# Document history for AMS Accelerate User Guide
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The following table describes the important changes in each release of the *AMS Accelerate User Guide*. For notification about updates to this documentation, you can subscribe to an RSS feed.

| Change | Description | Date | 
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| [Updated Alarm Manager documentation for control plane upgrade](#doc-history) | Updated Alarm Manager documentation to reflect the control plane migration completed in February 2026: [Accelerate Alarm Manager](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-mem-tag-alarms.html) - Removed regional limitation notice, added emphasis to configuration warning, and removed timing statement about changes taking effect [Accelerate Configuration profile: monitoring](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-mem-config-doc-format.html) - Removed contradictory statement about ConfigurationID [Accelerate Configuration profile: pseudoparameter substitution](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-mem-config-doc-sub.html) - Added pseudoparameters for new resource types and updated existing descriptions for EC2 instances and disks, Elasticsearch domains, and Elastic Load Balancing [Accelerate alarm configuration examples](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-mem-config-ex.html) - Removed path dimension from Linux disk alarm example as disk path parameter is no longer supported for Linux Removed deprecated page "Viewing the number of resources monitored by Alarm Manager" as reporting functionality was deprecated with the control plane upgrade [Resource inventory for Accelerate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-resource-inventory.html) - Updated to reference new resource inventory file reflecting control plane architecture changes  | March 31, 2026 | 
| [Updated Resouce Inventory for Accelerate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-resource-inventory.html) | Added details regarding compliance control of AMS infrastructure. | March 27, 2026 | 
| [Updated Compute Optimizer recommendations boolean values](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/tr-supported-recommendations-co.html) | Updated all boolean parameter values from uppercase (True/False) to lowercase (true/false) for consistency with standard conventions. | March 24, 2026 | 
| [Updated AMS-STD-002 Point 6.11 for cross-account policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-sec-stand-controls.html) | Clarified that cross-account policies with write access to third-party accounts can be configured with risk acceptance. | March 24, 2026 | 
| [Updated AWS Health monitoring notes](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/monitoring-default-metrics.html) | Clarified that notifications are sent only for AWS Health events that require action by AMS Operations. | March 24, 2026 | 
| [Added ONTAP volume capacity automatic remediation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/auto-remediation.html) | Added AMSFSXONTAPVolumeCapacityUtilization alert to the automatic remediation table and added a new section describing ONTAP volume capacity remediation automation. | March 24, 2026 | 
| [Updated Resource Scheduler schedule periods field label](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/res-sched-periods.html) | Corrected the field label from "Schedules" to "Periods" in the add schedule procedure. | March 11, 2026 | 
| [Updated Alerts from baseline monitoring in AMS section](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/monitoring-default-metrics.html) | Updated Alerts from baseline monitoring in AMS table with updated trigger condition for Amazon EC2 instance - all OSs. | January 22, 2026 | 
| [Updated Customer Security Risk Management process section](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-sec-csrm-process.html) | Updated Customer Security Risk Management process section with risk acceptance validity, review, and opt-out information. | January 15, 2026 | 
| [Updated Amazon RDS low storage event remediation automation section in AMS automatic remediation of alerts](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/auto-remediation.html) | Updated Amazon RDS low storage event remediation automation section with information for properties modified by remediations depending on a triggering event. | January 15, 2026 | 
| [Updated table for Operations On Demand section](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/ops-on-demand.html) | Updated the table for Operations On Demand section with updated content. | January 7, 2026 | 
