This topic describes the release history of major Resource Access Management (RAM) features and provides the links to the relevant documentation.
July 2020
| Feature | Description | Release date | Supported region | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Resource group-based authorization in the Alibaba Cloud Management Console |
You can grant a RAM user, user group, or role the permissions on all the resources that belong to an Alibaba Cloud account or on a specific resource group in the RAM or Resource Management console. You can also revoke the permissions from the RAM user, user group, or role. | 2020-07 | All | None |
June 2020
| Feature | Description | Release date | Supported region | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud services that support RAM | Time Series Database (TSDB) for InfluxDB supports RAM. | 2020-06 | N/A | Alibaba Cloud services that support RAM |
| Version rotation of custom policies | If you modify a custom policy in the console and the policy already has five versions, the earliest version that is not in use is deleted and a version is created. | 2020-06 | All | Manage custom policy versions |
May 2020
| Feature | Description | Release date | Supported region | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Configuration of the maximum role session duration | The maximum role session duration is configurable in the RAM console. The configuration applies when you log on to the console by using role-based SSO and when you use the console or call an API operation to assume a RAM role. | 2020-05 | All | Set the maximum session duration for a RAM role |
March 2020
| Feature | Description | Release date | Supported region | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud services that support RAM | AnalyticDB for MySQL supports RAM. | 2020-03 | N/A | Alibaba Cloud services that support RAM |
| Alibaba Cloud services that support STS | E-HPC supports STS. | 2020-03 | N/A | Alibaba Cloud services that support STS |
| Service linked role | An Alibaba Cloud service may need to access other services to implement a function. In this case, the Alibaba Cloud service must be authorized. Alibaba Cloud provides service linked roles to simplify the authorization in such scenarios. | 2020-03 | All | Service linked roles |
| Configuration of the maximum role session duration | A new parameter named MaxSessionDuration is available in API operations that are used to manage RAM roles. The parameter specifies
the maximum session duration of a RAM role.
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2020-03 | All |
February 2020
| Feature | Description | Release date | Supported region | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud services that support STS | Dynamic Route for CDN supports STS. | 2020-02 | N/A | Alibaba Cloud services that support STS |
January 2020
| Feature | Description | Release date | Supported region | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud services that support STS | ApsaraVideo Live supports STS. | 2020-01 | N/A | Alibaba Cloud services that support STS |
December 2019
| Feature | Description | Release date | Supported region | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud services that support RAM | Server Migration Center supports RAM. | 2019-12 | N/A | Alibaba Cloud services that support RAM |
November 2019
| Feature | Description | Release date | Supported region | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| User credential report | RAM provides a user credential report that contains the details of your Alibaba Cloud account and RAM users. The details in the report include logon passwords, AccessKey pairs, and multi-factor authentication (MFA) devices. You can generate and download the report in the RAM console. | 2019-11-15 | All | Generate and download user credential reports |
| Alibaba Cloud services that support STS | Hybrid Backup Recovery supports STS. | 2019-11 | N/A | Alibaba Cloud services that support STS |
October 2019
| Feature | Description | Release date | Supported region | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud services that support RAM | ID Verification for Financial Services supports RAM. | 2019-10 | N/A | Alibaba Cloud services that support RAM |
| AnalyticDB supports RAM. | ||||
| Alibaba Cloud services that support STS | Cloud Enterprise Network supports STS. | 2019-10 | N/A | |
| E-MapReduce supports STS. | Alibaba Cloud services that support STS |
September 2019
| Feature | Description | Release date | Supported region | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enable or disable console logon for RAM users | This feature enables or disables RAM user access to the RAM console. By using this feature, you can keep the password, multi-factor authentication (MFA), and other logon settings when you disable RAM user access to the RAM console. You can also clear console logon settings by clicking a button. | 2019-09-09 | All | Manage logon settings for a RAM user |
| Alibaba Cloud services that support RAM | Logic Composer supports RAM. | 2019-09 | N/A | Alibaba Cloud services that support RAM |
June 2019
| Feature | Description | Release date | Supported region | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auxiliary domain name for user-based single sign-on (SSO) | This feature simplifies the configuration of user-based SSO. | 2019-06-28 | All | Overview of user-based SSO |
April 2019
| Feature | Description | Release date | Supported region | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSO | Alibaba Cloud supports SAML 2.0-based SSO (also known as identity federation). SSO can be implemented between an identity provider and Alibaba Cloud. | 2019-04-04 | All | SSO overview |
November 2018
| Feature | Description | Release date | Supported region | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAM console | The RAM console is upgraded. | 2018-11-15 | All | Resource Access Management |