Availability, pricing, and Regions vary, so always confirm against the linked AWS source before planning.
Reuse SQL Server licenses you already own (with Software Assurance) on fully managed RDS through Microsoft License Mobility, with no additional RDS licensing fees. Confirm License Mobility eligibility, Region, and edition support first.
Read the AWS announcementThe agentic AI development environment is now authorized at FedRAMP High and DoD IL-4/5 in AWS GovCloud (US), alongside additional Amazon Bedrock models (OpenAI GPT, GPT OSS, NVIDIA Nemotron). Validate each model's GovCloud availability before designing.
Read the AWS announcementCreate autonomous agents from a plain-language description or a library, with autonomy and guardrails you set, and ask questions across data sources (including Snowflake and relational databases) without pre-joining. Validate row- and column-level security before broad rollout.
Read the AWS announcementEnhanced change tracking speeds up Amazon S3 backup copies up to 8x for buckets with millions of objects and low change rates, giving DR designs a more current isolated copy in a second Region. Benefit varies with object count and churn.
Read the AWS announcementGuardDuty can now automate the correlation and analysis an analyst would do by hand across findings and logs, shortening the path from a raised finding to a scoped incident. In preview, so confirm Region availability and treat output as analyst assistance.
Read the AWS announcementThe first Mythos-class Claude model, built for extended runs on complex knowledge work and coding. Reach it through Amazon Bedrock (data stays in AWS, with Guardrails, Knowledge Bases, and data residency) or the Claude Platform on AWS. Confirm your Bedrock Region and compliance scope.
Read the AWS announcementBoth models now run in US East (N. Virginia) on Bedrock with the same IAM, encryption, and logging you already use. They support a 272K-token context window, text and image input, and the Responses API with tool calling and streaming.
Read the AWS announcementThe modernized OpenSearch analytics experience is now in AWS GovCloud (US-East) and (US-West), with Workspaces for collaboration and a revamped Discover supporting PPL and SQL alongside DQL and Lucene, plus multi-source selection and query autocomplete.
Read the AWS announcementAWS Transform now runs an AI-powered TCO assessment for migrating on-prem SQL Server to Amazon RDS, with instance sizing, what-if analysis, BYOM and License Included coverage, and Database Savings Plans factored in. Accepts RVTools, CMDB, and other discovery exports.
Read the AWS announcementReal-time analytics alerts notify a supervisor when specific keywords, phrases, or sentiment appear in live calls and chats, so they can coach before an issue escalates. AI agent traces give step-by-step visibility into how a self-service voice agent reasoned and where it failed.
Read the AWS announcementA public sector example to pair with the Connect updates: the Alabama and Wisconsin Departments of Revenue modernized their contact centers with Amazon Connect and generative AI to improve resilience, reduce costs, and scale support.
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