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AWS IAM Identity Center now supports Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) through new dual-stack endpoints. Customers can now connect to AWS IAM Identity Center using IPv6, IPv4, or dual-stack clients. The existing AWS IAM Identity Center endpoints supporting IPv4 remain available for backward compatibility.

IAM Identity Center allows customers to enable workforce access to AWS managed applications and AWS accounts. When your client, such as a browsers or an application, makes a request to a dual-stack endpoint, the endpoint resolves to an IPv4 or IPv6 address, depending on the protocol used by your network and client. This launch helps you meet IPv6 compliance requirements, and minimize the need for complex NAT infrastructure.

IPv6 support is available in all AWS Regions where IAM Identity Center is available, except the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions and the Taipei Region. To learn more, visit the IAM Identity Center User Guide .

AWS Transfer Family customers can now access file system data stored in Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP over SFTP, FTPS, and FTP. 

AWS Transfer Family provides fully managed file transfers over SFTP, FTP, FTPS, AS2, and web browser-based interfaces. With this launch, you can now access FSx for ONTAP file systems over Transfer Family’s supported protocols through S3 Access Points, while maintaining access via native file protocols (NFS/SMB). This allows you to maintain existing file system workflows while adding secure access via industry-standard protocols for external partners and internal users. Access is controlled through standard IAM policies and S3 Access Point configurations, helping you meet data security and compliance requirements.

Transfer Family support for FSx for ONTAP is available in select AWS Regions . To get started, visit the AWS Transfer Family console, or use AWS CLI/SDK. To learn more, visit the Transfer Family User Guide .

AWS is announcing flexible billing for Amazon WorkSpaces Core managed instances, adding monthly flat-rate pricing alongside existing hourly billing. Customers can now choose the optimal pricing model based on their end user usage patterns. Monthly billing is ideal for predictable full-time desktops and hourly billing is ideal for variable usage patterns. Both options are pay-as-you-go with no long-term commitments.

Amazon WorkSpaces Core managed instances simplifies virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) migrations with highly customizable instance configurations. WorkSpaces Core managed instances provisions resources in your AWS account, handling infrastructure lifecycle management for both persistent and non-persistent workloads. Monthly pricing delivers savings vs hourly billing at always-on utilization, optimized for real-world VDI use cases.

With flexible billing, customers benefit from predictable costs for persistent desktop workloads and the flexibility to mix hourly and monthly billing within the same deployment. VDI partners utilizing WorkSpaces Core managed instances including Citrix, Workspot, Dizzion, and Leostream can now integrate with new WorkSpaces API billing features to enable the monthly billing option when instances are created. Hourly billing remains the default billing option for managed instances.

In addition, starting today, hourly utility rates for WorkSpaces Core managed instances will now be combined and billed by Amazon WorkSpaces to simplify pricing. Previously, hourly rates were split between Amazon EC2 and Amazon WorkSpaces on customer bills. There is no change to the effective rates for on-demand hourly usage of WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances with this announcement.

To learn more about Amazon WorkSpaces Core managed instances flexible billing, visit the WorkSpaces for VDI partners pricing page . For more information, see the WorkSpaces for VDI partners product page . For technical documentation, see the Amazon WorkSpaces Core Documentation .