AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) increased the default quota for managed policies per role from 10 to 20 across all commercial AWS Regions, AWS GovCloud (US), and China Regions.

Key Details

• AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) increased the default quota for managed policies per role from 10 to 20.
• Reduces the need to make Service Quotas requests when following IAM best practices such as separating permissions into purpose-specific policies or onboarding partner products.
• Users requiring more than 20 managed policies per role can request a quota increase up to 25 using Service Quotas.
• The change is available in all commercial AWS Regions, AWS GovCloud (US), and China Regions, applying automatically with no action required.

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