--- title: IAM Policy Simulator moves to the IAM console and adds... description: AWS has updated the IAM Policy Simulator with three major changes: it now lives within the IAM console instead of a standalone site, it supports testing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/iam-policy-simulator-moves-to-the-iam-console-and-adds-additional-capabilities-dpmrqwlnn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: IAM Policy Simulator moves to the IAM console and adds additional capabilities | daily.dev og:description: AWS has updated the IAM Policy Simulator with three major changes: it now lives within the IAM console instead of a standalone site, it supports testing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/iam-policy-simulator-moves-to-the-iam-console-and-adds-additional-capabilities-dpmrqwlnn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/DpmrqWLnN.png og:image:alt: IAM Policy Simulator moves to the IAM console and adds additional capabilities og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # IAM Policy Simulator moves to the IAM console and adds additional capabilities **[AWS](https://daily.dev/sources/aws)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AWS has updated the IAM Policy Simulator with three major changes: it now lives within the IAM console instead of a standalone site, it supports testing service control policies (SCPs) to validate how SCP hierarchies interact with identity and resource policies, and it adds new flexibility for 'what if I remove this policy?' scenarios. Cross-account simulations now report per-policy decisions, and condition keys like Region restrictions and tag requirements can be tested via the API. These improvements help security and platform teams automate policy unit testing, detect over-permissive access, and validate guardrails more confidently. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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