{"id":923,"date":"2026-10-15T12:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T07:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/?p=923"},"modified":"2026-10-15T12:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T07:27:18","slug":"amazon-connect-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/amazon-connect-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Connect Architecture Explained: Components, Flows &#038; Reference Designs (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon Connect is AWS&#8217;s cloud contact centre service. There are no servers, PBXs or SBCs to run: you build the whole contact centre from managed AWS building blocks and pay only for what you use. This guide explains <strong>Amazon Connect architecture<\/strong> end to end \u2014 the core components, how a call or chat flows through them, how it connects to the rest of AWS, and the reference architectures used in real projects.<\/p>\n<p>It is written for solution architects, developers and contact centre engineers, and for anyone preparing for an Amazon Connect interview. If you want to build these architectures hands-on with an instructor, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/training\/amazon-connect-training-and-course.php\">Amazon Connect training course<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/amazon-connect-architecture\/#Amazon_Connect_architecture_at_a_glance\" >Amazon Connect architecture at a glance<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/amazon-connect-architecture\/#1_The_Amazon_Connect_instance\" >1. The Amazon Connect instance<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/amazon-connect-architecture\/#2_Telephony_and_channels\" >2. Telephony and channels<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/amazon-connect-architecture\/#3_Contact_flows_the_brain_of_the_contact_centre\" >3. Contact flows: the brain of the contact centre<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/amazon-connect-architecture\/#4_Routing_queues_and_routing_profiles\" >4. Routing: queues and routing profiles<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/amazon-connect-architecture\/#5_AI_and_self-service_layer\" >5. AI and self-service layer<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/amazon-connect-architecture\/#6_Integration_layer_Lambda_data_stores_and_CRMs\" >6. Integration layer: Lambda, data stores and CRMs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/amazon-connect-architecture\/#7_Data_reporting_and_monitoring_architecture\" >7. Data, reporting and monitoring architecture<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/amazon-connect-architecture\/#8_Resilience_and_multi-region_design\" >8. Resilience and multi-region design<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/amazon-connect-architecture\/#9_Reference_architectures_used_in_real_projects\" >9. Reference architectures used in real projects<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/amazon-connect-architecture\/#a_Self-service_IVR_with_CRM_lookup\" >a) Self-service IVR with CRM lookup<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/amazon-connect-architecture\/#b_Omnichannel_contact_centre\" >b) Omnichannel contact centre<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/amazon-connect-architecture\/#c_AI-first_contact_centre\" >c) AI-first contact centre<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/amazon-connect-architecture\/#d_Analytics_and_quality_management\" >d) Analytics and quality management<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/amazon-connect-architecture\/#10_Security_best_practices\" >10. Security best practices<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/amazon-connect-architecture\/#Amazon_Connect_architecture_interview_tips\" >Amazon Connect architecture interview tips<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/amazon-connect-architecture\/#Frequently_asked_questions\" >Frequently asked questions<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/amazon-connect-architecture\/#Is_Amazon_Connect_serverless\" >Is Amazon Connect serverless?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/amazon-connect-architecture\/#What_is_the_difference_between_a_contact_flow_and_a_routing_profile\" >What is the difference between a contact flow and a routing profile?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/amazon-connect-architecture\/#How_does_Amazon_Connect_integrate_with_Salesforce_or_ServiceNow\" >How does Amazon Connect integrate with Salesforce or ServiceNow?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/amazon-connect-architecture\/#How_do_I_learn_to_build_Amazon_Connect_architectures\" >How do I learn to build Amazon Connect architectures?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Amazon_Connect_architecture_at_a_glance\"><\/span>Amazon Connect architecture at a glance<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Every Amazon Connect deployment is built from five layers:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Channels and entry points<\/strong> \u2013 phone numbers, web\/mobile chat, tasks, email and outbound campaigns.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Amazon Connect instance<\/strong> \u2013 the contact centre itself: flows, queues, routing profiles, users and security profiles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Intelligence<\/strong> \u2013 Amazon Lex bots, Amazon Polly voices, Contact Lens analytics and Amazon Q in Connect for AI agents and agent assist.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Integration<\/strong> \u2013 AWS Lambda, Amazon DynamoDB, API Gateway and CRM connectors (Salesforce, ServiceNow, Zendesk, Dynamics 365).