Deprecation of Lake Formation’s Governed Tables Feature
Big Data Blog
This blog post announces that AWS will be deprecating the Governed Tables feature of AWS Lake Formation, effective December 31, 2024, to focus on supporting open source transactional table formats such as Apache Iceberg, Apache Hudi, and Delta Lake.
Specifically, the article covers:
- The reasons for deprecating Governed Tables, including customer preference for open source solutions and enhanced AWS support for these formats across various analytics services
- Key dates for the deprecation process, including the inability to create or write to Governed Tables after December 31, 2024, and the eventual failure of all Governed Table APIs after February 17, 2025
- Guidance on migrating from Governed Tables to Apache Iceberg using Amazon Athena's CREATE TABLE AS (CTAS) statement, with an example code snippet
- An offer for assistance with migration, if needed, by contacting the governed-tables-support@amazon.com email address
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