| [Updated and added new content to Trusted Remediator in AMS section with information about Security Hub CSPM](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/tr-supported-sec-hub-recommendations.html) | Updated Trusted Remediator in AMS section with information about Security Hub CSPM and added a new page, Security Hub CSPM recommendations supported by Trusted Remediator. | December 11, 2025 | 
| [Updated supported Regions](#doc-history) | Added notes in the following sections for services not available in the Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region: [Monitor with Amazon Macie](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-sec-data-protect.html#acc-sec-data-protect-macie) [Monitoring and incident management for Amazon EKS in AMS Accelerate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-mon-inc-mgmt-eks.html) [SSM Agent automatic installation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/ssm-agent-auto-install.html) [Accelerate Alarm Manager](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-mem-tag-alarms.html)  | October 24, 2025 | 
| [Updated Log management — AWS CloudTrail section](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-log-mgmt.html) | New information and note regarding AWS CloudTrail logging. | September 25, 2025 | 
| [Added 4 new Trusted Advisor cost optimization checks supported by Trusted Remediator](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/tr-supported-checks.html) | Added the following cost optimization checks: c1z7kmr00n - Amazon EC2 cost optimization recommendations for instances c1z7kmr02n - Amazon EBS cost optimization recommendations for volumes c1z7kmr03n - Amazon RDS cost optimization recommendations for DB instances c1z7kmr05n - AWS Lambda cost optimization recommendations for functions  | September 22, 2025 | 
| [Updated deprecation note for Change Record service](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-change-record.html) | Updated deprecation note for Change Record service with alternate solutions. | September 11, 2025 | 
| [Updated Trusted Advisor security checks supported by Trusted Remediator](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/tr-supported-checks.html#tr-supported-checks-security) | Updated the Supported preconfigured parameters and constraints for check Hs4Ma3G108 - CloudTrail trails should be integrated with Amazon CloudWatch Logs | September 5, 2025 | 
| [Updated Trusted Advisor security checks supported by Trusted Remediator](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/tr-supported-checks.html#tr-supported-checks-security) | Updated Trusted Advisor security check to add version 2 of Hs4Ma3G184 - Application Load Balancers and Classic Load Balancers logging should be enabled | September 5, 2025 | 
| [Updated Trusted Advisor operational excellence checks supported by Trusted Remediator section](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/tr-supported-checks.html) | Updated Trusted Advisor operational excellence checks supported by Trusted Remediator to add new supported check c1fd6b96l4 Amazon S3 Access Logs Enabled. | August 28, 2025 | 
| [Updated Trusted Remediator section to include new content for Compute Optimizer](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/trusted-remediator.html) | Updated Trusted Remediator section to include new content for supported AWS Compute Optimizer recommendations. | August 18, 2025 | 
| [TOC Glossary link removed](#doc-history) | [AWS Glossary](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glossary/latest/reference/glos-chap.html). | August 8, 2025 | 
| [TOC Glossary link removed](#doc-history) | [AWS Glossary](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glossary/latest/reference/glos-chap.html). | August 8, 2025 | 
| [New field in Patch Daily report](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/daily-patch-report.html) | Instance Tags: The tags associated with the Amazon EC2 instance ID. | August 8, 2025 | 
| [New Trusted Remediator checks](#doc-history) | [Trusted Advisor cost optimization checks supported by Trusted Remediator](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/tr-supported-checks.html#tr-supported-checks-cost-op)   [Trusted Advisor security checks supported by Trusted Remediator](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/tr-supported-checks.html#tr-supported-checks-security)   Hs4Ma3G120–AWSManagedServices-TerminateEC2InstanceStoppedForPeriodOfTime, Hs4Ma3G230–AWSManagedServices-TrustedRemediatorEnableBucketAccessLoggingV2, and c18d2gz150–AWSManagedServices-TerminateEC2InstanceStoppedForPeriodOfTime. | August 8, 2025 | 
| [Updating IAM standard in point 3.2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-sec-stand-controls.html) | Clarified language and removed mention of tagging. | July 25, 2025 | 