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Data and reporting<\/strong> \u2013 contact records, agent events, recordings and transcripts streamed to Amazon S3, Kinesis, the analytics data lake and dashboards.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The rest of this guide walks through each layer.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_The_Amazon_Connect_instance\"><\/span>1. The Amazon Connect instance<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>An <strong>instance<\/strong> is a single, isolated contact centre in one AWS Region. Everything else hangs off it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Identity management<\/strong> \u2013 users are stored in Connect&#8217;s own directory, in an existing AWS Directory Service directory, or federated through SAML 2.0 (Okta, Entra ID, etc.). Choose this at creation time; it cannot be changed later.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Users, security profiles and agent hierarchies<\/strong> \u2013 who can log in, what they can see and how they are grouped for reporting.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Data storage<\/strong> \u2013 call recordings, chat transcripts, exported reports and attachments go to Amazon S3 buckets you own, encrypted with AWS KMS keys.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Service quotas<\/strong> \u2013 concurrent calls, phone numbers, queues and flows per instance are limited by default and raised through Service Quotas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most organisations run at least two instances (non-production and production). Large or regulated organisations add more per business unit or Region.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Telephony_and_channels\"><\/span>2. Telephony and channels<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Amazon Connect includes carrier-grade telephony. You <strong>claim<\/strong> DID or toll-free numbers directly in the console, or <strong>port<\/strong> existing numbers in. Each number is associated with a contact flow, which is the entry point for that call.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Voice<\/strong> \u2013 inbound and outbound calls, with recordings and real-time media streaming available through Amazon Kinesis Video Streams.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chat<\/strong> \u2013 the hosted communications widget for websites, or the Chat APIs for custom and mobile apps. Persistent chat keeps the conversation history.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tasks<\/strong> \u2013 back-office work items (from CRM cases, emails or API calls) routed to agents just like calls.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Email and outbound campaigns<\/strong> \u2013 email contacts and high-volume outbound dialling are now part of the same routing model.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Because every channel lands in the same queues and routing profiles, agents work all channels from a single desktop.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Contact_flows_the_brain_of_the_contact_centre\"><\/span>3. Contact flows: the brain of the contact centre<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Contact flows<\/strong> are the visual workflows that decide what happens to each contact. They replace the IVR scripts and routing scripts of traditional platforms. There are several flow types:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Inbound flow<\/strong> \u2013 the main entry point: greeting, menu, self-service, authentication and transfer to a queue.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Customer queue flow<\/strong> \u2013 what customers hear while waiting (music, position in queue, callback offers).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Customer whisper \/ agent whisper flows<\/strong> \u2013 messages played to each side as the call connects.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transfer to agent and transfer to queue flows<\/strong> \u2013 used for warm and cold transfers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Disconnect flows<\/strong> \u2013 run after the agent leaves, for example for post-call surveys.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Flows call out to Lambda functions for business logic, use contact attributes to carry data through the call, and use modules to reuse common steps. In mature projects flows are exported as JSON and deployed through CloudFormation, CDK or Terraform so every environment stays identical.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Routing_queues_and_routing_profiles\"><\/span>4. Routing: queues and routing profiles<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Routing in Amazon Connect is based on three objects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Queues<\/strong> \u2013 hold contacts waiting for an agent. Each queue has hours of operation and an outbound caller ID.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Routing profiles<\/strong> \u2013 assigned to each agent. A routing profile lists the queues the agent serves, the priority and delay for each queue, and how many contacts per channel the agent can handle at once.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Proficiencies and routing criteria<\/strong> \u2013 skills-based routing that matches a contact to agents with the right attributes (language, product, level), relaxing the criteria step by step if nobody is available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contacts are always delivered to the longest-available agent whose routing profile includes that queue, respecting priorities and delays. This simple model replaces complex skill-group scripting found in platforms like Cisco UCCE.