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BYOL Windows 10 and 11 Licensing now supported for Amazon Workspaces Pools
BYOL Windows 10 and 11 Licensing now supported for Amazon Workspaces Pools
Immutable Storage in AWS
Outlines how AWS provides immutable storage that cannot be overwritten or deleted during the period
Updating an old CDK Application and components
Troubleshooting issues in AWS Lambda, API Gateway and CDK to modernise an old but still used application #aws #lambda #cdk
AWS Load Balancer Types at a High Level
Overview of the 3 types of AWS Load Balancers and what each offers
AWS Backup Air-Gapped Vaults in Preview
Discussing the AWS Backup Feature of airgapped vaults and how they can help provide an extra layer of protection for data backups
AWS Advanced Networking – Inter Region VPC Connectivity
Using Transit Gateway to peer 2 Transit Gateways together to support connectivity between 2 VPCs in different Regions
Case Study: Event Driven Landing Zone on AWS
A real world example of how to combine AWS Control Tower and an event driven approach to landing Zone Architectures
Designing for Sustainability – Well Architected Framework Sustainability Pillar
AWS Introduced a 6th pillar (sustainability) to the Well Architected Framework. What does this mean and how to use it.
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AWS Reinvent 2021 – Some Key New Service Updates
A few new Service improvements to EBS and Control Tower that I thought were really worthy of talking about
Improving AWS Lambda Functions by placing inside VPC and using Graviton2 Architecture
Graviton2 Architecture offers great cost to performance benefits for Lambda and can now be deployed via AWS CDK. Additionally for added security using Lambda Functions within a VPC (considered an Operational Best Practice) can also improve the Well Architected nature of your lambda environments
AWS Control Tower Deployment with KMS CMK
Making use of the AWS Control Tower Landing Zone deployment using a Customer Master Key (CMK) for AWS Key Management Service
