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Amazon S3 Access Grants are now available in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Germany) Region

Amazon S3 Access Grants maps identities from directories like Microsoft Entra ID or AWS IAM principals to datasets in S3, enabling scalable data permission management.

Amazon S3 Access Grants can now be created in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Germany) Region. S3 Access Grants maps identities in directories such as Microsoft Entra ID or AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) principals to datasets in S3. This helps manage data permissions at scale by automatically granting S3 access to end users based on their corporate identity. Visit the AWS Region Table for complete regional availability information and the product page to learn more about Amazon S3 Access Grants.

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