# SageMaker AI Studio Now Works with IAM Identity Center Multi-Region Replication!

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Today's news is about a Region restriction on SageMaker AI Studio getting looser.

## What was announced?

In AWS's What's New feed, Amazon SageMaker AI now supports IAM Identity Center (IdC) multi-region replication. You can deploy SageMaker AI Studio domains in a different Region from your IdC instance's primary Region.

## The story so far

Until now, the primary IdC instance had to be in the same Region as the SageMaker AI Studio domain.

## What changes

You can replicate your primary IdC instance into the Region where you want to use Studio.

- Keep the primary IdC where it is, and run Studio workloads in the Regions your compliance rules require
- Pick the domain Region to match your workforce location and data residency needs
- Keep centralized identity management and single sign-on (SSO)

## Dive Deep

It's available in all standard AWS Regions where SageMaker AI Studio is supported. The announcement listed these 15:

- Asia Pacific: Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Mumbai
- Canada (Central)
- Europe: Ireland, Frankfurt, London, Paris, Stockholm
- South America (São Paulo)
- US: East (N. Virginia), East (Ohio), West (Oregon)

For setup, see the SageMaker AI documentation and the multi-Region section of the IAM Identity Center User Guide.

## Wrap-up

- Studio domains can live in a different Region from the IdC primary
- Before, they had to be in the same Region
- You can meet data residency needs while keeping SSO and central identity management
- 15 Regions are supported

This is for administrators at organizations with data residency constraints who want to use SageMaker AI Studio!