| [Updated Resource Tagger Configuration Profiles in Accelerate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-tag-tools-profiles.html) | Added new AvailabilityZone filter in Resource Tagger Configuration Profiles in Accelerate. | July 25, 2025 | 
| [Updated Incident reports, service requests, and billing questions in Accelerate.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-supp-ex.html) | Replaced references to Plus and Premium service tiers with a link to service SLA. | July 25, 2025 | 
| [Updated Incident management in Accelerate.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-manage-incidents.html) | Updated information about operations centers. | July 25, 2025 | 
| [Updated AMS patterns page with correct links.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/ams-patterns.html) | Fixed the SLA and SLO links. | July 25, 2025 | 
| [Update of alert opt-out options](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/auto-remediation.html) | Addition of a tag allows you to opt-out of an additional two alerts. | July 25, 2025 | 
| [New feature for backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-backup-ams-vaults.html) | Customize notifications on backup vaults with a new tag. | July 25, 2025 | 
| [Updated section for Supported configurations in Accelerate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-sd.html) | Updated Supported configurations for Supported operating systems and Supported End of Support (EOS) operating systems in Accelerate. | June 26, 2025 | 
| [Removed page Managing tags for patch management in Accelerate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-tag-req.html) | Removed page Managing tags for patch management in Accelerate as this feature is deprecated. | June 19, 2025 | 
| [Patch management important security note for alternate patch repositories.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-patching.html) | Important security note and best practices for using alternate patch repositories in AMS Accelerate. | June 10, 2025 | 
| [AMS Accelerate change record deprecation.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-change-record.html) | The AMS Accelerate Change Record service is being deprecated effective July 1st, 2025. | May 27, 2025 | 
| [Supported operating systems updates.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-sd.html#supported-configs) | AMS Accelerate supported operating systems are updated, some added, some removed. | May 22, 2025 | 
| [Note for Middle East (UAE) Region supported services.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-sd.html#acc-supported-services) | Limited support for some services in Middle East (UAE) Region. | May 22, 2025 | 
| [Internal-only APIs.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/internal-apis.html) | Internal-only APIs that appear in some CloudWatch logs. | May 22, 2025 | 
| [Added missing log locations.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-log-mgmt.html#acc-lm-ec2) | Some missing Windows log locations were added. | May 22, 2025 | 
| [AMS Accelerate Trusted Remediator updates.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/tr-configure-remediations.html) | How to use a new parameter, `preconfigured-parameters`, to customize Trusted Advisor checks in Trusted Remediator. | May 22, 2025 | 
| [AMS Accelerate Trusted Remediator FAQ and updates.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/tr-faq.html) | Several updates to supported Trusted Advisor checks, Trusted Remediator FAQ (added "What resources does Trusted Remediator deploy to your accounts?"), and more. See also [Trusted Advisor checks supported by Trusted Remediator](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/tr-supported-checks.html). | May 8, 2025 | 
| [AMS Accelerate Standard security controls update.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/ams-sec-stand-controls.html) | Added "Security group sharing" controls. | May 8, 2025 | 
| [Accelerate monitoring alerts update.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/monitoring-default-metrics.html) | Additional alerts added, plus alert name added to Notes column. | April 28, 2025 | 
| [Accelerate resource inventory.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-resource-inventory.html) | The resource inventory spreadsheet file (compressed) is updated. | April 24, 2025 | 
| [Accelerate log locations.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-log-mgmt.html#acc-lm-ec2) | Additional log locations added. | April 24, 2025 | 
| [Accelerate New roles and responsibilities (RACI) for Security Incident Response.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-sd.html#acc-sd-responsibilities) | RACI for Security Incident Response. | March 27, 2025 | 
