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AWS local-zones documentation change

Service: local-zones · 2025-11-19 · Documentation low

File: local-zones/latest/ug/local-zones-connectivity-direct-connect.md

Summary

Standardized service name references from 'AWS Direct Connect' to 'Direct Connect'

Security assessment

Changes only update service naming conventions without introducing or modifying security-related content. The security characteristics of Direct Connect usage remain unchanged.

Diff

diff --git a/local-zones/latest/ug/local-zones-connectivity-direct-connect.md b/local-zones/latest/ug/local-zones-connectivity-direct-connect.md
index e88562437..05eb25a50 100644
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@@ -7 +7 @@
-With AWS Direct Connect, you transfer data privately and directly from your data center into and out of Local Zones using a Public Virtual Interface (VIF) or Private VIF. Direct Connect provides similar benefits to using a software-based VPN on Amazon EC2, but bypasses the public internet and reduces the overheard required to manage the connection to Local Zones.
+With Direct Connect, you transfer data privately and directly from your data center into and out of Local Zones using a Public Virtual Interface (VIF) or Private VIF. Direct Connect provides similar benefits to using a software-based VPN on Amazon EC2, but bypasses the public internet and reduces the overheard required to manage the connection to Local Zones.
@@ -9 +9 @@ With AWS Direct Connect, you transfer data privately and directly from your data
-For more information, see the [AWS Direct Connect User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/directconnect/latest/UserGuide/Welcome.html).
+For more information, see the [Direct Connect User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/directconnect/latest/UserGuide/Welcome.html).
@@ -15 +15 @@ The following diagram shows a Direct Connect connection between a Local Zones an
-During a hybrid cloud migration, you can migrate your applications to Local Zones while using AWS Direct Connect to communicate back to other parts of your applications in the data center. An example is migrating the front end of an application to Amazon EC2, Amazon ECS, or Amazon EKS in a Local Zone and having the back-end database remain in the data center. Eventually, you can migrate the database to the Local Zone and the entire application to an AWS Region.
+During a hybrid cloud migration, you can migrate your applications to Local Zones while using Direct Connect to communicate back to other parts of your applications in the data center. An example is migrating the front end of an application to Amazon EC2, Amazon ECS, or Amazon EKS in a Local Zone and having the back-end database remain in the data center. Eventually, you can migrate the database to the Local Zone and the entire application to an AWS Region.