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AWS appstudio: Added regulated workload sign-up guidance

Service: appstudio · 2026-08-19 · Documentation medium

File: appstudio/latest/userguide/compliance-validation.md · Type: compliance

Summary

Documented limitations of new AWS sign-up for regulated workloads and provided advanced setup links.

Security assessment

Adds compliance guidance to prevent misconfiguration in regulated environments, reducing compliance risks.

Evidence

+Our new AWS sign-up experience is not designed for regulated workloads. If you're using our new AWS sign-up experience, but you want to use AWS for regulated workloads, you can [sign up for AWS (advanced)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html) or [activate advanced features](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/activate-advanced-features.html) for your AWS environment.

Diff

diff --git a/appstudio/latest/userguide/compliance-validation.md b/appstudio/latest/userguide/compliance-validation.md
index 848c415ed..c7355837b 100644
--- a//appstudio/latest/userguide/compliance-validation.md
+++ b//appstudio/latest/userguide/compliance-validation.md
@@ -8,0 +9,2 @@
+Our new AWS sign-up experience is not designed for regulated workloads. If you're using our new AWS sign-up experience, but you want to use AWS for regulated workloads, you can [sign up for AWS (advanced)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html) or [activate advanced features](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/activate-advanced-features.html) for your AWS environment.
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