- Amazon Cognito
Amazon Cognito OAuth Token Exchange (November 2026): What Startups Need to Know
Amazon Cognito now supports OAuth 2.0 token exchange, giving startups an option to replace original-token forwarding or custom token minting with narrower, audience-bound downstream tokens.
- Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS
AWS Aurora and RDS Graviton5 R9g Instances (November 2026): What Startups Need to Know
Graviton5 R9g is a new database instance option worth benchmarking for supported Aurora and RDS workloads, but adoption depends on engine version, region, workload performance, and price.
- AWS Cloud WAN
AWS Cloud WAN Flow Logs (November 2026): What Startups Need to Know
Our recommendation: adopt Cloud WAN Flow Logs when central network visibility would reduce fragmented log collection, but define scope, destination and retention before enabling them broadly.
- Amazon OpenSearch Service
Amazon OpenSearch Service Managed Cross-Region Disaster Recovery (November 2026): What Startups Need to Know
Startups that need cross-Region OpenSearch recovery should evaluate the managed option before continuing to build and maintain replication themselves.
- Amazon OpenSearch Service
AWS OpenSearch Clone-Based Upgrades (November 2026): What Startups Need to Know
Our recommendation: Use clone-based upgrades for eligible domains when you want to compare versions before cutover, and retain the previous version for your chosen rollback period.
- Amazon CloudWatch Logs
AWS CloudWatch Logs Account-Level Retention Policies (November 2026): What Startups Need to Know
Our recommendation: Adopt account-level policies when their scope and overlap rule match your retention requirements, after checking regional availability.