AWS Well-Architected Framework strengthens prescriptive guidance

AWS is pleased to announce an update to the [AWS Well-Architected Framework](https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/well-architected/), which will provide customers and partners with more prescriptive guidance on building and operating in the cloud, and enable them to stay up-to-date on the latest architectural best practices in a constantly evolving technological landscape. The enhanced prescriptive guidance included in this update provides customers and partners with new and refreshed best practices, implementation steps, architectural patterns, and more outcome-driven improvement plans, helping them more easily identify and mitigate risks. The new version of the AWS Well-Architected Framework is now available within the AWS Well-Architected whitepapers and in the [AWS Well-Architected Tool](https://aws.amazon.com/well-architected-tool/) in the following AWS Regions: US East (N. Virginia, Ohio), US West (N. California, Oregon), Canada (Central), Europe (Frankfurt, Ireland, London, Paris, Stockholm), South America (Sao Paulo), Asia Pacific (Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Seoul, Mumbai, Hong Kong), Middle East (Bahrain), and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. To review the latest updates to the AWS Well-Architected Framework, log into the AWS Well-Architected Tool via the [AWS Management Console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected) or access via the [AWS Well-Architected Framework whitepapers](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/framework/welcome.html).