AWS Podcast #746: AWS Regional Planning Tool, MCP Proxy for AWS, and Lots More!!!
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Nov 17, 2025 This week features exciting updates, including a new regional planning tool to streamline service comparisons. Innovations in the AWS Knowledge Model enhance regional capability lookups with real-time suggestions. The MCP proxy's secure connections make waves, along with analytics advancements like Clean Rooms SQL tuning. Enhanced application integration, AI tools, and database performance upgrades are also spotlighted. Plus, networking improvements and advanced storage options set the stage for efficiency in cloud operations, wrapping up with reflections on the launch season!
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ECS Improves Security, Deployment Options, Observability
- ECS added non-root container support for managed EBS and built-in linear/canary deployments plus Envoy access logs.
- These features simplify secure container storage, flexible rollouts, and deeper per-request observability.
R8A Instances Boost Memory Bandwidth And Performance
- New R8A EC2 instances use 5th-gen AMD EPYC for up to 30% better performance and 45% more memory bandwidth.
- These instances target memory- and latency-sensitive workloads with improved JVM performance.
Query Capacity Topology Before Scheduling Jobs
- Use the Capacity Reservation Topology API to plan placement for AI/ML/HPC jobs without launching instances.
- Query topology to rank nodes and schedule tightly coupled distributed workloads efficiently.