AWS IAM Identity Center Reviews

I am an integrator for IAM Identity Center. I use it for different services, providing AWS to my customers. My role involves creating solutions that cater to client requirements, such as managing permissions and privileges across various AWS services.

AWS IAM is essential because it manages service access and permissions. This management is crucial to any AWS account, allowing us to access the services and perform various tasks seamlessly. 

I consider IAM service to be the heart of AWS, as every solution architect needs to know about it. We efficiently use AWS to create multiple user privileges and permissions, making it very scalable and supportive of our clients' operations.

There are new AI features coming to AWS that are easy and simple to use. However, focusing on further allowing customization and flexibility in developing solutions as a solution architect or developer would enhance user experience.

I have been working with AWS IAM Identity Center for one and a half years.

I haven't faced any issues with AWS in the one and a half years I have been using it. It's very stable and reliable.

AWS IAM Identity Center has very high scalability and efficiency, which impacts our clients positively by providing them smooth solutions and seamless product management.

AWS customer support is quick, fast, responsive, and cooperative.

Neutral

The initial setup is easy to execute. If you read AWS documentation and newsletters, setting up IAM Identity Center is straightforward.

AWS provides the lowest pricing among other service providers like Azure, Google, Oracle. It is cost-effective, and they use a pay-as-you-go model.

I highly recommend AWS IAM Identity Center to new users, especially for storage and deployment services like EC2, which are cost-efficient and scalable. I encourage evaluating solutions based on specific requirements like storage, scalability, and balancing. 

The overall product rating is ten out of ten.

Most enterprise companies use multiple AWS accounts, ranging from ten to hundreds. This separation allows for individual team environments and presents an identity and access management (IAM) challenge. 

To manage IAM centrally, AWS Identity Center, formerly known as AWS SSO, is used to set up federations with existing authentication systems, like Azure AD. This setup allows roles to be defined for various teams, such as DevOps and security, ensuring people have permissions tailored to their roles and departments.

AWS Identity Center simplifies the management of IAM at scale, reducing the risk of errors when managing permissions across multiple accounts. 

With federated access and centralized management, AWS Identity Center enhances the security posture by minimizing mistakes and ensuring consistent permission handling.

The most valuable feature of AWS Identity Center is its ability to centrally create permission templates, known as permission sets, which define AWS IAM roles. This allows for the automation of role creation and updates across all AWS accounts, saving significant time and reducing error risks, especially for large organizations.

The AWS Identity Center's user interface could be improved to provide a clearer understanding of how the system operates. 

Although the API side is well-developed, the console can be misleading, and improvements in presenting and simplifying the understanding of advanced features would be beneficial.

I have been working with AWS Identity Center since 2018, when it was known as AWS SSO, for about six years.

AWS Identity Center is stable and reliable. It works well consistently without any noticeable stability problems.

AWS Identity Center scales very well. At scale, the challenge lies more in managing permissions across numerous users and resources rather than a limitation of the product itself.

The documentation and resources available for AWS Identity Center are extensive and well-developed. I have not needed to contact AWS support for issues related to Identity Center as the documentation adequately covers most queries.

Positive

Prior to AWS Identity Center, managing IAM involved setting up federations manually for each AWS account, which was time-consuming and complex. AWS Identity Center significantly reduces this complexity and effort.

For individuals, AWS Identity Center's initial setup is quick and simple, taking only a few minutes. 

For companies requiring federation with existing authentication solutions, the setup is more complex but well-documented.

AWS Identity Center is free, making it a cost-effective solution for managing IAM permissions and federations.

There was no consideration of other solutions given the integration and effectiveness of AWS Identity Center within AWS environments.

If you are actively using AWS for production workloads and are not yet using AWS Identity Center, it's advisable to migrate sooner rather than later. AWS Identity Center simplifies permission management and scales usage effectively, saving significant time in managing user access.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.