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AWS powershell: Add guidance for regulated workloads sign-up

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

File: powershell/v4/userguide/compliance-validation.md · Type: compliance

Summary

Added documentation about advanced sign-up options for regulated workloads compliance.

Security assessment

Adds security-adjacent guidance for compliance in regulated environments, directing users to advanced account security features.

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/powershell/v4/userguide/compliance-validation.md b/powershell/v4/userguide/compliance-validation.md
index 8b723504e..2e8d919b1 100644
--- a//powershell/v4/userguide/compliance-validation.md
+++ b//powershell/v4/userguide/compliance-validation.md
@@ -12,0 +13,2 @@ We recommend that you migrate to [AWS Tools for PowerShell V5](https://docs.aws.
+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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