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Category: Technical How-to

Build an AI-powered real estate assistant on WhatsApp using Strands Agents SDK and AWS End User Messaging

This post shows how to build a WhatsApp assistant that responds instantly. We show you how to build a real estate assistant powered by AI that delivers property discovery, home loan pre-approval, and site visit booking entirely within WhatsApp. The solution uses the Strands Agents SDK to orchestrate specialized AI agents on Amazon Bedrock, with AWS End User Messaging Social for WhatsApp integration. The serverless backend runs on AWS Lambda and Amazon DynamoDB.

Getting your SMS short code production-ready with AWS End User Messaging

In this post, we walk through the setting up AWS End User Messaging SMS, covering 12 configuration steps from compliance through phased traffic migration. The guide to SMS short codes with AWS End User Messaging covers the application and registration process up through provisioning. This post picks up from that point and provides an operational readiness walkthrough that takes you from “Active” status to confidently sending your first production message, including a final validation step to confirm readiness.

Using Amazon Mail Manager SMTP to send email via Amazon Simple Email Service

In this post, you configure Amazon SES Mail Manager to send outbound email in a Region that does not offer the classic SES SMTP endpoint. This post uses eusc-de-east-1 (AWS European Sovereign Cloud) as an example, but the same steps apply to AWS Regions where Mail Manager is available and the classic SMTP endpoint is not.

Build an AI-powered course recommender using Amazon Bedrock and AWS End User Messaging

Educational technology (EdTech) providers face the challenge of maintaining seamless, personalized communication and presenting the right recommendations to their diverse stakeholders. This post explores how combining Amazon Web Services (AWS) End User Messaging and WhatsApp Business API with the advanced AI capabilities of Amazon Bedrock can transform educational engagement.

A Guide to Sending International SMS with US Toll-Free Numbers and AWS End User Messaging

AWS End User Messaging now supports international SMS capabilities for US toll-free numbers (TFNs). This new feature allows businesses to use a single US TFN to send SMS messages to over 150 countries, simplifying global outreach. It primarily benefits customers who need to send one-way transactional alerts—like one-time passwords (OTPs) or shipping notifications—and businesses that […]

Enhance email security using VPC endpoints with Amazon SES

In this post, we discuss and guide you in enhancing your email security by using VPC endpoints with Amazon SES to address critical security challenges faced by organizations sending sensitive communications. The solution demonstrates how to implement network-level controls through VPC endpoints, security groups, and IAM policies to restrict SMTP traffic to authorized networks while maintaining compliance with regulatory frameworks like HIPAA and GDPR.

Track OTP success with AWS End User Messaging SMS feedback

In this post, we show how to implement message feedback for SMS one-time passwords (OTPs) using AWS End User Messaging to track delivery and conversion rates effectively. This approach provides first-party data for more accurate insights into message delivery and usage patterns compared to relying solely on third-party carrier delivery receipts.