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Category: AWS Management Console
Updated AWS Billing Console
We updated the AWS Billing Console in late 2013. The new version makes it easier for you to see how much you are spending on AWS (in total and by service). It also includes a simplified interface for management of billing preferences and payment methods, a payment history page, and a simple checkout process for […]
AWS Management Console – AWS Marketplace Integration
Have you used the AWS Marketplace? You can find, buy, and start using over 800 popular AMIs (Amazon Machine Images) in 24 categories using the Marketplace, with more products added every week. Today we are making the AWS Marketplace even easier to use by making it accessible from within the EC2 tab of the AWS […]
Enable Single Sign-On to the AWS Management Console via Shibboleth
One of the most powerful features of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is its ability to issue temporary security credentials and grant controlled access to people in a network without having to define individual identities for each user (i.e., identity federation). This enables customers to extend their existing authentication systems and allow users to Single […]
AWS Management Console for iPhone
Back in January we released our first Management Console mobile app for Android users. Were now pleased to announce the availability of the AWS Console for iPhone! The app summarizes the status of your EC2 instances, CloudWatch alarms, total service charges, and AWS Service Health. You can view all of your EC2 instances, filter and […]
AWS Management Console Improvements – Tablet and Mobile Support
Managing your AWS resources has become easier and more direct over the years! Let’s do a quick recap before we dig in: We launched Amazon SQS (2004) and Amazon S3 (2006) as pure APIs, with no tool support whatsoever. Developers were quick to build all sorts of interesting tools around the web service APIs. Later […]
Identity Federation to the AWS Management Console
In August, we announced that AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) added support for Identity Federation. This enabled customers to use their existing identities (e.g. users) to securely access AWS APIs and resources using IAM’s fine-grained access controls, without the need to create an IAM user for each identity. Today we are announcing that we […]