As a best practice, Salesforce recommends using an IAM user rather than the AWS root user to complete Amazon Connect instance configuration tasks, to keep the root user secure.

Checked 2026-09-25

use an IAM user account, instead of the root user account, to complete these configuration tasks
Vendor
Salesforce
Product
Salesforce Voice
Subsystem
AWS account security
Deployment
multi-tenant
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-25
Checked
2026-09-25

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). Amazon Connect with Salesforce Service Cloud Voice: source note amazon-connect-with-salesforce-voice-iam-user-not-root. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/amazon-connect-with-salesforce-voice-iam-user-not-root

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-amazon-connect-with-salesforce-voice-iam-user-not-root,
  title  = {Amazon Connect with Salesforce Service Cloud Voice: source note amazon-connect-with-salesforce-voice-iam-user-not-root},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/amazon-connect-with-salesforce-voice-iam-user-not-root},
  note   = {Source note amazon-connect-with-salesforce-voice-iam-user-not-root, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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