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Availability of IAM Identity Center use cases in the primary and additional Regions - Amazon IAM Identity Center
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).

Availability of IAM Identity Center use cases in the primary and additional Regions

Feature Regional availability
Workforce directory with a user portal
User access to the Amazon Web Services access portal including portal sign-in and global sessions (one sign-in for all Regions) All enabled Regions
Display of all assigned accounts All enabled Regions
Display of all assigned applications (regardless of where the applications were created) All enabled Regions
Read access to users, groups, and memberships in the Amazon Console or via Identity Store APIs All enabled Regions
Revoke user sessions All enabled Regions
Automatic synchronization of users and groups from an external identity source such as external IdP through SCIM API or Identity Store API Primary Region only
Configure automatic identity provisioning with SCIM Primary Region only
Configure SAML SSO with an external IdP Primary Region only - read access through the console in all enabled Regions
Create/update/delete operations on users, groups and group memberships via the console or Identity Store APIs. Primary Region: available via Identity Store API but blocked in the IAM Identity Center console when SCIM API is used for provisioning (except disable/enable user access and delete user, which are always available). Additional Regions: unavailable
Multi-account access
Access assigned accounts via the Amazon Web Services access portal, Amazon CLI, and shortcut links All enabled Regions
Manage multi-account permission sets and their assignments in the console and APIs (including temporary elevated access) Primary Region only
Access to applications and Amazon services
Deploy Amazon managed applications through the application console and APIs All enabled Regions – subject to applications' regional availability and support for deployment in additional Regions
Create customer managed applications through the Identity Center console and APIs All enabled Regions
Manage application metadata and assignments in the console and APIs Application's connected IAM Identity Center Region
Launch applications from the Amazon Web Services access portal or directly via an application link or bookmark All enabled Regions
SSO to Amazon EC2 instances All enabled Regions
Trusted identity propagation
Create a trusted token issuer Primary Region only
Trusted identity propagation with Amazon managed applications All enabled Regions - Applications that propagate identity context to each other must be in the same Region
Other administrative features
All other administrative features such as Region management, KMS key management, instance management, and session management (except session revocation) Primary Region only - read access available in all enabled Regions for some data (permission set assignments excluded)