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AWS Builder Center turns 1 with sandbox environments

AWS Builder Center has completed its first year with expanded features including sandbox environments, while Security Hub gains network scanning and Azure support. These updates strengthen community building, security posture management, and machine learning workflows for AWS users.

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AWS Builder Center turns one with new sandbox environments that supply free pre-provisioned AWS accounts active for eight hours. In its first year the platform published 6,448 articles that drew over 10 million views and awarded nearly 100,000 badges, expanding hands-on AWS resources for developers.

AWS has marked the one-year anniversary of its Builder Center platform with new sandbox environments and a look back at community growth. The weekly roundup also highlights fresh capabilities in Security Hub for network scanning and unified Azure management, plus SageMaker Studio integration with Hugging Face.

AWS Builder Center reaches its first anniversary with major feature expansion. Launched on July 9, 2025, the platform has evolved from basic community tools like wishlist voting and profiles into an ecosystem offering sandbox environments, workshops, Spaces, and a Builders’ Library. A new sandbox feature provides free pre-provisioned AWS accounts active for 8 hours with automatic de-provisioning, limited to one active instance per user per week. Source: AWS Blog ↗
A new sandbox feature provides free pre-provisioned AWS accounts active for 8 hours with automatic de-provisioning, limited to one active instance per user per week.

Builder Center metrics show strong community engagement in its first year. Since launch, 5,548 authors have published 6,448 articles generating more than 10.4 million page views. Builders have earned 99,226 badges since March 2026, while community members submitted 565 wishes with 10 shipped and 20 more on the roadmap. Source: AWS Blog ↗
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Security Hub adds Network Scanning to detect internet-reachable resources. The capability probes resources from the public internet to identify reachable ports and running services across AWS and Azure environments, generating findings with evidence. It complements existing configuration-based reachability checks and is included at no extra cost with Security Hub Essentials. Source: AWS Blog ↗
Users can select supported models on Hugging Face and choose to customize or deploy them directly in SageMaker Studio.
Security Hub now provides unified management for Microsoft Azure resources. The service automatically discovers Azure VMs, container images, Function Apps, and identities to evaluate misconfigurations, exposures, and vulnerabilities. Findings from both AWS and Azure appear together in a single prioritized view with consistent formats and workflows. Source: AWS Blog ↗
SageMaker Studio gains one-click integration with Hugging Face models. Users can select supported models on Hugging Face and choose to customize or deploy them directly in SageMaker Studio. The integration simplifies moving from model discovery to hands-on work in the AWS environment. Source: AWS Blog ↗
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