Document history
The following table describes the releases for AWS Direct Connect.
| Feature | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Support for SiteLink | You can create a virtual private interface that enables connectivity between two Direct Connect points of presence (PoPs) in the same AWS Region. For more information see Hosted AWS Direct Connect virtual interfaces. | 2021-12-01 |
| Support MAC Security | You can use AWS Direct Connect connections that support MACsec to encrypt your data from your corporate data center to the AWS Direct Connect location. For more information, see MAC Security in AWS Direct Connect. | 2021-03-31 |
| Support for 100G | Updated topics to include support for 100G dedicated connections. | 2021-02-12 |
| New location in Italy | Updated topic to include the addition of the new location in Italy. For more information, see Europe (Milan). | 2021-01-22 |
| New location in Israel | Updated topic to include the addition of the new location in Israel. For more information, see Israel (Tel Aviv). | 2020-07-07 |
| Resiliency Toolkit Failover Testing support | Use the Resiliency Toolkit Failover Testing feature to test the resiliency of your connections.. For more information, see AWS Direct Connect Failover Test. | 2020-06-03 |
| CloudWatch VIF metric support | You can monitor physical AWS Direct Connect connections, and virtual interfaces, using CloudWatch. For more information, see Monitor with Amazon CloudWatch. | 2020-05-11 |
| AWS Direct Connect Resiliency Toolkit | The AWS Direct Connect Resiliency Toolkit provides a connection wizard with multiple resiliency models that helps you order dedicated connections to achieve your SLA objective. For more information, see AWS Direct Connect Resiliency Toolkit. | 2019-10-07 |
| Additional Region support for Support for AWS Transit Gateway across accounts | For information, see AWS Direct Connect gateways and transit gateway associations. | 2019-09-30 |
| AWS Direct Connect Support for AWS Transit Gateway | You can use an AWS Direct Connect gateway to connect your AWS Direct Connect connection over a transit virtual interface to the VPCs or VPNs attached to your transit gateway You associate a Direct Connect gateway with the transit gateway Then, create a transit virtual interface for your AWS Direct Connect connection to the Direct Connect gateway. For information, see AWS Direct Connect gateways and transit gateway associations. | 2019-03-27 |
| Jumbo frames support | You can send jumbo frames (9001 MTU) over AWS Direct Connect. For more information, see MTUs for private virtual interfaces or transit virtual interfaces. | 2018-10-11 |
| Local preference BGP communities | You can use local preference BGP community tags to achieve load balancing and route preference for incoming traffic to your network. For more information, see Local preference BGP communities. | 2018-02-06 |
| AWS Direct Connect gateway | You can use a Direct Connect gateway to connect your AWS Direct Connect connection to VPCs in remote Regions. For more information, see AWS Direct Connect gateways. | 2017-11-01 |
| Amazon CloudWatch metrics | You can view CloudWatch metrics for your AWS Direct Connect connections. For more information, see Monitor with Amazon CloudWatch. | 2017-06-29 |
| Link aggregation groups | You can create a link aggregation group (LAG) to aggregate multiple AWS Direct Connect connections. For more information, see AWS Direct Connect link aggregation groups (LAGs). | 2017-02-13 |
| IPv6 support | Your virtual interface can now support an IPv6 BGP peering session. For more information, see Add a BGP peer to an AWS Direct Connect virtual interface. | 2016-12-01 |
| Tagging support | You can now tag your AWS Direct Connect resources. For more information, see Tag AWS Direct Connect resources. | 2016-11-04 |
| Self-service LOA-CFA | You can now download your Letter of Authorization and Connecting Facility Assignment (LOA-CFA) using the AWS Direct Connect console or API. | 2016-06-22 |
| New location in Silicon Valley | Updated topic to include the addition of the new Silicon Valley location in the US West (N. California) Region. | 2016-06-03 |
| New location in Amsterdam | Updated topic to include the addition of the new Amsterdam location in the Europe (Frankfurt) Region. | 2016-05-19 |
| New locations in Portland, Oregon, and Singapore | Updated topic to include the addition of the new Portland, Oregon, and Singapore locations in the US West (Oregon) and Asia Pacific (Singapore) Regions. | 2016-04-27 |
| New location in Sao Paulo, Brasil | Updated topic to include the addition of the new Sao Paulo location in the South America (São Paulo) Region. | 2015-12-09 |
| New locations in Dallas, London, Silicon Valley, and Mumbai | Updated topics to include the addition of the new locations in Dallas (US East (N. Virginia) Region), London (Europe (Ireland) Region), Silicon Valley (AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region), and Mumbai (Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region). | 2015-11-27 |
| New location in the China (Beijing) Region | Updated topics to include the addition of the new Beijing location in the China (Beijing) Region. | 2015-04-14 |
| New Las Vegas location in the US West (Oregon) Region | Updated topics to include the addition of the new AWS Direct Connect Las Vegas location in the US West (Oregon) Region. | 2014-11-10 |
| New EU (Frankfurt) Region | Updated topics to include the addition of the new AWS Direct Connect locations serving the EU (Frankfurt) Region. | 2014-10-23 |
| New locations in the Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region | Updated topics to include the addition of the new AWS Direct Connect locations serving the Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region. | 2014-07-14 |
| Support for AWS CloudTrail | Added a new topic to explain how you can use CloudTrail to log activity in AWS Direct Connect. For more information, see Log AWS Direct Connect API calls using AWS CloudTrail. | 2014-04-04 |
| Support for accessing remote AWS Regions | Added a new topic to explain how you can access public resources in a remote Region. For more information, see Access to remote AWS Direct Connect Regions. | 2013-12-19 |
| Support for hosted connections | Updated topics to include support for hosted connections. | 2013-10-22 |
| New location in the EU (Ireland) Region | Updated topics to include the addition of the new AWS Direct Connect location serving the EU (Ireland) Region. | 2013-06-24 |
| New Seattle location in the US West (Oregon) Region | Updated topics to include the addition of the new AWS Direct Connect location in Seattle serving the US West (Oregon) Region. | 2013-05-08 |
| Support for using IAM with AWS Direct Connect | Added a topic about using AWS Identity and Access Management with AWS Direct Connect. For more information, see Identity and Access Management for Direct Connect. | 2012-12-21 |
| New Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region | Updated topics to include the addition of the new AWS Direct Connect location serving the Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region. | 2012-12-14 |
| New AWS Direct Connect console, and the US East (N. Virginia) and South America (Sao Paulo) Regions | Replaced the AWS Direct Connect Getting Started Guide with the AWS Direct Connect User Guide. Added new topics to cover the new AWS Direct Connect console, added a billing topic, added router configuration information, and updated topics to include the addition of two new AWS Direct Connect locations serving the US East (N. Virginia) and South America (Sao Paulo) Regions. | 2012-08-13 |
| Support for the EU (Ireland), Asia Pacific (Singapore), and Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Regions | Added a new troubleshooting section and updated topics to include the addition of four new AWS Direct Connect locations serving the US West (Northern California), EU (Ireland), Asia Pacific (Singapore), and Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Regions. | 2012-01-10 |
| Support for the US West (Northern California) Region | Updated topics to include the addition of the US West (Northern California) Region. | 2011-09-08 |
| Public release | The first release of AWS Direct Connect. | 2011-08-03 |
