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It's a small thing but a useful one, and maybe a sign of increased maturity: Amazon Web Services (AWS) has added multi-account support to its management console. There's nothing brain-bending about the new feature, which allows admins to link different accounts so they can log in once and then work on multiple accounts by …

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  1. 2StrokeRider

    really?

    A linky to AWS announcement would be splendid.

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    1. Paul 25
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      Re: really?

      Yeah, a link would be much appreciated.

      I'd also like to know if this includes IAM accounts or if it's limited to the root accounts. We are pretty strict about only using the root account to set things up initially and then each dev has an IAM account.

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      1. Anonymous Coward
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        Re: really?

        it is based on IAM roles, so you can use it with IAM accounts (including federated accounts).

        https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-cross-account-access-in-the-aws-management-console/

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