AWS IAM Identity Center extends multi-Region support to Identity Center directory
Iam Identity Center ยท 2026-07-29
Actions
Technical Details
| Regions | us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-1, us-west-2, ap-south-1, ap-northeast-1, ap-northeast-2, ap-southeast-1, ap-southeast-2, ca-central-1, eu-central-1, eu-west-1, eu-west-2, eu-west-3, eu-north-1, me-south-1, sa-east-1 |
|---|---|
| Cost Impact | Neutral |
| IaC Impact | High |
What This Means
For DevOps Teams
Configure IAM Identity Center for multi-Region support by setting up a multi-Region customer managed KMS key and enabling replication to additional Regions to ensure resilience and align with business needs.
For Platform Teams
Adopt IAM Identity Center's multi-Region support to enhance the resilience of user access and align application deployments with business needs such as data residency and user proximity.
For Executives
Evaluate deploying IAM Identity Center in additional Regions to enhance resilience and align with business needs, ensuring uninterrupted access to AWS accounts in case of primary Region disruptions.
Source
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- Amazon GameLift Streams now supports IAM role credentials for stream sessions (2026-07-17)
- AWS IAM Identity Center achieves FedRAMP Class C Certification (2026-07-14)
- IAM Identity Center now enables programmatic AWS account access for customer managed applications (2026-06-30)