# Managing identity source transition for AWS IAM Identity Center

DevFeed: [Managing identity source transition for AWS IAM Identity Center](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/managing-identity-source-transition-for-aws-iam-identity-center-4687.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/managing-identity-source-transition-for-aws-iam-identity-center/>)

Author: Xiaoxue Xu

Published: 2026-09-02T20:36:31Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [AWS Security Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/aws-security-blog.md>)

Topics: [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>), [AWS IAM](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws-iam.md>)

Tags: [advanced-300](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/advanced-300.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [aws-iam-identity-center](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws-iam-identity-center.md>), [compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compliance.md>), [identity-and-access-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/identity-and-access-management.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration.md>), [security-blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security-blog.md>), [security-identity-compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security-identity-compliance.md>), [technical-how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technical-how-to.md>)

## AI overview

A walkthrough for safely changing the identity source used by AWS IAM Identity Center, including an Active Directory-to-Okta example.

## Source excerpt

September 2, 2026: This post was republished to include Active Directory migration strategies and automation for permission sets. AWS IAM Identity Center manages user access to Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources, including both AWS accounts and applications. You can use IAM Identity Center to create and manage user identities within the Identity Center identity store [...]