AWS Account Management now supports IAM-based account name updates

Today, we are introducing a new account management API that enables customers to update the account name via authorized IAM principals and more efficiently manage account names. This new API is added to the AWS account management APIs that enable AWS Organizations customers to centrally and programmatically manage primary email addresses, primary contact information, alternate contact information, and AWS Regions for their accounts. Using the new API, customers will no longer need root access to manage their account names, and they will be able to use authorized IAM principals within the account. Additionally, customers using AWS Organizations in all-features mode can now update member account names via authorized IAM principals in the management and delegated admin accounts, providing a centralized and secure way to manage account names across their organization at scale. Customers can also use the new API via the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) and AWS Software Development Kit (SDK) to update account names.

The ability to manage account names via authorized IAM principals is available at no additional charge in all commercial AWS Regions and the China Regions. To get started managing your account names via IAM principals, see the documentation.