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AWS controltower documentation change

Service: controltower · 2025-11-22 · Documentation low

File: controltower/latest/userguide/auth-access.md

Summary

Minor text edit replacing 'AWS Directory Service' with 'Directory Service' in federated user access documentation.

Security assessment

The change is a terminology adjustment without introducing new security concepts or addressing vulnerabilities. Federated access documentation remains unchanged except for branding consistency.

Diff

diff --git a/controltower/latest/userguide/auth-access.md b/controltower/latest/userguide/auth-access.md
index f27c7afed..606ced96b 100644
--- a//controltower/latest/userguide/auth-access.md
+++ b//controltower/latest/userguide/auth-access.md
@@ -42 +42 @@ If you must create an IAM user for a certain purpose, in addition to sign-in cre
-    * **Federated user access** – Instead of creating an IAM user, you can use existing identities from AWS Directory Service, your enterprise user directory, or a web identity provider. These are known as _federated users_. AWS assigns a role to a federated user when access is requested through an identity provider. For more information about federated users, see [Federated Users and Roles](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/introduction_access-management.html#intro-access-roles) in the _IAM User Guide_.
+    * **Federated user access** – Instead of creating an IAM user, you can use existing identities from Directory Service, your enterprise user directory, or a web identity provider. These are known as _federated users_. AWS assigns a role to a federated user when access is requested through an identity provider. For more information about federated users, see [Federated Users and Roles](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/introduction_access-management.html#intro-access-roles) in the _IAM User Guide_.