
AWS Glue Data Catalog and Lake Formation now support cross-Region table access using resource links, enabling secure data sharing and querying across Regions without duplicating metadata or data.


<div><p>This article explains how to configure cross-Region table access using AWS Glue Catalog and Lake Formation, enabling secure data sharing across Regions without copying metadata or data.</p><ul><li>Resource links allow querying Glue databases and tables across Regions without data duplication</li><li>Scenario 1 demonstrates same-account cross-Region access between us-east-2 and us-west-2</li><li>Scenario 2 shows cross-account and cross-Region sharing between producer and consumer accounts</li><li>Lake Formation permissions manage access to databases, tables, and resource links</li><li>Cross-Region queries incur higher data transfer costs and may be slower than same-Region queries</li><li>Permissions must be granted on source resources in source Region and resource links in local Region</li></ul><p>The post provides step-by-step setup instructions for both same-account and cross-account scenarios, enabling organizations to share data lakes securely across geographic regions and AWS accounts.</p></div>


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