| [Accelerate New Amazon RDS auto-remediation alert.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/auto-remediation.html) | Alert ID:- 0224, triggers when the requested allocated storage reaches or exceeds the configured maximum storage threshold. | March 27, 2025 | 
| [Accelerate Onboarding role template update.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-onb-roles.html) | The AMS Accelerate onboarding role template has been updated to support AWS GovCloud regions. | March 25, 2025 | 
| [Accelerate New auto-remediations RDS alert.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/auto-remediation.html) | RDS-EVENT-0224 added. | March 17, 2025 | 
| [Accelerate New feature: Incident notifications.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/app-aware-inc-notifications.html) | You can use AppRegistry to create applications and customize the incident notifications for those applications. | March 13, 2025 | 
| [Accelerate Update to RDS alarm monitoring threshold.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/monitoring-default-metrics.html) | The RDS Average CPU Utilization alarm threshold has been changed from 75% to 90%. | February 20, 2025 | 
| [Accelerate Update to AMS automatic remediation of alerts table.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/auto-remediation.html) | The alert remediation table has been expanded with new content. | February 20, 2025 | 
| [Accelerate New feature: Retain Alarms.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-mem-retain-alarm.html) | You can configure Alarm Manager to retain alarms in CloudWatch instead of automatic deletion. | February 20, 2025 | 
| [Updated Self-service reports with new data options for aggregated report viewing](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/self-service-reporting.html) | Added data options to include new **Field Name:** `Admin Account ID`, **Dataset Field Name:** `aws_admin_account_id`, and **Definition:** `Trusted AWS Organization account enabled by the customer` for the following Self-service reports: Patch report (daily) Backup report (daily) Incident report (weekly) Resource Tagger dashboard Security Config Rules dashboard  | January 28, 2025 | 
| [Added additional AWS Trusted Advisor checks supported by Trusted Remediator](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/tr-supported-checks.html) | The following Trusted Advisor checks are now supported by Trusted Remediator: Cost Optimization  c1cj39rr6v - Amazon S3 Incomplete Multipart Upload Abort Configuration  Security  Hs4Ma3G199 - RDS DB instances should publish logs to CloudWatch Logs Hs4Ma3G326 - Amazon EMR block public access setting should be enabled Hs4Ma3G272 - Users should not have root access to SageMaker AI notebook instances Hs4Ma3G325 - EKS clusters should have audit logging enabled HHs4Ma3G118 - VPC default security groups should not allow inbound or outbound traffic Hs4Ma3G127 - API Gateway REST and WebSocket API execution logging should be enabled Hs4Ma3G124 - Amazon EC2 instances should use Instance Metadata Service Version 2 (IMDSv2)  Fault tolerance  c1qf5bt013 - Amazon RDS DB instances have storage auto scaling turned off 7qGXsKIUw - Classic Load Balancer Connection Draining c18d2gz106 - Amazon EBS Not Included in AWS Backup Plan c18d2gz107 - Amazon DynamoDB Table Not Included in AWS BackupPlan cc18d2gz117 - Amazon EFS Not Included in AWS BackupPlan c18d2gz105 - Network Load Balancer Cross Load Balancing c1qf5bt026 - Amazon RDS synchronous\$1commit parameter is turned off c1qf5bt030 - Amazon RDS innodb\$1flush\$1log\$1at\$1trx\$1commit parameter is not 1 c1qf5bt031 - Amazon RDS sync\$1binlog parameter is turned off c1qf5bt036 - Amazon RDS innodb\$1default\$1row\$1format parameter setting is unsafe c18d2gz144 - Amazon EC2 Detailed Monitoring Not Enabled  Operational Excellence  c18d2gz125 - Amazon API Gateway Not Logging Execution Logs c18d2gz168 - Elastic Load BalancingDeletion Protection Not Enabled for Load Balancers c1qf5bt012 - Amazon RDS Performance Insights is turned off  Performance  c1qf5bt021 - Amazon RDS innodb\$1change\$1buffering parameter using less than optimum value c1qf5bt025 - Amazon RDS autovacuum parameter is turned off c1qf5bt028 - Amazon RDS enable\$1indexonlyscan parameter is turned off c1qf5bt029 - Amazon RDS enable\$1indexscan parameter is turned off c1qf5bt032 - Amazon RDS innodb\$1stats\$1persistent parameter is turned off c1qf5bt037 - Amazon RDSgeneral\$1logging parameter is turned on   | January 28, 2025 | 
| [Updated resource inventory spreadsheet](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-resource-inventory.html) | Updated resource inventory spreadsheet. | January 23, 2025 | 
