# About the Amazon Web Services connector

> Amazon Web Services is a group of on-demand cloud-computing services that employs the Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon
S3) capabilities to store and retrieve any amount of data using highly scalable, reliable, fast, and inexpensive data storage
and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) capabilities to provide resizable computing capacity i.e. servers in Amazon's
data centers—that can be used to build and host software systems. It enables IT departments to easily automate important operations
in their workflows such as managing Buckets, Objects, and Instances.

Amazon Web Services is a group of on-demand cloud-computing services that employs the Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon
S3) capabilities to store and retrieve any amount of data using highly scalable, reliable, fast, and inexpensive data storage
and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) capabilities to provide resizable computing capacity i.e. servers in Amazon's
data centers—that can be used to build and host software systems. It enables IT departments to easily automate important operations
in their workflows such as managing Buckets, Objects, and Instances.

## Authentication

Before automating processes, you need to establish a connection with your Amazon Web Services instance. Step-by-step instructions
are available in the [Amazon Web Services Authentication](https://docs.uipath.com/integration-service/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/uipath-amazon-webservices-authentication) page.
:::note
Connection sharing is possible only with the **Access key assume role** authentication method.
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## Events

This connector does not currently support events.

## Activity package

You can use the connection to enable the [Amazon Web Services](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/other/latest/user-guide/about-the-amazonwebservices-activities-pack) activities in UiPath Studio and build automations that interact with your Amazon Web Services data.