AWS Messaging Blog

Category: Technical How-to

Use AI agents and the Model Context Protocol with Amazon SES

We’ve released the SESv2 MCP Server sample on GitHub and invite current and prospective customers to experiment with it in non-production environments. This post provides example use cases demonstrating how the SESv2 MCP Server can be used with AI tools like the Amazon Q CLI to get information about an Amazon SES account, set up configurations, and send test emails – all without needing deep expertise in email or Amazon SES.

Navigate Bulk Sender Requirements with Amazon SES

Introduction Email communication remains a critical component of business operations and customer engagement. As the digital landscape evolves, major mailbox providers continually update their policies to enhance security and user experience. This blog will explore the changes implemented by Microsoft for bulk senders trying to reach Outlook.com (supporting Hotmail.com, live.com consumer domain addresses). This follows […]

A Guide to the New Resource Policies for SMS Origination Identities

I. Introduction AWS End User Messaging has made updates to how it handles SMS origination identities. These changes impact Amazon SNS (Simple Notification Service) and Amazon Pinpoint, which allow sending SMS messages. The updates aim to provide security, flexibility, and control over SMS messaging for AWS users. For companies and developers using AWS for sending […]

WorkMail uses Okta SSO or PATs

Enable single-sign-on for Amazon WorkMail with IAM Identity Center and Okta Universal Directory

Securing your business email is more critical than ever in today’s digital workplace. To help you protect your users and data in Amazon WorkMail (WorkMail), we regularly introduce security features that give organizations more control and protection for their business email. Thanks to the recently announced integration between WorkMail and AWS Identity and Access Management […]

Visually build telephony applications with AWS Step Functions

Developers face numerous challenges when building telephony applications: managing unpredictable user responses, handling disconnections, processing incorrect inputs, and addressing errors. These challenges extend development cycles and create unstable applications that fail to meet user expectations. This blog demonstrates how Amazon Web Services (AWS) Step Functions, combined with Amazon Chime SDK Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) […]

Multiple SMTP Credentials

Automate the Creation & Rotation of Amazon Simple Email Service SMTP Credentials

Amazon Simple Email Service provides a secure email solution that scales with your business needs. Unfortunately, all email systems, including Amazon SES, remain the primary target for spammers and bad actors due to email’s widespread use and accessibility. While SES offers powerful features for application-based email sending, its SMTP credentials require careful management to prevent unauthorized […]

WorkMail via MFA or PAT

Improving Security in Amazon WorkMail with MFA

Securing your business email is more critical than ever in today’s digital workplace. To help you protect your users and data in Amazon WorkMail, we have introduced enhanced security features that give organizations more control and protection for their communication platforms. With the integration of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Identity Center, WorkMail now […]

Building AI-powered customer experiences using a modern communications hub

Organizations face integration challenges while adding Generative AI (GenAI) -powered Agentic AI and hyper-personalization capabilities to engage with customers through dynamic and personal experiences. They require scalable and reusable architectures to integrate knowledge bases, business logic, and customer communications without a complete system overhaul, amid disparate engagement solutions they currently operate. A Modern Communications Hub, loosely coupled with core Generative AI services, will establish a composable foundation to build communication-channel-agnostic customer experiences on. Start experimenting with AI-powered customer experience innovations with a quick proof-of-concept that won’t interfere with your present customer engagement setup.

Cyber Security Cloud, Inc. accelerates sales with CloudSmart Insights and Amazon SES

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, effective content curation is essential for businesses to stand out and connect with their target audience. Optimizing customer outreach can be a difficult task. Sales intelligence can help you use data to understand customer behavior, attract prospects with relevant messaging, and focus sales and marketing efforts where they’ll make […]

How to Make Simple Email Service Resilient Across Two AWS Regions with Global Endpoints

Introduction Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) recently announced Global Endpoints, a major enhancement to its email sending features. This new capability improves the availability and reliability of SES API v2 email sending workloads by automatically distributing messages, in an active/active configuration across the Primary and Secondary AWS regions. When Global Endpoints detects degradation in either […]