| [New AMS feature: Aggregated Self Service Reports](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/aggregated-reports.html) | Aggregated self-service reporting (SSR) provides you a view of existing self-service reports aggregated at the organization level, cross-account. | January 21, 2025 | 
| [New Accelerate patching feature: Patch Hooks](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-p-hooks.html) | Use this feature to configure "hooks" with SSM Command documents to run operating system level commands before or after patching. | January 16, 2025 | 
| [Update to How monitoring works section](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/how-monitoring-works.html) | Added information on a new feature, configuring alert notifications by resource, or instance ID, rather than by incident. | January 8, 2025 | 
| [Update to Onboarding section of EKS Monitoring and Incident Management](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-mon-inc-mgmt-eks-onboarding.html) | Updated the onboarding procedure note to clarify when alert signals are suspended and resumed. | December 19, 2024 | 
| [Member account log added to Trusted Remediator](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/tr-logging.html#tr-logging-member-account) | You can use the Member accounts log to find the account ID, onboarded AWS Regions, and execution time of each member account. | December 19, 2024 | 
| [Prerequisites for SSM Agent use](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/ssm-agent-auto-install.html) | Content on blocking outbound traffic is updated. | December 4, 2024 | 
| [Accelerate Monitoring and Incident Management for EKS is now supported in the Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) AWS Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-requirements.html) | Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) is now a supported by Accelerate Monitoring and Incident Management for EKS | November 21, 2024 | 
| [Updated Operations On Demand offerings table](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/ops-on-demand.html) | The following operating systems are supported for in-place upgrades: Microsoft Windows 2016 to Microsoft Windows 2022 and above  | November 11, 2024 | 
| [Accelerate Monitoring and Incident Management for EKS is now supported in the Africa (Cape Town) AWS Region.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-requirements.html) | Africa (Cape Town) is now a supported by Accelerate Monitoring and Incident Management for EKS | November 4, 2024 | 
| [Updated Operations On Demand offerings table](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/ops-on-demand.html) | The following operating systems are supported for in-place upgrades: Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 to Microsoft Windows 2016 and above Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Oracle Linux 7 to Oracle Linux 8  | November 1, 2024 | 
| [Updated Quick Start Template](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-quick-start.html) | Updated diagram, template parameters, and yaml template file. | October 28, 2024 | 
| [Trusted Advisor checks added to Trusted Remediator in AMS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/tr-supported-checks.html) | The following Trusted Advisor checks are now available in Trusted Remediator: Z4AUBRNSmz - Unassociated Elastic IP Addresses c18d2gz128 - Amazon ECR Repository Without Lifecycle Policy Configured c18d2gz138 - DynamoDB Point-in-time Recovery Hs4Ma3G323 - DynamoDBtables should have deletion protection enabled Hs4Ma3G247 - Amazon EC2 Transit Gateway should not automatically accept VPC attachment requests Hs4Ma3G308 - Amazon DocumentDB clusters should have deletion protection enabled Hs4Ma3G299 - Neptune DB clusters should have deletion protection enabled Hs4Ma3G306 - Amazon DocumentDB manual cluster snapshots should not be public Hs4Ma3G109 - CloudTrail log file validation should be enabled Hs4Ma3G217 - CodeBuild project environments should have a logging AWS Configuration4 Hs4Ma3G158 - SSM documents should not be public Hs4Ma3G319 - Network Firewall firewalls should have deletion protection enabled  | October 25, 2024 | 
| [Updated Supported configurations](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-sd.html#supported-configs) | Updated supported Oracle Linux operating systems to 9.0-9.3, 8.0-8.9, 7.5-7.9. | October 24, 2024 | 
| [New section added to Offboard from AMS Accelerate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-offboard.html) | Instructions on how to offboard with Alarm Manager and Resource Tagger dependencies added to **Offboard from AMS Accelerate**. | October 24, 2024 | 
| [Resource Tagger dashboard is now available.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/resource-tagger-dashboard.html) | The **Resource Tagger dashboard** is now available in **Self-service reporting**. | September 26, 2024 | 
