2026/11/05 - 6 updated api methods
Changes Adds support for federated identity on Azure Blob Storage and object storage locations, enabling DataSync to authenticate to Azure and Google Cloud Storage using Workload Identity Federation (WIF) over OpenID Connect (OIDC) instead of stored long-lived credentials.
2026/10/13 - 15 updated api methods
Changes AWS DataSync Enhanced mode now supports FSx for OpenZFS, NFS 4.2, and object metadata controls
2026/03/12 - 12 updated api methods
Changes DataSync's 3 location types, Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS), FSx for Windows File Server (FSx Windows), and FSx for NetApp ONTAP (FSx ONTAP) now have credentials managed via Secrets Manager, which may be encrypted with service keys or be configured to use customer-managed keys or secret.
2025/12/12 - 4 updated api methods
Changes Adds Enhanced mode support for NFS and SMB locations. SMB credentials are now managed via Secrets Manager, and may be encrypted with service or customer managed keys. Increases AgentArns maximum count to 8 (max 4 per TaskMode). Adds folder counters to DescribeTaskExecution for Enhanced mode tasks.
2025/09/30 - 1 updated api methods
Changes Added support for FIPS VPC endpoints in FIPS-enabled AWS Regions.
2025/05/29 - 7 updated api methods
Changes AgentArns field is made optional for Object Storage and Azure Blob location create requests. Location credentials are now managed via Secrets Manager, and may be encrypted with service managed or customer managed keys. Authentication is now optional for Azure Blob locations.
2025/03/05 - 3 updated api methods
Changes AWS DataSync now supports modifying ServerHostname while updating locations SMB, NFS, and ObjectStorage.
2025/01/28 - 3 updated api methods
Changes AWS DataSync now supports the Kerberos authentication protocol for SMB locations.
2024/12/18 - 6 new api methods
Changes AWS DataSync introduces the ability to update attributes for in-cloud locations.