AWS Weekly Roundup: BYOM for Amazon RDS for SQL Server, AWS IoT Device SDK for Swift, and more (June 8, 2026)
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This article summarizes AWS announcements for the week of June 8, 2026, highlighting key product launches and updates across multiple services.
- AWS IoT Device SDK for Swift reaches general availability with MQTT 5 connectivity
- Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports Bring Your Own Media licensing
- Amazon Cognito enables multi-Region replication for improved application resilience
- GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4, and Codex from OpenAI available on Amazon Bedrock
- Amazon Bedrock adds CloudWatch metrics for OpenAI and Anthropic-compatible APIs
- AWS Step Functions integrates AgentCore for agentic reasoning workflows
- Amazon EKS and EKS Distro support Kubernetes version 1.36
- Amazon ECS Managed Instances now supports AWS Trainium and Inferentia
- AWS Cost and Usage Report 2.0 integrates with Athena and Redshift
- Amazon Location Service adds public transit and intermodal routing capabilities
The roundup emphasizes AWS's continued innovation in AI, database services, Kubernetes, and developer tools.
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