| [You can now include multiple email addresses in tag-based alerts.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/how-monitoring-works.html#how-mon-works-alert-notes-tags) | Multiple email addresses are now supported in tag-based alerts. | September 20, 2024 | 
| [AMS Accelerate limits are now included in AMS patch management.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-p-maint-window.html) | AMS Accelerate limits are included in **Patch management** - **Create a patch maintenance window**. | August 30, 2024 | 
| [AMS Accelerate Account Discovery update](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-acct-disc.html) | A new section in Account Discovery has been added for Amazon EC2 Instance Evaluation. | August 29, 2024 | 
| [AMS Accelerate default patch baseline is now available for Ubuntu operating systems.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-patch-baseline.html#acc-patch-baseline-default) | AMS Accelerate default patch baseline is now available for Ubuntu operating systems. | August 22, 2024 | 
| [AMS Accelerate Account Discovery update](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-acct-disc.html) | Four new AWS API calls have been added to the AWS CloudTrail Evaluation section in the operational check table. | August 2, 2024 | 
| [Trusted Remediator now supports an additional check](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/tr-supported-checks.html) | Trusted Remediator now supports the security check Hs4Ma3G192 - RDS DB Instances should prohibit public access. | July 30, 2024 | 
| [AMS now supports Amazon Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-sec-data-protect.html#acc-sec-data-protect-r53) | AMS now supports Amazon Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall | July 30, 2024 | 
| [AMS Accelerate onboarding\$1role\$1minimal.zip now contains Terraform code](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-onb-roles.html) | AMS Accelerate onboarding\$1role\$1minimal.zip now contains Terraform code. | July 30, 2024 | 
| [Security Config Rules Dashboard](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/sec-config-dashboard.html) | The Security Config Rules Dashboard is now available in Self-Service reporting. | July 24, 2024 | 
| [AMS Accelerate now supports Oracle Linux 8.9, RHEL 8.10, and RHEL 9.4.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-sd.html#supported-configs) | AMS Accelerate now supports Oracle Linux 8.9, RHEL 8.10, and RHEL 9.4. | July 5, 2024 | 
| [AMS Accelerate account discovery process updated.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-acct-disc.html) | The account discovery process used when onboarding AWS accounts to AMS Accelerate is updated. | July 1, 2024 | 
| [Trusted Remediator is now available.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/trusted-remediator) | Trusted Remediator, an AWS Managed Services solution that automates the remediation of AWS Trusted Advisor checks, is now available. | June 24, 2024 | 
| [Amazon Route 53 Resolver DNS firewall events in Security Incident Response.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/sir-detect.html) | AMS now monitors Amazon Route 53 Resolver DNS firewall events in Security Incident Response | June 21, 2024 | 
| [Updated supported operating systems](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-sd.html#supported-configs) | AMS Accelerate now supports AlmaLinux 8.3-8.9, 9.0-9.2 (AlmaLinux is only supported with x86 architecture) | June 19, 2024 | 
| [Automatic instance profile limit now increases if the default is met.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/inst-auto-config-details-iam.html) | AMS now increases the default instance profile limit to 20 if the default limit of 10 is reached. | June 18, 2024 | 
| [AMS SSM Agent automatic installation feature now enabled by default.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/ssm-agent-auto-install.html) | The AMS SSM Agent automatic installation feature is enabled by default for accounts onboarded after 6/03/2024. | June 7, 2024 | 
| [Security FAQ added to Security management.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/security-access-faq.html) | A Security FAQ is now available that covers common questions about the security best practices, controls, access models, and audit mechanisms used when an AMS operations engineer or automation accesses your accounts. | June 3, 2024 | 
| [Additional AWS Regions now supported by Monitoring and Incident Management for Amazon EKS.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-requirements.html) | Three additional AWS Regions are now supported by Monitoring and Incident Management for Amazon EKS. | May 23, 2024 | 
