AWS IAM Identity Center now supports multi-Region replication for AWS account access and application use

This article announces the general availability of AWS IAM Identity Center multi-Region replication, enabling workforce identities and application access across multiple AWS Regions.

• Replicate workforce identities, permission sets, and metadata to additional Regions for improved resiliency
• Deploy AWS managed applications in preferred Regions close to users and datasets
• Provides active AWS access portal endpoint in additional Regions for business continuity
• Centralized management remains in primary Region with read-only operations in additional Regions
• Requires organization instance connected to external IdP (Microsoft Entra ID, Okta)
• Must use customer-managed multi-Region AWS KMS keys for encryption
• Available in 17 enabled-by-default commercial AWS Regions at no additional cost
• All workforce actions logged in AWS CloudTrail in the Region where performed

This feature enhances disaster recovery and compliance by enabling geographically distributed access to AWS accounts and applications while maintaining centralized identity management.