Looking for a secure, automated way to provide temporary AWS environments for experimentation, learning, and innovation? AWS Innovation Sandbox is your solution.
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AWS Innovation Sandbox is a comprehensive solution that enables cloud administrators to automate the management of temporary sandbox environments by implementing service control policies, spend controls, and account recycling mechanisms.Â
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With this solution, organizations can save weeks of administration hours while empowering their teams to learn, experiment, and innovate on AWS in a controlled and secure manner.
AWS Innovation Sandbox is an AWS solution that transforms how organizations manage temporary cloud environments. The solution automates the deployment of sandbox organizational unit (OU) structures that adhere to workload isolation best practices, while implementing standardized security policies and governance controls across all sandbox accounts.
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For organizations, AWS Innovation Sandbox provides a centralized web-based interface that offers an easy mechanism for users to request account leases and be assigned customer-owned AWS accounts for experimentation. The solution includes intelligent resource clean-up mechanisms that automatically activate when spend or time thresholds are reached, enabling sandbox accounts to be recycled and reused for new experiments in accordance with AWS Organizations best practices.
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Companies can use Innovation Sandbox for development experiments, training environments, testing scenarios, research and development projects, employee onboarding, hackathons, and demo environments. It’s suitable for organizations of all sizes looking to provide secure, controlled access to AWS services for learning and innovation purposes.
AWS Innovation Sandbox integrates seamlessly with a variety of AWS services to provide comprehensive sandbox management:
AWS Innovation Sandbox offers advanced security capabilities, including comprehensive access controls through IAM Identity Center integration, network isolation between sandbox environments and production systems, and automated policy enforcement through Service Control Policies.
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The solution implements AWS WAF protection for API endpoints, field-level encryption for sensitive data, and seamless integration with AWS Shield for DDoS protection.
AWS Innovation Sandbox provides organizations with significant advantages:
Automated Environment Management – Quickly set up short-lived sandbox environments by automating the deployment of organizational unit structures that guide the sandbox account lifecycle and adhere to workload isolation best practices.
Reduced Administrative Overhead – Implement standardized service control policies across sandbox accounts automatically, ensuring consistent governance while saving weeks of valuable cloud administration time.
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Enhanced Cost Control – Gain better visibility into sandbox account spending and configure automated spend limiting mechanisms that activate when usage approaches budget thresholds.
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Intelligent Account Recycling – Leverage automated resource clean-up mechanisms that activate when spend or time periods reach predefined limits, enabling sandbox accounts to be reusable for new experiments.
Centralized Management – Monitor all sandbox accounts through a web-based UI that provides easy mechanisms for users to request account leases and administrators to maintain oversight.
For more information on the benefits of AWS Innovation Sandbox, visit: https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/implementations/innovation-sandbox-on-aws/
AWS Innovation Sandbox accelerates proof-of-concept development by providing developers with isolated environments to experiment with new AWS services and prove business value before moving to CI/CD pipelines. The solution’s automated policy enforcement ensures experiments remain within secure boundaries while cost controls prevent budget overruns.
Educational institutions and enterprise training programs can leverage Innovation Sandbox to create disposable cloud environments for classroom labs, exams, and hands-on learning experiences. Administrators can configure appropriate budget and duration limits while students gain practical experience with AWS services in a controlled environment.
Quality assurance teams benefit from disposable, isolated cloud environments for running integration tests, regression tests, and reproducing bugs. The solution’s account recycling capabilities ensure fresh environments for each testing cycle while maintaining consistent security policies.
R&D teams at universities and enterprises can run cloud research experiments in controlled environments to verify hypotheses. The solution’s flexible lease templates allow for varying budget and duration requirements based on research needs.
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