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AWS msk documentation change

Service: msk · 2026-07-10 · Documentation low

File: msk/latest/developerguide/msk-replicator-migrate-external.md

Summary

Replaced references to 'MSK Express brokers' with 'MSK Provisioned' throughout the migration guide.

Security assessment

Terminology update from 'Express brokers' to 'Provisioned' with no security-related content changes. Authentication methods (SASL/SCRAM, mTLS) remain unchanged.

Diff

diff --git a/msk/latest/developerguide/msk-replicator-migrate-external.md b/msk/latest/developerguide/msk-replicator-migrate-external.md
index 7e44c23e1..d81596286 100644
--- a//msk/latest/developerguide/msk-replicator-migrate-external.md
+++ b//msk/latest/developerguide/msk-replicator-migrate-external.md
@@ -7 +7 @@
-# Migrate from non-MSK Apache Kafka clusters to Amazon MSK Express brokers
+# Migrate from non-MSK Apache Kafka clusters to Amazon MSK Provisioned
@@ -9 +9 @@
-You can use MSK Replicator to migrate Apache Kafka workloads from self-managed environments to Amazon MSK Provisioned clusters with Express brokers. MSK Replicator supports data migration from Kafka deployments (Kafka version 2.8.1 or later) that have SASL/SCRAM or mutual TLS (mTLS) authentication enabled.
+You can use MSK Replicator to migrate Apache Kafka workloads from self-managed environments to Amazon MSK Provisioned clusters. MSK Replicator supports data migration from Kafka deployments (Kafka version 2.8.1 or later) that have SASL/SCRAM or mutual TLS (mTLS) authentication enabled.
@@ -34 +34 @@ For detailed instructions, see [Set up prerequisites for MSK Replicator with sel
-###### Step 1: Create an Amazon MSK Express cluster
+###### Step 1: Create an Amazon MSK Provisioned cluster
@@ -36 +36 @@ For detailed instructions, see [Set up prerequisites for MSK Replicator with sel
-Create an MSK Provisioned cluster with Express brokers with IAM authentication enabled. Minimum three brokers across three AZs. See [Prepare the target cluster](./msk-replicator-prepare-clusters.html#msk-replicator-prepare-target).
+Create an MSK Provisioned cluster with IAM authentication enabled. Minimum three brokers across three AZs. See [Prepare the target cluster](./msk-replicator-prepare-clusters.html#msk-replicator-prepare-target).
@@ -56 +56 @@ Use `CreateReplicator` API with `EARLIEST` starting position, Identical topic na
-Create a reverse Replicator from the MSK Express cluster back to the self-managed cluster for rollback capabilities. See [CreateReplicator API examples for self-managed Kafka clusters](./msk-replicator-external-api-examples.html).
+Create a reverse Replicator from the MSK Provisioned cluster back to the self-managed cluster for rollback capabilities. See [CreateReplicator API examples for self-managed Kafka clusters](./msk-replicator-external-api-examples.html).
@@ -83 +83 @@ Follow these steps to migrate your applications:
-  2. Reconfigure producers to MSK Express cluster with IAM authentication
+  2. Reconfigure producers to MSK Provisioned cluster with IAM authentication
@@ -89 +89 @@ Follow these steps to migrate your applications:
-  5. Reconfigure consumers to MSK Express cluster
+  5. Reconfigure consumers to MSK Provisioned cluster
@@ -96 +96 @@ Follow these steps to migrate your applications:
-If bidirectional replication was configured, you can reverse the migration steps to roll back to the self-managed cluster. The reverse Replicator (MSK Express → External) will have been keeping the self-managed cluster in sync, so consumers can be redirected back without data loss.
+If bidirectional replication was configured, you can reverse the migration steps to roll back to the self-managed cluster. The reverse Replicator (MSK Provisioned → External) will have been keeping the self-managed cluster in sync, so consumers can be redirected back without data loss.