AWS Security Blog
Category: AWS IAM Identity Center
Highlights from the latest AWS Identity launches
August 10, 2022: This blog post has been updated to reflect the new name of AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) – AWS IAM Identity Center. Read more about the name change here. Here is the latest from AWS Identity from November 2020 through February 2021. The features highlighted in this blog post can help you manage […]
How AWS IAM Identity Center Active Directory sync enhances AWS application experiences
September 12, 2022: This blog post has been updated to reflect the new name of AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) – AWS IAM Identity Center. Read more about the name change here. IAM Identity CenterIdentity management is easiest when you can manage identities in a centralized location and use these identities across various accounts and applications. […]
Use new account assignment APIs for AWS SSO to automate multi-account access
September 28, 2022: In July 2022, we renamed AWS Single Sign-On to AWS IAM Identity Center. In this blog, you will notice that we preserved backward compatibility with API calls and CLI scripts by retaining the API and CLI namespaces that were used under AWS Single Sign-On. September 12, 2022: This blog post has been […]
How to bulk import users and groups from CSV into AWS IAM Identity Center
September 12, 2022: This blog post has been updated to reflect the new name of AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) – AWS IAM Identity Center. Read more about the name change here. When you connect an external identity provider (IdP) to AWS IAM Identity Center using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0 standard, you must create […]
On-Demand SCIM provisioning of Azure AD to AWS IAM Identity Center with PowerShell
June 6, 2023: We made minor updates to the section “Grant permission to the Graph API to access the Default Directory in Azure AD.” September 20, 2022: We updated the link to the GitHub repository. September 12, 2022: This blog post has been updated to reflect the new name of AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) – […]
Get ready for upcoming changes in the AWS IAM Identity Center user sign-in process
April 3, 2023: This guidance is out of date. It is being updated and will be republished as soon as possible. September 12, 2022: This blog post has been updated to reflect the new name of AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) – AWS IAM Identity Center. Read more about the name change here. October 21, 2020: […]
How to enable secure access to Kibana using AWS IAM Identity Center
September 12, 2022: This blog post has been updated to reflect the new name of AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) – AWS IAM Identity Center. Read more about the name change here. September 9, 2021: Amazon Elasticsearch Service has been renamed to Amazon OpenSearch Service. See details. Note from March 18, 2020: The Amazon ES domain […]
How to automate SAML federation to multiple AWS accounts from Microsoft Azure Active Directory
September 12, 2022: This blog post has been updated to reflect the new name of AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) – AWS IAM Identity Center. Read more about the name change here. December 2, 2019: Since the author wrote this post, AWS Single Sign On (AWS IAM Identity Center) has launched native features that simplify using […]
How to create and manage users within AWS IAM Identity Center
April 25, 2023: We’ve updated this blog post to include more security learning resources. September 12, 2022: This blog post has been updated to reflect the new name of AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) – AWS IAM Identity Center. Read more about the name change here. AWS IAM Identity Center is a cloud service that allows […]
How to retrieve short-term credentials for CLI use with AWS IAM Identity Center
May 23, 2022: This blog post is out of date. Please refer here for current info: https://docs.thinkwithwp.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-sso.html September 12, 2022: This blog post has been updated to reflect the new name of AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) – AWS IAM Identity Center. Read more about the name change here. Today, AWS made it easier to use […]