Concise summaries of official AWS update announcements for AWS Systems Manager.
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Information as of November 3, 2026.
AWS Well-Architected Agent, the next-gen evolution of AWS Trusted Advisor and the AWS Well-Architected Tool, analyzes and optimizes AWS infrastructure across cost, security, performance, and reliability, delivering contextualized recommendations prioritized by business goals.
AWS Systems Manager now allows sharing SSM Documents with an entire AWS organization or specific organizational units (OUs) using AWS Resource Access Manager (AWS RAM). Access is managed through AWS RAM and resource-based policies, providing standard AWS authorization.
AWS Systems Manager extends its diagnosis capability to identify six additional categories of issues preventing Amazon EC2 instances and hybrid-activated nodes from being managed
AWS Systems Manager now enables management of Azure virtual machines without manual agent installation or per-instance tier fees, and eliminates the Advanced Instances Tier for hybrid and multicloud nodes.
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