AWSTransformLandingZoneAgentPolicy

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Summary

Grants permissions for AWS Transform to set up AWS landing zones including account provisioning, organizational governance, and Control Tower configuration

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections pending editorial review.

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSTransformLandingZoneAgentPolicy
Default version: v3
Created: 2026-08-06
Last edited: 2026-10-06
Services: cloudformation, controltower, organizations, s3, servicecatalog

Control-plane actions (55)

By access level: 14 List, 3 Permissions management, 19 Read, 4 Tagging, 15 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
CloudFormation	10 of 104	2 List, 3 Read, 1 Tagging, 4 Write; 10 restricted, 10 conditional	cloudformation:CreateChangeSet, cloudformation:CreateStack, cloudformation:DescribeChangeSet, cloudformation:DescribeStackEvents, cloudformation:DescribeStacks, cloudformation:ExecuteChangeSet, cloudformation:GetTemplate, cloudformation:ListChangeSets, cloudformation:TagResource, cloudformation:UpdateStack
Control Tower	14 of 65	4 List, 7 Read, 1 Tagging, 2 Write; 8 restricted, 8 conditional	controltower:EnableBaseline, controltower:EnableControl, controltower:GetBaseline, controltower:GetBaselineOperation, controltower:GetControlOperation, controltower:GetEnabledBaseline, controltower:GetEnabledControl, controltower:GetLandingZone, controltower:ListBaselines, controltower:ListEnabledBaselines, controltower:ListEnabledControls, controltower:ListLandingZones and 2 more
Organizations	18 of 63	6 List, 2 Permissions management, 5 Read, 1 Tagging, 4 Write; 14 restricted, 14 conditional	organizations:AttachPolicy, organizations:CreateAccount, organizations:CreateOrganizationalUnit, organizations:CreatePolicy, organizations:DescribeAccount, organizations:DescribeCreateAccountStatus, organizations:DescribeOrganization, organizations:DescribeOrganizationalUnit, organizations:DescribePolicy, organizations:ListAccountsForParent, organizations:ListOrganizationalUnitsForParent, organizations:ListParents and 6 more
S3	9 of 155	1 List, 1 Permissions management, 4 Read, 1 Tagging, 2 Write; 9 restricted, 9 conditional	s3:CreateBucket, s3:GetBucketLocation, s3:GetBucketPublicAccessBlock, s3:GetBucketTagging, s3:GetObjectAttributes, s3:ListBucketMultipartUploads, s3:PutBucketPolicy, s3:PutBucketTagging, s3:PutEncryptionConfiguration
Service Catalog	4 of 117	1 List, 3 Write; 4 restricted, 4 conditional	servicecatalog:CreateProvisioningArtifact, servicecatalog:DeleteProvisioningArtifact, servicecatalog:ListProvisioningArtifacts, servicecatalog:UpdateProvisioningArtifact

CloudFormation: 10 actions

cloudformation:CreateChangeSet (Write)
cloudformation:CreateStack (Write)
cloudformation:DescribeChangeSet (Read)
cloudformation:DescribeStackEvents (Read)
cloudformation:DescribeStacks (List)
cloudformation:ExecuteChangeSet (Write)
cloudformation:GetTemplate (Read)
cloudformation:ListChangeSets (List)
cloudformation:TagResource (Tagging)
cloudformation:UpdateStack (Write)

Control Tower: 14 actions

controltower:EnableBaseline (Write)
controltower:EnableControl (Write)
controltower:GetBaseline (Read)
controltower:GetBaselineOperation (Read)
controltower:GetControlOperation (Read)
controltower:GetEnabledBaseline (Read)
controltower:GetEnabledControl (Read)
controltower:GetLandingZone (Read)
controltower:ListBaselines (List)
controltower:ListEnabledBaselines (List)
controltower:ListEnabledControls (List)
controltower:ListLandingZones (List)
controltower:ListTagsForResource (Read)
controltower:TagResource (Tagging)

Organizations: 18 actions

organizations:AttachPolicy (Permissions management)
organizations:CreateAccount (Write)
organizations:CreateOrganizationalUnit (Write)
organizations:CreatePolicy (Write)
organizations:DescribeAccount (Read)
organizations:DescribeCreateAccountStatus (Read)
organizations:DescribeOrganization (Read)
organizations:DescribeOrganizationalUnit (Read)
organizations:DescribePolicy (Read)
organizations:ListAccountsForParent (List)
organizations:ListOrganizationalUnitsForParent (List)
organizations:ListParents (List)
organizations:ListPolicies (List)
organizations:ListRoots (List)
organizations:ListTagsForResource (List)
organizations:MoveAccount (Write)
organizations:TagResource (Tagging)
organizations:UpdatePolicy (Permissions management)

