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IAM group authentication for AlloyDB is available in Preview for new clusters running PostgreSQL 15 and later.

IAM group authentication for AlloyDB is available in Preview for new clusters running PostgreSQL 15 and later. This feature simplifies database user management by allowing access management at the group level, where group members inherit database roles and permissions. To use this feature, enable the alloydb.iam_authentication and alloydb.iam_group_authentication database flags.

For more information, see IAM group authentication and Manage IAM authentication.

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