# AWSConfigThirdPartyServiceRolePolicy
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**Description**: Provides permissions for AWS Config to inventory and evaluate compliance of third-party cloud resources.

`AWSConfigThirdPartyServiceRolePolicy` is an [AWS managed policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-vs-inline.html#aws-managed-policies).

## Using this policy
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This policy is attached to a service-linked role that allows the service to perform actions on your behalf. You cannot attach this policy to your users, groups, or roles.

## Policy details
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+ **Type**: Service-linked role policy 
+ **Creation time**: June 22, 2026, 17:57 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** June 22, 2026, 17:57 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AWSConfigThirdPartyServiceRolePolicy`

## Policy version
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**Policy version:** v1 (default)

The policy's default version is the version that defines the permissions for the policy. When a user or role with the policy makes a request to access an AWS resource, AWS checks the default version of the policy to determine whether to allow the request. 

## JSON policy document
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```
{
  "Version" : "2012-10-17",
  "Statement" : [
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowGetWebIdentityTokenByConfig",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : "sts:GetWebIdentityToken",
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "ForAnyValue:StringLike" : {
          "sts:IdentityTokenAudience" : [
            "api://AzureADTokenExchange"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowConfigActionsForRules",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "config:PutEvaluations",
        "config:GetComplianceDetailsByConfigRule"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "AllowCloudwatchActionsForMetrics",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "cloudwatch:PutMetricData"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "cloudwatch:namespace" : "AWS/Config"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

## Learn more
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+ [Understand versioning for IAM policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-versioning.html)
+ [Get started with AWS managed policies and move toward least-privilege permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html#bp-use-aws-defined-policies)