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At this time, we’re asserting the final availability of AWS IAM Id Middle multi-Area assist to allow AWS account entry and managed utility use in extra AWS Areas.
With this function, you may replicate your workforce identities, permission units, and different metadata in your group occasion of IAM Id Middle linked to an exterior id supplier (IdP), resembling Microsoft Entra ID and Okta, from its present major Area to extra Areas for improved resiliency of AWS account entry.
You can even deploy AWS managed functions in your most well-liked Areas, near utility customers and datasets for improved person expertise or to satisfy knowledge residency necessities. Your functions deployed in extra Areas entry replicated workforce identities regionally for optimum efficiency and reliability.
While you replicate your workforce identities to a further Area, your workforce will get an energetic AWS entry portal endpoint in that Area. Because of this within the unlikely occasion of an IAM Id Middle service disruption in its major Area, your workforce can nonetheless entry their AWS accounts by the AWS entry portal in a further Area utilizing already provisioned permissions. You possibly can proceed to handle IAM Id Middle configurations from the first Area, sustaining centralized management.
Allow IAM Id Middle in a number of Areas
To get began, it’s best to affirm that the AWS managed functions you’re at the moment utilizing assist buyer managed AWS Key Administration Service (AWS KMS) key enabled in AWS Id Middle. Once we launched this function in October 2025, Seb really helpful utilizing multi-Area AWS KMS keys except your organization insurance policies limit you to single-Area keys. Multi-Area keys present constant key materials throughout Areas whereas sustaining unbiased key infrastructure in every Area.
Earlier than replicating IAM Id Middle to a further Area, you should first replicate the shopper managed AWS KMS key to that Area and configure the reproduction key with the permissions required for IAM Id Middle operations. For directions on creating multi-Area reproduction keys, seek advice from Create multi-Area reproduction keys within the AWS KMS Developer Information.
Go to the IAM Id Middle console within the major Area, for instance, US East (N. Virginia), select Settings within the left-navigation pane, and choose the Administration tab. Affirm that your configured encryption secret’s a multi-Area buyer managed AWS KMS key. So as to add extra Areas, select Add Area.
You possibly can select extra Areas to duplicate the IAM Id Middle in an inventory of the accessible Areas. When selecting a further Area, contemplate your supposed use instances, for instance, knowledge compliance or person expertise.
If you wish to run AWS managed functions that entry datasets restricted to a particular Area for compliance causes, select the Area the place the datasets reside. If you happen to plan to make use of the extra Area to deploy AWS functions, confirm that the required functions assist your chosen Area and deployment in extra Areas.
Select Add Area. This begins the preliminary replication whose length relies on the scale of your Id Middle occasion.
After the replication is accomplished, your customers can entry their AWS accounts and functions on this new Area. While you select View ACS URLs, you may view SAML info, resembling an Assertion Shopper Service (ACS) URL, in regards to the major and extra Areas.
How your workforce can use a further Area
AWS Id Middle helps SAML single sign-on with exterior IdPs, resembling Microsoft Entra ID and Okta. Upon authentication within the IdP, the person is redirected to the AWS entry portal. To allow the person to be redirected to the AWS entry portal within the newly added Area, you must add the extra Area’s ACS URL to the IdP configuration.
The next screenshots present you the way to do that within the Okta admin console:
Then, you may create a bookmark utility in your id supplier for customers to find the extra Area. This bookmark app features like a browser bookmark and incorporates solely the URL to the AWS entry portal within the extra Area.
You can even deploy AWS managed functions in extra Areas utilizing your present deployment workflows. Your customers can entry functions or accounts utilizing the prevailing entry strategies, such because the AWS entry portal, an utility hyperlink, or by the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI).
To be taught extra about which AWS managed functions assist deployment in extra Areas, go to the IAM Id Middle Person Information.
Issues to know
Listed below are key concerns to find out about this function:
- Consideration – To reap the benefits of this function at launch, you should be utilizing a company occasion of IAM Id Middle linked to an exterior IdP. Additionally, the first and extra Areas should be enabled by default in an AWS account. Account situations of IAM Id Middle, and the opposite two id sources (Microsoft Energetic Listing and IAM Id Middle listing) are presently not supported.
- Operation – The first Area stays the central place for managing workforce identities, account entry permissions, exterior IdP, and different configurations. You should utilize the IAM Id Middle console in extra Areas with a restricted function set. Most operations are read-only, apart from utility administration and person session revocation.
- Monitoring – All workforce actions are emitted in AWS CloudTrail within the Area the place the motion was carried out. This function enhances account entry continuity. You possibly can arrange break-glass entry for privileged customers to entry AWS if the exterior IdP has a service disruption.
Now accessible
AWS IAM Id Middle multi-Area assist is now accessible within the 17 enabled-by-default business AWS Areas. For Regional availability and a future roadmap, go to the AWS Capabilities by Area. You should utilize this function at no extra value. Commonplace AWS KMS expenses apply for storing and utilizing buyer managed keys.
Give it a strive within the AWS Id Middle console. To be taught extra, go to the IAM Id Middle Person Information and ship suggestions to AWS re:Publish for Id Middle or by your ordinary AWS Assist contacts.
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