Document history - Amazon Web Services Management Console
Services or capabilities described in Amazon Web Services documentation might vary by Region. To see the differences applicable to the China Regions, see Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China (PDF).

Document history

The following table describes important changes to the Amazon Web Services Management Console Getting Started Guide, beginning in March 2021.

Change Description Date

Page updated

Changing your password page updated. For more information, see Changing your password.

June 18, 2024

New pages added

New pages added to describe how to access the Services menu and Amazon event notifications. For more information, see Accessing the Services menu and Accessing Amazon notifications and Health events.

June 18, 2024

Page updated

What is the Amazon Web Services Management Console? page updated. For more information, see What is the Amazon Web Services Management Console?.

June 18, 2024

Get support

A new page added to describe how to get support. For more information, see Getting support.

June 18, 2024

Unified Navigation and Amazon Web Services Console Home

New pages added to describe how to work with the console. For more information, see Using the Amazon Web Services Management Console navigation bar via Unified Navigation and Using Amazon Web Services Console Home.

June 18, 2024

Chat with Amazon Q

A new settings page detailing how users can ask Amazon questions to Amazon Q Developer. For more information, see Chat with Amazon Q Developer.

May 29, 2024

Configuring Unified Settings

A new settings page for configuring settings and defaults that apply to the current user, including language and region. For more information, see Configuring Unified Settings.

April 6, 2022

New Amazon Web Services Console Home UI

New Amazon Web Services Console Home UI, which includes widgets for displaying important usage information and shortcuts to Amazon services. For more information, see Working with widgets.

February 25, 2022

Changing the Console language

Choose a different language for the Amazon Web Services Management Console. For more information, see Changing the language of the Amazon Web Services Management Console.

April 1, 2021

Launching CloudShell

Open Amazon CloudShell from the Amazon Web Services Management Console and run Amazon CLI commands. For more information, see Launching Amazon CloudShell.

March 22, 2021