AWS Lake Formation 2023 year in review
Big Data Blog
This article summarizes the new features and enhancements made to AWS Lake Formation and the AWS Glue Data Catalog in 2023, grouped into four categories: Discover and secure, Connect with data sharing, Scale and optimize, and Audit and monitor.
Specifically, the article covers:
- The launch of Amazon DataZone and its integration with Lake Formation and the Data Catalog
- Enhancements to AWS Glue crawlers, including support for custom JDBC drivers, partition indexes, and open table formats
- Support for fine-grained access controls on nested data types and columns, as well as integration with other AWS analytics services
- Data Catalog federation with external Apache Hive metastores, Redshift datashares, AWS CloudTrail Lake, and support for cross-Region resource links
- Introduction of Data Catalog views and column-level statistics for query optimization
- Automatic compaction of Apache Iceberg tables and LF-Tag delegation for tag-based access control
- A read-only administrator role in Lake Formation for auditing purposes
- Conclusion with a list of launch posts for reference
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