Introduction¶ In today’s digital landscape, the protection of sensitive data and resources is paramount. As organizations increasingly adopt cloud-based solutions like AWS IAM Identity Center to manage user identities and access controls, the need for enhanced security measures becomes evident. One such security measure is Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), which adds an extra layer of protection …

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Introduction¶ In this guide, we will dive deep into the exciting new feature introduced by AWS Lambda: failed-event destinations for Kafka event source mappings. This significant enhancement enables Lambda functions to handle Kafka messages that fail to process efficiently. By sending failing event batches to designated destinations such as SQS, SNS, or S3, Lambda functions …

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Introduction¶ In the ever-evolving world of cloud computing, managing costs efficiently has become a crucial aspect of any organization’s operational strategy. AWS Cost Explorer is a powerful tool provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that allows users to analyze and visualize their AWS cost and usage data. With its recent update, AWS Cost Explorer now …

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In this comprehensive guide, we will explore the recently introduced capability in AWS’s Identity and Access Management (IAM) called organization-wide IAM condition keys. Specifically, we will focus on two new condition keys, namely aws:SourceOrgID and aws:SourceOrgPaths, that provide enhanced control over service-to-service requests within an organization. Throughout this guide, we will discuss the technical aspects, …

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Introduction¶ Amazon Neptune is a powerful and efficient graph database service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Its fully managed nature allows developers to easily build and run applications that work with highly connected datasets. This comprehensive guide will cover all the essential aspects of Amazon Neptune, including its key features, benefits, and how to …

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Guide to leveraging the latest advancements in quantum computing for optimizing variational algorithms in Amazon Braket Amazon Braket, the comprehensive quantum computing service by Amazon Web Services (AWS), has recently introduced support for parametric circuits. These circuits utilize gates with adjustable parameters, presenting researchers with a novel approach to accelerate variational algorithms, including quantum machine …

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Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) is a fully managed messaging service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It enables you to decouple microservices, distributed systems, and serverless applications by allowing them to send and receive notifications using a publish-subscribe messaging model. With the introduction of additional message filtering operators, Amazon SNS now offers enhanced …

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Introduction¶ AWS IoT Device Management has recently expanded its capabilities by adding support for indexing and querying an IoT device’s last reported location. This new feature, known as Fleet Indexing, allows users to easily query and group devices based on various device attributes, state, and connectivity data stored in AWS IoT data sources. By using …

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Introduction¶ Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. Amazon EC2 M6in and M6idn instances, now available in AWS Region US West (N. California), are part of the sixth-generation network optimized instances. These instances are powered by 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and built …

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Introduction to AWS Cloud Map¶ AWS Cloud Map is a powerful cloud resource discovery service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It allows you to define custom names for your application resources, such as Amazon Elastic Container Services tasks, Amazon EC2 instances, Amazon DynamoDB tables, and other cloud resources. These custom names can then be …

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