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Amazon Redshift Expands Federated Permissions with IAM Identity Center Across Regions

Redshift now supports fine-grained access controls tied to AWS IAM Identity Center in additional regions, simplifying data governance.

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Retrospective edition: 2026-03-19. Source published: 2026-03-19. Added to this archive: 2026-11-03. This briefing was prepared later from the linked announcement; it was not published on this website on the historical edition date.

Amazon Redshift federated permissions using AWS IAM Identity Center have been extended to multiple AWS regions, allowing administrators to apply table- and column-level access controls with existing workforce identities proximate to users, enhancing performance and management simplicity.

New regions can add Redshift and Lake Formation Identity Center applications without replicating identities, ensuring consistent row-, column-, and masking-level data protections. Access is unified via single sign-on across Redshift Query Editor, Amazon QuickSight, and compatible third-party tools.

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Amazon Redshift supports federated permissions with IAM Identity Center in multiple AWS Regions ↗

Source published 2026-03-19. This report was prepared with AI assistance from the linked primary-source material. Claims and limitations should be checked against the original announcement or research.