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AWS quicksuite documentation change

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

File: quicksuite/latest/userguide/qbiz-indexes-permissions.md

Summary

Restructured permissions guide with implementation-specific access management details

Security assessment

Added documentation about Non-IDC implementations automatically granting access to all users, and IDC requiring AWS Identity Center management. While security-related, this documents existing functionality rather than addressing a specific vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/quicksuite/latest/userguide/qbiz-indexes-permissions.md b/quicksuite/latest/userguide/qbiz-indexes-permissions.md
index ac347b452..c199bf8ed 100644
--- a//quicksuite/latest/userguide/qbiz-indexes-permissions.md
+++ b//quicksuite/latest/userguide/qbiz-indexes-permissions.md
@@ -4,0 +5,2 @@
+Initial SetupApplication SetupAccess Management by Implementation
+
@@ -7 +9,3 @@
-To use Amazon Q Business indexes in Amazon Quick Suite, you need to set up the appropriate permissions:
+To use Amazon Q Business indexes in Amazon Quick Suite, you need to set up the appropriate permissions based on your implementation method:
+
+## Initial Setup
@@ -17 +21,42 @@ To use Amazon Q Business indexes in Amazon Quick Suite, you need to set up the a
-  5. Enable permissions for Amazon Quick Suite to access Amazon Q Business indexes in your AWS account.
+  5. Choose **Select Applications**.
+
+
+
+
+## Application Setup
+
+You can either connect to an existing Amazon Q Business application or create a new one:
+
+  1. Choose one of the following options:
+
+     * **Connect to existing Amazon Q Business application** \- Select an existing application from your account.
+
+     * **Create new Amazon Q Business application** \- Create a new application. The new application will use the same authentication used by your Amazon Quick Suite instance setup.
+
+  2. For new applications, the system automatically configures authentication based on your Amazon Quick Suite instance setup.
+
+  3. Wait for application creation to complete.
+
+  4. You will be redirected to the Amazon Q Business application to configure indexes and data sources.
+
+
+
+
+## Access Management by Implementation
+
+**IDC Implementation**
+    
+
+  * Access is managed through AWS Identity Center.
+
+  * Access to the Amazon Q Business application is managed through the Amazon Q Business console.
+
+
+
+
+**Non-IDC Implementation**
+    
+
+  * All Amazon Quick Suite users automatically gain access to connected Amazon Q Business indexes.
+
+  * No additional access management required in Amazon Q Business.
@@ -22 +67 @@ To use Amazon Q Business indexes in Amazon Quick Suite, you need to set up the a
-Once permissions are set up, Amazon Q Business becomes available as a data source in Amazon Quick Suite, and Author users can create knowledge bases from Amazon Q Business indexes.
+Once permissions are set up, you can use your Amazon Q Business index as a knowledge base in Amazon Quick Suite, and Admin users can create knowledge bases from Amazon Q Business indexes.
@@ -30 +75 @@ To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. Please
-Prerequisites
+Supported authentication methods