Amazon Databases re:Invent 2025 Features Launch Summary
AWS released several interesting capabilities in the weeks leading up to re:Invent 2025 and during the event. In this article, I share a summary of those recent database announcements
All the talk in the last couple of years has been focused on GenAI. One can't build GenAI applications without data. In 2025, AWS announced a plethora of database features, and I wanted to share a summary of re:Invent 2025 database launch features, along with some features released in the weeks leading up to the event.
re:Invent 2025 database track featured several interesting sessions, and you can find a list of database breakout sessions videos here . The Database Savings Plan is the most impactful announcement, as it covers a wide variety of database services and will allow customers to have an easier path to manage and optimize database costs. I wanted to highlight several sessions that I believe many will find useful: PostgreSQL performance: Real-world workload tuning , Boost performance and reduce costs in Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS , Advanced data modeling with Amazon DynamoDB . I would like to point out a unique and interesting session DynamoDB: Resilience & lessons from the Oct 2025 service disruption . The session goes into the details of what happened during the October service disruption in us-east-1, but moreover, it dives deep into how AWS approaches large-scale system design, considerations, and AWS Correction of Error process
General
- Announcing Database Savings Plans with up to 35% savings - Announcement here , blog post here , re:Invent 2025 session here
Amazon RDS/Aurora
- AWS Organizations now supports upgrade rollout policy for Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS - Announcement here
- Amazon RDS Optimized Reads now supports R8gd and M8gd database instances - Announcement here
- Amazon RDS Blue/Green deployments now supports Aurora Global Database - Announcement here , blog post here
Amazon RDS/Aurora for PostgreSQL
- Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL introduces dynamic data masking - Announcement here , blog post here
- Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL now supports major version 18 - Announcement here
Amazon Aurora DSQL
- Aurora DSQL launches new Python, Node.js, and JDBC Connectors that simplify IAM authorization - Announcement here
- Amazon Aurora DSQL database clusters now support up to 256 TiB of storage volume - Announcement here
- Amazon Aurora DSQL now provides an integrated query editor in the AWS Management Console - Announcement here
- Amazon Aurora DSQL now provides statement-level cost estimates in query plans -Announcement here
Amazon RDS for SQL Server and Oracle
- Amazon RDS for Oracle and SQL Server now support up to 256 TiB storage with additional storage volumes -Announcement here , blog post here
Amazon RDS for SQL Server
- Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports Developer Edition - Announcement here , blog post here
- Amazon RDS for SQL Server launches optimize CPU with new generation instances for up to 55% lower price - Announcement here , blog posts here and here
- Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports Resource Governor - Announcement here , blog post here
- Amazon RDS supports Multi-AZ for SQL Server Web Edition - Announcement here , blog post here
Oracle Database@AWS
- Oracle Database@AWS now supports AWS KMS integration with Oracle Transparent Data Encryption - here
AWS DMS
- AWS DMS Schema Conversion adds SAP (Sybase) ASE to PostgreSQL support with generative AI - Announcement here
Amazon DynamoDB
- Amazon DynamoDB now supports multi-attribute composite keys in global secondary indexes - Announcement here
ETL
- Announcing AWS Glue zero-ETL for self-managed Database Sources- Announcement here
Amazon CloudWatch Database Insights
- CloudWatch Database Insights adds cross-account cross-region monitoring - Announcement here
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