AWS Weekly Roundup: Upcoming AWS Summits, Amazon Q Developer, Amazon CloudFront updates, and more (April 21, 2025)
Last week, we had the AWS Summit Amsterdam, one of the global Amazon Web Services (AWS) events that offers you the opportunity to learn from technical and industry leaders, and meet AWS experts and like-minded professionals. In particular, most AWS Summits have Developer and Community Lounges in their exhibition halls.
A photo taken by Thembile Martis in AWS Summit Amsterdam 2025
Here, you can experience generative AI services for developers or participate in developer sessions prepared by the AWS community. You can also take a turn at the prize wheel, where you can receive special gifts after signing up for AWS Builder ID to use Amazon Q Developer, AWS Skill Builder, AWS re:Post, and AWS Community for developers.
Check your schedule and join an AWS Summit in a city near you: Bangkok (April 29), London (April 30), Poland (May 5), Bengaluru (May 7–8), Hong Kong (May 8), Seoul (May 14–15), Dubai (May 21), Tel Aviv (May 28), Singapore (May 29), Stockholm (June 4), Sydney (June 4-5), Hamburg (June 5), Washington, D.C, (June 10–11), Madrid (June 11), Milan (June 18), Shanghai (June 19–20), Mumbai (June 19), and Tokyo (June 25–26).
Last week’s launches
Here are some launches that got my attention:
- GitLab Duo with Amazon Q – GitLab Duo with Amazon Q is generally available for Self-Managed Ultimate customers, embedding advanced agent capabilities for software development. It also supports Java modernization, enhanced quality assurance, and code review optimization directly in GitLab’s enterprise DevSecOps platform. To learn more, read the DevOps blog post or visit the Amazon Q Developer integrations page to learn more.
- Amazon Q Developer in the Europe (Frankfurt) Region – Amazon Q Developer Pro tier customers can now use and configure Amazon Q Developer in the AWS Management Console and in the integrated development environment (IDE) to store data in the Europe (Frankfurt) Region. It performs inference in European Union (EU) Regions giving them more choice over where their data resides and transits. To learn more, read the blog post.
- New 223 AWS Config rules in AWS Control Tower – AWS Control Tower supports an additional 223 managed Config rules in Control Catalog for various use cases such as security, cost, durability, and operations. With this launch, you can now search, discover, enable and manage these additional rules directly from AWS Control Tower and govern more use cases for your multi-account environment. To learn more, visit the AWS Control Tower User Guide.
- Amazon CloudFront Anycast Static IPs support for apex domains – You can easily use your root domain (for example,
example.com) with CloudFront. This new feature simplifies DNS management by providing only three static IP addresses instead of the previous 21, making it easier to configure and manage apex domains with CloudFront distributions. To learn more, visit the CloudFront Developer Guide for detailed documentation and implementation guidance. - AWS Lambda@Edge advanced logging controls – This feature improves how Lamgda function logs are captured, processed, and consumed at the edge. This enhancement provides you with more control over your logging data, making it easier to monitor application behavior and quickly resolve issues. To learn more, read the Compute blog post, the Lambda Developer Guide, or the CloudFront Developer Guide.
- New AWS Wavelength Zone in Dakar, Senegal – With this first Wavelength Zone in sub-Saharan Africa in a partnership with Sonatel, an affiliate of Orange, independent software vendors (ISVs), enterprises, and developers can now use AWS infrastructure and services to support applications with data residency, low latency, and resiliency requirements. AWS Wavelength is available in 31 cities across the globe in a partnership with seven telecommunication companies. To learn more, visit AWS Wavelength and get started today.
For a full list of AWS announcements, be sure to keep an eye on the What’s New with AWS? page.
Other AWS news
Here are some additional news items that you might find interesting:
- Amazon EKS Auto Mode workshop – The EKS Auto Mode workshop provides you with the necessary knowledge to deploy a workload to Amazon EKS using Auto Mode, and gain an understanding of how it can streamline the operational overheads of running Kubernetes applications.
- The AWS Well-Architected Generative AI Lens – The AWS Well-Architected Framework provides architectural best practices for designing and operating generative AI workloads on AWS. The Generative AI Lens uses the Well-Architected Framework to outline the steps for performing a Well-Architected Framework review for your generative AI workloads.
- AWS Security Reference Architecture (SRA) Code Examples for Generative AI – The new SRA code examples for securing generative AI workloads include two comprehensive capabilities focusing on secure model inference and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) implementations, covering a wide range of security best practices using AWS generative AI services.
From community.aws
Here are my personal favorites posts from community.aws:
- Introducing the AWS Guidance for Multi-Provider LLM Access, by Todd Fortier
- Architecting Secure MCP Solutions on AWS: From Threats to Mitigations, by Roberto Catalano
- Voice-Controlled Humanoid Robots Using Amazon Nova Sonic and AWS IoT, by Cyrus Wong
- Vibe Coding in Practice: Building a Classic Platform Jumping Game with Amazon Q Developer CLI, by Haowen Huang
Upcoming AWS events
Check your calendars and sign up for these upcoming AWS events:
- AWS re:Inforce – Mark your calendars for AWS re:Inforce (June 16–18) in Philadelphia, PA. AWS re:Inforce is a learning conference focused on AWS security solutions, cloud security, compliance, and identity. You can subscribe for event updates now!
- AWS Partners Events – You’ll find a variety of AWS Partner events that will inspire and educate you, whether you are just getting started on your cloud journey or you are looking to solve new business challenges.
- AWS Community Days – Join community-led conferences that feature technical discussions, workshops, and hands-on labs led by expert AWS users and industry leaders from around the world: Istanbul, Turkey (April 25), Prague, Czech Republic (April 25), Yerevan, Armenia (May 24), Zurich, Switzerland (May 25), and Bengaluru, India (May 25).
You can browse all upcoming in-person and virtual events.
That’s all for this week. Check back next Monday for another Weekly Roundup!
— Channy
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