S3: 9 actions

s3:CreateBucket (Write)
s3:GetBucketLocation (Read)
s3:GetBucketPublicAccessBlock (Read)
s3:GetBucketTagging (Read)
s3:GetObjectAttributes (Read)
s3:ListBucketMultipartUploads (List)
s3:PutBucketPolicy (Permissions management)
s3:PutBucketTagging (Tagging)
s3:PutEncryptionConfiguration (Write)

Service Catalog: 4 actions

servicecatalog:CreateProvisioningArtifact (Write)
servicecatalog:DeleteProvisioningArtifact (Write)
servicecatalog:ListProvisioningArtifacts (List)
servicecatalog:UpdateProvisioningArtifact (Write)

Data-plane actions (7)

By access level: 2 List, 2 Read, 3 Write.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
S3	7 of 25	2 List, 2 Read, 3 Write; 7 restricted, 7 conditional	s3:AbortMultipartUpload, s3:DeleteObject, s3:GetObject, s3:GetObjectVersion, s3:ListBucket, s3:ListMultipartUploadParts, s3:PutObject

S3: 7 actions

s3:AbortMultipartUpload (Write)
s3:DeleteObject (Write)
s3:GetObject (Read)
s3:GetObjectVersion (Read)
s3:ListBucket (List)
s3:ListMultipartUploadParts (List)
s3:PutObject (Write)

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: mixed.

Can be attached: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

Grants 25 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.
Grants data-plane write actions on a data store, but only for scoped resources or under conditions.
Grants permissions-management actions on organizations, but only for scoped resources or under conditions.

