Platform Updates: June 2024

We're excited to announce several new features and enhancements to our platform:

• New services introduced into the Cost Management > Service Details screen:
  • Security: AWS Config, Amazon GuardDuty, and AWS KMS
  • Logging: Amazon CloudTrail and Amazon CloudWatch
  • Integration: AWS System Manager
• We've added new services to the Operations > Resource Management > Compute screen: Amazon EKS
• Added into the Security Compliance > Findings section the ability to check details such as Account Id, Region, Action Type, Resource Type, Location (City / Country), Actor IP Address v4 and v6.
• Introduced the new PermissionSet feature in StackZone, enabling you to create, edit, and manage default and custom PermissionSets. You can now access the Permission Sets screen from the Identity Management module, where you can list, create, and delete PermissionSets. These enhancements provide a more flexible and user-friendly experience for managing PermissionSets in StackZone, improving your workflow and system management capabilities.
• Released the Advanced Permissions feature, designed to enhance your user management and access controls. You can now invite or modify users with roles other than SuperAdmin or Administrator, granting them access to specific accounts, regions, subscriptions, and locations. This update ensures that users see only relevant options in dropdown menus when filtering data, improving security and user experience. To use this feature, navigate to User Management, invite or modify a user, assign an appropriate role, and set access restrictions.
• Introduced in the Dashboard section a new card that allows you to check your Compliance History. By clicking on the Compliance History card, you will see a table displaying Date, Resources Compliance Percentage, Compliance Resources, and Non-compliant Resources. Each row will indicate if Compliance is lower than the previous status check, Compliance is higher than the previous status check, or Compliance remains the same as the previous status check. This feature provides you with valuable insights into your historical compliance data, aiding in better tracking and management of your resources' compliance over time.
• Implemented the "Search Bar" on the top left of the console. Now you can quickly and easily find the content you are looking for within our platform. With the Search Bar, you can now:
  • Search for specific keywords.
  • Access relevant information faster and more efficiently.
  • Enhance your overall experience by finding what you need with minimal effort.
• In addition to the search bar, we have also introduced the "Last Visited Pages."
• View a history of the pages you recently visited.
• Quickly return to previous pages without having to search or navigate through the site again.
• Improve navigation and save time by keeping track of your browsing history.

• We've introduced several enhancements to improve the Advisor feature in the Operations module. You can now change the Check Status from "Review Needed" to "Postpone," offering you greater flexibility in handling reviews. The Recommendations table now includes two new columns: Impact and Status, providing you with insights into the potential effects and current progress of each recommendation. Additionally, new filters based on these columns have been added, allowing you to sort and view recommendations more precisely and efficiently. These updates aim to enhance your experience by offering detailed information and giving you better control over your review processes and recommendation management.
• Implemented column resizing in tables. This new functionality allows you to easily adjust the width of columns to suit your viewing and editing needs.

• Fixed a bug where the user was not able to save a report in the Operations > Resource Management > Compute > Workspaces screen.
• Fixed a bug where in the Cost Management > Services Details the Category filter appeared as empty
• Fixed a bug where when users attempted to search within a table by clicking on the pagination numbers, the search did not execute as expected.
• Fixed a bug in the Operations > Overview section where the backup jobs charts were showing incorrect jobs sum.
• Fixed a bug in Cost Management > Service Details > Reports: users see the charts as empty when downing it.

• The Deployment History feature is not working as expected. The service takes too long to respond and may throw a timeout error
• Sustainability > Reports: It is not possible to enable a subscription, download a report, or see the history.
• Reports Operations & Cost Management: When users attempt to sort any column, the table generates empty reports.
  
• Security Compliance > Rules show resources duplicated in the table.
  

New Features:

• We are excited to announce that StackZone now supports additional regions, enhancing our global coverage and providing more localized options for our users. The newly supported regions are:

1. Africa (Cape Town)
2. Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
3. Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
4. Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
5. Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
6. Asia Pacific (Osaka)
7. Canada West (Calgary)
8. Europe (Milan)
9. Europe (Spain)
10. Europe (Zurich)
11. Israel (Tel Aviv)
12. Middle East (Bahrain)
13. Middle East (UAE)
    
    

• We've released the Monitoring module that allows you to fully analyze your workload performance by defining the account(s), region(s), metric(s), and period. StackZone presents this information in easy-to-read graphics, allowing you to identify trends and potential bottlenecks. This proactive approach helps you gain valuable insights into your infrastructure's health and make data-driven decisions for optimization. This feature is released as experimental. To try it out, you will need to enable "Experimental Features" from the Organization Details.
  
  
• We've added the Savings Plans feature, which elevates your financial management with an intuitive overview screen, filtering, and data visualization. Tailored recommendations based on plan types, terms, and payment options empower informed decisions. Effortlessly purchase and return plans directly from the platform, streamlining portfolio management. Take control of your savings, monitor utilization, and adapt to evolving needs with ease. This feature is released as experimental. To try it out, you will need to enable "Experimental Features" from the Organization Details.
  
  
• StackZone is excited to announce Cloud Secrets, a new feature within the Settings section that empowers you to manage your external credentials and enhance account security. This allows you to view and regenerate your External ID to create a new access key for StackZone to interact with your AWS account, improving security and visibility while providing a streamlined management experience directly within the platform.

• Added in the Operations > Account Management section the ability to remove an organization from AWS.

• Fixed a bug where the Upgrade Engine Banner did not appear for some customers on the AWS Dashboard Page.
• Fixed a bug in Operations > Security Compliance > Rules, that threw an internal server error when invoked.
• General UI improvements

• Security Compliance is not working as expected, throwing 500 error.
  
• Deployment History is not working as expected. The service takes too long to respond and throws a timeout error
• Sustainability > Reports: It is not possible to enable a subscription, download a report, or see the history.
• Reports Operations & Cost Management: When users attempt to sort any column, the table generates empty reports.
  
• Operations > Resource Management > Compute > Workspaces: It is not possible to save a report.

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