# What is AWS AppFabric?
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AWS AppFabric quickly connects software as a service (SaaS) applications across your organization, so IT and security teams can easily manage and secure applications using a standard schema, and employees can complete everyday tasks faster using generative AI.

**Topics**
+ [Products](#products)
+ [Benefits](#benefits)
+ [Use cases](#use-cases)
+ [How AppFabric works](#how-appfabric-works)
+ [Pricing](#pricing)
+ [Availability](#availability)

## Products
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Explore the two facets of AWS AppFabric: AppFabric for security, designed for streamlined management and security, and AppFabric for productivity (preview), enhanced with generative AI capabilities. For more information, see the following topics:
+ [What is AWS AppFabric for security?](what-is-appfabric-security.md)
+ [What is AWS AppFabric for productivity?](what-is-appfabric-productivity.md)

## Benefits
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You can use AppFabric to do the following:
+ Connect your applications in minutes, and reduce operational costs.
+ Increase visibility across SaaS application data to elevate your security posture.
+ Automatically facilitate tasks across applications with generative AI.

## Use cases
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You can use AppFabric to:
+ Connect your SaaS applications quickly
  + AppFabric for security natively connects top SaaS productivity and security applications to each other, providing a fully managed SaaS interoperability solution.
+ Elevate your security posture
  + Application data is automatically normalized, enabling administrators to set common policies, standardize security alerts, and easily manage user access across multiple applications.
+ Reimagine productivity
  + With a common generative AI assistant, AppFabric for productivity empowers employees to get answers quickly, automate task management, and generate insights across their SaaS productivity applications.

## How AppFabric works
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AppFabric quickly connects multiple SaaS applications with no coding required for increased productivity and security. The following diagram shows the benefits of AppFabric.

![\[Diagram showing how AppFabric works\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/appfabric/latest/adminguide/images/how-appfabric-works.png)


**Note**  
AppFabric for productivity is currently launched as a preview and available in the US East (N. Virginia) AWS Region. For more information about AWS Regions, see [AWS AppFabric endpoints and quotas](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/appfabric.html) in the *AWS General Reference*.

## Pricing
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For AppFabric pricing details and examples, see [AWS AppFabric Pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/appfabric/pricing/).

## Availability
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To view the currently supported AWS Regions and endpoints for AppFabric, see [AWS AppFabric endpoints and quotas](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/appfabric.html) in the *AWS General Reference*.