☁️ AWS Daily Digest · August 10, 2026
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1. AWS IAM Identity Center supports one-click multi-Region option for new organization instances
Security · AWS What's New
AWS IAM Identity Center now supports a one-click multi-Region option for new organization instances, simplifying the process of enabling multi-Region support. This change benefits customers who need to manage access across multiple Regions, streamlining their identity and access management. The new option automatically creates a customer managed multi-Region KMS key and replicates instance configurations.
2. Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-Flex instances are now available in Europe (Milan) region
Compute · AWS What's New
Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-Flex instances are now available in the Europe (Milan) region, offering improved performance and memory bandwidth. These instances benefit customers running workloads that require high performance, such as databases and AI applications. They deliver up to 15% better price-performance compared to previous generation instances.
3. AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery now preserves UEFI boot mode for Linux servers
Storage · AWS What's New
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery now preserves UEFI boot mode for Linux servers, ensuring that recovered instances match the source environment. This change benefits customers who rely on UEFI boot mode for their Linux workloads, eliminating the need for additional configuration after recovery. This capability is available in all AWS Regions where AWS DRS is offered, at no additional cost.
4. Amazon Cognito now available as a skill in the Agent Toolkit for AWS
AI/ML · AWS What's New
Amazon Cognito is now available as a skill in the Agent Toolkit for AWS, enabling AI coding agents to set up and configure Cognito using best-practice workflows. This change benefits developers who need to implement secure sign-in flows for users, AI agents, and microservices, allowing them to work more efficiently. The Amazon Cognito skill covers various configuration options, including user pool and app client configuration.
5. Amazon DynamoDB now supports real-time vector search at any scale
Database · AWS Blog
Amazon DynamoDB now supports real-time vector search at any scale, allowing customers to store vector embeddings alongside operational data and run similarity searches directly against that data. This change benefits customers who need to build applications that require fast and scalable vector search, such as recommendation engines and image classification. DynamoDB supports native vector search with single-digit millisecond latency and no storage limits.
6. Low-latency, high-throughput SQS event processing with AWS Lambda provisioned mode
Compute · AWS Compute Blog
AWS Lambda provisioned mode now supports low-latency, high-throughput SQS event processing, enabling customers to meet demanding requirements for event-driven applications. This change benefits customers who need to process millions of events every day, such as those in real-time payment processing, fraud detection, and IoT telemetry pipelines. Lambda provisioned mode eliminates the need for custom code and automatically handles scaling, batching, and error handling.
7. Introducing self-managed Amazon S3 buckets for AWS Lambda function code
Compute · AWS Compute Blog
AWS Lambda now supports self-managed Amazon S3 buckets for function code, giving customers full security control and eliminating the 75 GB code storage limit. This change benefits customers who manage Lambda functions at scale and need to apply their own encryption, access controls, or compliance tags to their code storage. Self-managed buckets allow customers to incorporate their Lambda code into their disaster recovery plans.
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