AWS Weekly Recap Show w/ Keidrick Pettaway Episode 4: SQS, Transfer Family, AWS ECR, AWS Budgets, Training and Cert Updates

AWS Weekly Recap | Latest AWS Cloud Updates, Features & Best Practices

Welcome to AWS Weekly Recap – Episode 4, your go-to source for the latest Amazon Web Services updates, features, and announcements. In this week’s episode, we cover important enhancements and news across AWS SQS (Simple Queue Service), AWS Transfer Family, Amazon ECR (Elastic Container Registry), AWS Budgets, and the latest AWS Training and Certification updates.

Learn how recent improvements to Amazon SQS can streamline your messaging workflows, discover new features in AWS Transfer Family for secure file transfers, and explore the latest optimizations in Amazon ECR for containerized applications. We’ll also break down updates in AWS Budgets to help you manage and optimize your cloud spend more effectively.

Finally, we’ll highlight fresh opportunities in AWS Training and Certification to help you grow your skills and advance your cloud career. Whether you’re an AWS beginner, cloud architect, DevOps engineer, or developer, this recap keeps you up to speed on what’s new in the AWS ecosystem.

General /Recent Announcements :

Amazon SQS increases maximum message payload size to 1 MB

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-sqs-max-payload-size-1mib/

AWS Transfer Family is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) region

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/aws-transfer-family-asia-pacific-thailand-region/

Amazon ECR now supports 100,000 images

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-ecr-supports-100000-images/

AWS Resource Explorer supports 120 new resource types

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/aws-resource-explorer-120-resource-types/

AWS Budgets now supports Billing View for cross-account cost monitoring

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/aws-budgets-billing-view-cross-account-cost/

Amazon EKS adds safety control to prevent accidental cluster deletion

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/eks-safety-control-prevent-accidental-cluster-deletion

Training and certification

Begin your AWS journey with new free AWS Builder Labs learning plan on AWS Skill Builder

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/training-and-certification/begin-your-aws-journey-with-new-free-aws-builder-labs-learning-plan-on-aws-skill-builder/

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🔹 Topics Covered in This AWS Recap:

✅ Latest AWS feature releases & updates

✅ Best practices for cloud security & cost optimization

✅ AWS services deep dive & hands-on tips

✅ Real-world AWS use cases & implementation strategies

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