Amazon Athena expanded its capabilities in 2026 by providing managed connectors for 12 external data sources such as DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, and Snowflake. These connectors integrate with AWS Glue Data Catalog to enable federated querying without the need for users to deploy or maintain infrastructure.
Users create connections in Athena that automatically set up resources under the hood, allowing seamless queries across disparate data stores alongside Amazon S3 data. Fine-grained access management is supported via AWS Lake Formation, and the feature is available broadly except for certain AWS regions.
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Amazon Athena simplifies federated queries with managed connectors ↗Source published 2026-04-23. 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.