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Default settings for block public access for AMIs

Block public access for AMIs is now enabled by default for all new accounts and for existing accounts with no public AMIs.

Amazon EC2 Global View

Amazon EC2 Global View supports additional resource types and customizable display options.

Disable an AMI

You can disable an AMI to prevent it from being used for instance launches.

Attached EBS status checks

You can use the attached EBS status checks to monitor if the Amazon EBS volumes attached to an instance are reachable.

Block public access to AMIs

You can enable block public access for AMIs at the account level to block any attempts to make your AMIs public.

EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint

You can now connect to an instance via SSH or RDP without requiring the instance to have a public IPv4 address.

IMDS Package Analyzer

You can now use the IMDS Packet Analyzer to identify sources of IMDSv1 calls on your EC2 instances.

EC2 Serial Console bare metal instances

The EC2 serial console now supports connectivity to the serial port of selected bare metal instances.

Launch template quotas

You can now view your quotas for launch templates and launch template versions in the Service Quotas console and by using the Service Quotas CLI.

Capacity Reservation utilization notifications

AWS Health now sends notifications when capacity utilization for Capacity Reservations in your account drops below 20 percent.

Capacity Reservation groups

You can now add Capacity Reservations that are shared with you to Capacity Reservation groups that you own.

Modify instance metadata options

You can now use the Amazon EC2 console to modify instance metadata options.

In-place macOS operating system updates

You can now perform in-place Apple macOS operating system updates on M1 Mac instances.

UEFI preferred

You can now create a single AMI that supports both Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) and Legacy BIOS boot modes.

Windows Virtualization-based security - Credential Guard

You can enable Credential Guard, a Virtualization-based security (VBS) feature, on supported Amazon EC2 instances.

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