| [Service request patch notifications are now sent in advance of Patch Maintenance windows.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-patch-mon-remediate.html) | AMS Accelerate patching creates a new service request 4 days in advance of a Patch Maintenance window. You can use the service request to communicate with AMS for adjustments to the patch or to skip a patch. | May 3, 2024 | 
| [Alert thresholds added to the AMS Accelerate EKS monitoring baseline alerts table.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-baseline-eks-alerts) | Detailed alert thresholds are now available in the Baseline alerts table for Amazon EKS monitoring. | May 3, 2024 | 
| [Updated: Alarm Manager Configuration Profiles.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-mem-config-doc-format) | Added notes about creating Anomaly Detection alarms with Alarm Manager. | April 25, 2024 | 
| [Additions to Resource Tagger configuration profiles.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-tag-tools-profiles.html) | DynamoDB tables and Amazon S3 buckets are now available in Resource Tagger | April 25, 2024 | 
| [Added Planned Event Management (PEM) information section.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/ams-pem.html) | Detailed information about the PEM service offering is now available in the *AMS Accelerate User Guide*. | April 25, 2024 | 
| [AMS supports Red Hat Enterpise Linux (RHEL) 9.x.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-sd.html#supported-configs) | AMS supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.x. | April 25, 2024 | 
| [AMS Accelerate supports reporting for all AWS Region configurations.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/ams-reporting.html) | AMS Accelerate supports SSM Inventory Reporting for all AWS Region configurations. | April 25, 2024 | 
| [Updated: AWS managed policies.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/using-service-linked-roles.html#slr-updates) | Updated the AWSManagedServicesDeploymentToolkitPolicy with new ECR permissions. | April 4, 2024 | 
| [Updated: Resource Tagger Configuration Profiles section](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-tag-tools-profiles.html) | Added `AWS::EFS::FileSystem` to the **ResourceType** list. | March 21, 2024 | 
| [Updated: Incident reports and service requests in Accelerate section.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-billing-questions.html) | Changed the topic title to Incident reports, service requests, and billing questions in Accelerate. Added a new section, **Billing questions**. | March 21, 2024 | 
| [Updated: How service request management works section.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/how-sr-management-work.html) | Added clarification on how AMS handles service requests that contain a feature request or a bug. | March 21, 2024 | 
| [Updated: Create aws\$1managedservices\$1onboarding\$1role role with CloudFormation section](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-onb-create-roles-with-cf.html) | Added commands to create the role from AWS CloudShell. | March 21, 2024 | 
| [Updated: (Optional) Quick Start template](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-quick-start.html#quick-start-download) | Added commands to download the template from AWS CloudShell. | March 21, 2024 | 
| [New resource types available for Alarm Manager configuration profiles.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-mem-config-doc-format.html) | Added resource types for Amazon FSx, Amazon EFS, and Elasticsearch to Alarm Manager configuration profiles. | March 21, 2024 | 
| [Additional pseudoparameter substitutions available for configuration profile.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-mem-config-doc-sub.html) | Added Amazon EFS and Amazon FSx pseudoparameter substitutions. | March 21, 2024 | 
| [Added new section to Features in the Service description topic.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/acc-sd.html#features) | Added a new section, **Service request management** under **AMS Accelerate features**. | March 21, 2024 | 
| [New columns added to the self-service reporting Weekly Incident report](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/weekly-incident-report.html) | New columns were added to the Weekly Incident report so that you can filter for incidents based on quarter, month, week, or day that the incident was created or resolved. | March 11, 2024 | 

## Earlier updates
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The following table describes the important changes to the documentation of the AMS Accelerate guide prior to March 2024.


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