> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/release-notes/previous-releases/2025/july-2025.md).

# July 2025

## What's new

### [<mark style="color:blue;">**IONOS CLOUD Object Storage Expansion in the Frankfurt Region**</mark>](/cloud/backup-and-storage/ionos-object-storage/overview.md#service-availability)

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**July 23**

<code class="expression">space.vars.ionos\_cloud\_object\_storage</code> is expanding support of [<mark style="color:blue;">Contract-owned Buckets</mark>](/cloud/backup-and-storage/ionos-object-storage/concepts/bucket-types.md#contract-owned-buckets) to the metro region of Frankfurt, Germany `de`. It is available for use at the `eu-central-4` endpoint. For more information, see [<mark style="color:blue;">Endpoints</mark>](/cloud/backup-and-storage/ionos-object-storage/endpoints.md).
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### [<mark style="color:blue;">**IAM Federation for Authentication**</mark>](/cloud/set-up-ionos-cloud/management/identity-access-management/iam-federation.md)

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**July 21**

Identity and Access Management (IAM) Federation now supports organizations in onboarding their Identity Provider (IDP) and allowing their users to link their account with <code class="expression">space.vars.ionos\_cloud</code>. With this feature, the user can [<mark style="color:blue;">Log in to the Data Center Designer using IDP</mark>](/cloud/set-up-ionos-cloud/management/identity-access-management/iam-federation/how-tos/log-in-dcd-identity-provider.md), which also facilitates Single Sign-On (SSO).
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### [<mark style="color:blue;">**IONOS CLOUD Provider for Pulumi**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/tools-pulumi)

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**July 16**

We are pleased to announce the release of the new <code class="expression">space.vars.ionos\_cloud</code> provider for Pulumi. With this release, developers and DevOps teams can now use Pulumi’s powerful Infrastructure as Code (IaC) framework to define, deploy, and manage resources on <code class="expression">space.vars.ionos\_cloud</code> more efficiently and flexibly. For more information, see [<mark style="color:blue;">IONOS CLOUD provider for Pulumi</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/pulumi-ionoscloud).
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