Guidance

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Same service

Same domain

Frequently asked questions

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "S3LandingZoneBucketAndObjectOperations",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:AbortMultipartUpload",
        "s3:CreateBucket",
        "s3:DeleteObject",
        "s3:GetBucketLocation",
        "s3:GetBucketPublicAccessBlock",
        "s3:GetBucketTagging",
        "s3:GetObject",
        "s3:GetObjectAttributes",
        "s3:GetObjectVersion",
        "s3:ListBucket",
        "s3:ListBucketMultipartUploads",
        "s3:ListMultipartUploadParts",
        "s3:PutBucketPolicy",
        "s3:PutBucketTagging",
        "s3:PutEncryptionConfiguration",
        "s3:PutObject"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::transform-vmware-landing-zone-*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CfnLandingZoneStackCreate",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudformation:CreateStack",
        "cloudformation:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/AtxLz*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": "AWSTransform",
          "aws:RequestedRegion": "${aws:PrincipalTag/TargetRegion}",
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CfnLandingZoneStackUpdate",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudformation:UpdateStack"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/AtxLz*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": "AWSTransform",
          "aws:RequestedRegion": "${aws:PrincipalTag/TargetRegion}",
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "AWSTransform",
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CfnLandingZoneStackOperationsAndChangeSets",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudformation:CreateChangeSet",
        "cloudformation:DescribeChangeSet",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStackEvents",
        "cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
        "cloudformation:ExecuteChangeSet",
        "cloudformation:GetTemplate",
        "cloudformation:ListChangeSets"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:cloudformation:*:*:stack/AtxLz*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestedRegion": "${aws:PrincipalTag/TargetRegion}",
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ControlTowerAndOrganizationsOperationsReadOnly",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "controltower:GetBaselineOperation",
        "controltower:GetControlOperation",
        "controltower:ListBaselines",
        "controltower:ListEnabledBaselines",
        "controltower:ListEnabledControls",
        "controltower:ListLandingZones",
        "organizations:DescribeCreateAccountStatus",
        "organizations:DescribeOrganization",
        "organizations:ListPolicies",
        "organizations:ListRoots"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ControlTowerResourceOperationsReadOnly",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "controltower:GetEnabledBaseline",
        "controltower:GetEnabledControl",
        "controltower:GetLandingZone",
        "controltower:ListTagsForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:controltower:*:*:enabledbaseline/*",
        "arn:aws:controltower:*:*:enabledcontrol/*",
        "arn:aws:controltower:*:*:landingzone/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestedRegion": "${aws:PrincipalTag/TargetRegion}",
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ControlTowerBaselineOperationsReadOnly",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "controltower:GetBaseline"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:controltower:*::baseline/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestedRegion": "${aws:PrincipalTag/TargetRegion}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ControlTowerEnableControlWithRequestTag",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "controltower:EnableControl"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:controltower:*:*:enabledcontrol/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/ATWorkspace": "${aws:PrincipalTag/WorkspaceId}",
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": "AWSTransform",
          "aws:RequestedRegion": "${aws:PrincipalTag/TargetRegion}",
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ControlTowerEnableBaselineAndOrganizationsAccountCreate",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "controltower:EnableBaseline",
        "controltower:TagResource",
        "organizations:CreateAccount"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/ATWorkspace": "${aws:PrincipalTag/WorkspaceId}",
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": "AWSTransform"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "OrganizationsTagAndCreateOrganizationalUnit",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "organizations:CreateOrganizationalUnit",
        "organizations:TagResource"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:organizations::*:account/o-*/*",
        "arn:aws:organizations::*:ou/o-*/*",
        "arn:aws:organizations::*:policy/o-*/*",
        "arn:aws:organizations::*:root/o-*/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestTag/ATWorkspace": "${aws:PrincipalTag/WorkspaceId}",
          "aws:RequestTag/CreatedBy": "AWSTransform",
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "OrganizationsResourceDescribeReadOnly",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "organizations:DescribeAccount",
        "organizations:DescribeOrganizationalUnit",
        "organizations:DescribePolicy"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:organizations::*:account/*",
        "arn:aws:organizations::*:ou/*",
        "arn:aws:organizations::*:policy/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceOrgID": "${aws:PrincipalOrgID}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "OrganizationsPolicyUpdateViaControlTower",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "organizations:UpdatePolicy"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:organizations::*:policy/*",
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": "controltower.amazonaws.com"
        },
        "StringEquals": {
          "organizations:PolicyType": "SERVICE_CONTROL_POLICY",
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "OrganizationsHierarchyOperationsReadOnly",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "organizations:ListAccountsForParent",
        "organizations:ListOrganizationalUnitsForParent",
        "organizations:ListParents"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:organizations::*:account/*",
        "arn:aws:organizations::*:ou/*",
        "arn:aws:organizations::*:root/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceOrgID": "${aws:PrincipalOrgID}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "OrganizationsMoveAccountWithResourceTag",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "organizations:MoveAccount"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:organizations::*:account/*",
        "arn:aws:organizations::*:ou/*",
        "arn:aws:organizations::*:root/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceTag/ATWorkspace": "${aws:PrincipalTag/WorkspaceId}",
          "aws:ResourceTag/CreatedBy": "AWSTransform",
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "OrganizationsListTagsForResource",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "organizations:ListTagsForResource"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:organizations::*:account/o-*/*",
        "arn:aws:organizations::*:ou/o-*/*",
        "arn:aws:organizations::*:policy/o-*/*",
        "arn:aws:organizations::*:root/o-*/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceOrgID": "${aws:PrincipalOrgID}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "OrganizationsServiceControlPolicyCreateViaControlTower",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "organizations:CreatePolicy"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": "controltower.amazonaws.com"
        },
        "StringEquals": {
          "organizations:PolicyType": "SERVICE_CONTROL_POLICY"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "OrganizationsServiceControlPolicyAttachViaControlTower",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "organizations:AttachPolicy"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:organizations::*:account/o-*/*",
        "arn:aws:organizations::*:ou/o-*/*",
        "arn:aws:organizations::*:policy/o-*/*",
        "arn:aws:organizations::*:root/o-*/*"
      ],
      "Condition": {
        "ForAnyValue:StringEquals": {
          "aws:CalledVia": "controltower.amazonaws.com"
        },
        "StringEquals": {
          "organizations:PolicyType": "SERVICE_CONTROL_POLICY",
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ServiceCatalogProvisioningArtifactOperations",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "servicecatalog:CreateProvisioningArtifact",
        "servicecatalog:DeleteProvisioningArtifact",
        "servicecatalog:ListProvisioningArtifacts",
        "servicecatalog:UpdateProvisioningArtifact"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:catalog:*:*:product/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:RequestedRegion": "${aws:PrincipalTag/TargetRegion}",
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v3, edited by AWS on 2026-10-06. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

AWS CLI

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSTransformLandingZoneAgentPolicy
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSTransformLandingZoneAgentPolicy
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSTransformLandingZoneAgentPolicy

CloudFormation

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSTransformLandingZoneAgentPolicy

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "awstransformlandingzoneagentpolicy" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSTransformLandingZoneAgentPolicy"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("AWSTransformLandingZoneAgentPolicy"),
);

Sources

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