This guide documents the new AWS Wickr administration console, released on March 13, 2025. For documentation on the classic version of the AWS Wickr administration console, see Classic Administration Guide.
Release notes
To help you keep track of the ongoing updates and improvements to Wickr, we publish release notices that describe recent changes.
August 2025
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Email templates for AWS Wickr and AWS WickrGov have been updated to improve the user onboarding experience. The sender email address has changed from
donotreply@wickr.emailtono-reply@amazonaws.com.
May 2025
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File preview is now available. When file downloads are disabled by the admin in the admin console for a security group, users will only be able to view a list of supported files in Messaging and Files tabs.
March 2025
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Redesigned Wickr administrator console is now available.
October 2024
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Wickr now supports delete network. For more information, see Delete network in AWS Wickr.
September 2024
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Administrators can now configure AWS Wickr with Microsoft Entra (Azure AD) single sign-on. For more information, see Configure AWS Wickr with Microsoft Entra (Azure AD) single sign-on.
August 2024
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Enhancements
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Wickr is now available in the Europe (Zurich) AWS Region.
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June 2024
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Cross Boundary classification and federation is now available for GovCloud users. For more information, see GovCloud cross boundary classification and federation.
April 2024
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Wickr now supports read receipts. For more information, see Read receipts.
March 2024
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Global Federation now supports restricted federation, where global federation can be enabled only for selected networks that are added under restricted federation. This works for Wickr networks in other AWS Regions. For more information, see Security groups.
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Administrators can now view their usage analytics on the Analytics dashboard in the Admin Console. For more information, see Analytics dashboard.
February 2024
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AWS Wickr is now offering a three-month free trial of its Premium plan for up to 30 users. Changes and limitations include:
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All Standard and Premium plan features such as unlimited admin controls and data retention are now available in the Premium free trial. The guest user feature is not available during the Premium free trial.
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The previous Free trial is no longer available. You can upgrade your existing Free trial or Standard plan to a Premium free trial if you haven't already used the Premium free trial. For more information, see Manage plan.
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November 2023
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Guest users feature is now generally available. Changes and additions include:
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Ability to report abuse by other Wickr users.
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Administrators can view a list of guest users a network has interacted with, and monthly usage counts.
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Administrators can block guest users from communicating with their network.
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Add-on pricing for guest users.
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Admin control enhancements
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Ability to bulk delete/suspend users.
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Additional SSO setting to configure a grace period for token refresh.
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October 2023
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Enhancements
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Wickr is now available in the Europe (Frankfurt) AWS Region.
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September 2023
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Enhancements
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Wickr networks now have the ability to federate across AWS Regions. For more information, see Security groups.
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August 2023
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Enhancements
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Wickr is now available in the Europe (London) AWS Region.
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July 2023
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Enhancements
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Wickr is now available in the Canada (Central) AWS Region.
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May 2023
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Enhancements
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Added support for guest users. For more information, see Guest users in AWS Wickr network.
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March 2023
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Wickr is now integrated with AWS CloudTrail. For more information, see Logging AWS Wickr API calls using AWS CloudTrail.
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Wickr is now available in AWS GovCloud (US-West) as WickrGov. For more information, see AWS WickrGov in the AWS GovCloud (US) User Guide.
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Wickr now supports tagging. For more information, see Network tags for AWS Wickr. Multiple networks can now be created in Wickr. For more information, see Step 1: Create a network.
February 2023
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Wickr now supports the Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK). For more information, see Enable ATAK in the Wickr Network Dashboard.
January 2023
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Single sign-on (SSO) can now be configured on all plans, including Free Trial and Standard.
