SageMaker Unified Studio: What It Replaces, and What It Quietly Doesn’t
SageMaker Unified Studio is a front door, not a runtime. It consolidates the interface while leaving your bill, your IAM design and your infrastructure as code exactly where they were, and it quietly hands you a DataZone governance system to operate. Here is what it genuinely replaces, what it doesn't, the failure modes that bite during adoption, and how to decide whether it is worth it for your team.