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Updated AWSEC2CapacityReservationFleetRolePolicy managed policy
Amazon EC2 updated the AWSEC2CapacityReservationFleetRolePolicy managed policy to use the ArnLike condition operator instead of the StringLike...
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Time-based AMI copies
You can now request a completion duration for EBS-backed AMI copy operations to ensure that AMI copies are completed within a specific timeframe.
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Move capacity
You can now move capacity from one Capacity Reservation to another.
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Amazon Q EC2 instance type selector
Amazon Q EC2 instance type selector considers your use case, workload type, and CPU manufacturer preference, as well as how you prioritize price...
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EC2 Free Tier
You can track your EC2 Free Tier usage from the EC2 Dashboard.
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IMDS Package Analyzer
You can now use the IMDS Packet Analyzer to identify sources of IMDSv1 calls on your EC2 instances.
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Automatically connect instance to database
Use the automatic connection feature to quickly connect one or more EC2 instances to an RDS database to allow traffic between them.
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EC2 Fleet and targeted On-Demand Capacity Reservations
EC2 Fleet can launch On-Demand Instances into targeted Capacity Reservations.
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Use Amazon EventBridge to monitor EC2 Fleet events
Create EventBridge rules that trigger programmatic actions in response to EC2 Fleet state changes and errors.
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Instance metadata provides instance location and placement information
New instance metadata fields under the placement category: Region, placement group name, partition number, host ID, and Availability Zone ID.
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Dedicated Hosts and host resource groups
Dedicated Hosts can now be used with host resource groups.
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Updated AmazonEC2ReadOnlyAccess policy
Amazon EC2 added the GetSecurityGroupsForVpc operation to the existing AmazonEC2ReadOnlyAccess policy.
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Managed instances
You can now view Amazon EC2 managed instances in the EC2 console.
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Allowed AMIs
You can now control the discovery and use of AMIs in Amazon EC2 by specifying criteria that AMIs must meet.
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Extend Capacity Block
You can now extend the duration of existing Capacity Blocks.
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