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_AI_and_self-service_layer\"><\/span>5. AI and self-service layer<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Amazon Lex<\/strong> \u2013 conversational voice and chat bots for intent recognition, slot filling and self-service.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amazon Polly<\/strong> \u2013 neural text-to-speech for prompts, so you rarely need recorded audio files.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amazon Q in Connect<\/strong> \u2013 generative AI agents for customer self-service and real-time agent assist, grounded in your knowledge base.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Contact Lens<\/strong> \u2013 real-time and post-contact transcription, sentiment, categories, redaction of sensitive data, conversational analytics and agent performance evaluations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A typical modern design puts a Lex or Amazon Q self-service step at the front of the inbound flow, passes the collected intent and customer data as contact attributes, and only then routes to a human agent with full context.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6_Integration_layer_Lambda_data_stores_and_CRMs\"><\/span>6. Integration layer: Lambda, data stores and CRMs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>AWS Lambda<\/strong> is how Amazon Connect talks to everything else. A flow invokes a Lambda function, waits for the response (up to 8 seconds per invocation) and branches on the returned values. Common patterns:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Customer lookup by phone number (ANI) in Amazon DynamoDB, a CRM or a core banking API.<\/li>\n<li>Authentication with a PIN, OTP or voice ID, then personalised routing.<\/li>\n<li>Dynamic prompts and holiday or emergency messages stored in DynamoDB so business users can change them without editing flows.<\/li>\n<li>Creating or updating tickets in ServiceNow, Zendesk or Salesforce.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the agent desktop, Amazon Connect offers the <strong>Contact Control Panel (CCP)<\/strong>, the customisable <strong>agent workspace<\/strong>, and the <strong>Amazon Connect Streams<\/strong> JavaScript library for embedding the softphone inside a CRM. Ready-made CTI adapters exist for Salesforce, ServiceNow, Zendesk and Microsoft Dynamics 365. <strong>Customer Profiles<\/strong> and <strong>Cases<\/strong> add a built-in customer 360 view and case management.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7_Data_reporting_and_monitoring_architecture\"><\/span>7. Data, reporting and monitoring architecture<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Every contact produces data you can stream out of Amazon Connect:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Contact records (CTRs)<\/strong> \u2013 one record per contact, streamed to Amazon Kinesis Data Streams or Kinesis Data Firehose.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Agent events<\/strong> \u2013 real-time agent state changes, streamed to Kinesis Data Streams.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recordings and transcripts<\/strong> \u2013 stored in Amazon S3.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Analytics data lake<\/strong> \u2013 a managed data lake you can query with Amazon Athena and visualise in Amazon QuickSight.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CloudWatch<\/strong> \u2013 metrics and flow logs for monitoring, alarms and troubleshooting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A common reporting pipeline is: Connect \u2192 Kinesis \u2192 Lambda or Firehose \u2192 S3 \u2192 Glue \/ Athena \u2192 QuickSight, giving supervisors historical dashboards beyond the built-in real-time and historical reports.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8_Resilience_and_multi-region_design\"><\/span>8. Resilience and multi-region design<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>An Amazon Connect instance is already spread across multiple Availability Zones inside its Region. For Region-level resilience you can use <strong>Amazon Connect Global Resiliency<\/strong>: a replica instance in a second Region and <strong>traffic distribution groups<\/strong> that move telephony and agents between Regions in minutes. Supporting services (Lambda, DynamoDB global tables, Lex bots) must be deployed in both Regions too.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"9_Reference_architectures_used_in_real_projects\"><\/span>9. Reference architectures used in real projects<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"a_Self-service_IVR_with_CRM_lookup\"><\/span>a) Self-service IVR with CRM lookup<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Phone number \u2192 inbound flow \u2192 Lambda customer lookup (DynamoDB or CRM) \u2192 Lex bot for intent \u2192 self-service or queue \u2192 agent with screen-pop in the CRM through Streams.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"b_Omnichannel_contact_centre\"><\/span>b) Omnichannel contact centre<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Voice, chat, email and tasks all enter their own flows but share queues, routing profiles and the agent workspace. Customer Profiles unifies the history so agents see every previous interaction.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"c_AI-first_contact_centre\"><\/span>c) AI-first contact centre<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Amazon Q in Connect handles routine questions end to end, Contact Lens provides real-time sentiment and summaries, and agents receive AI suggestions during the conversation. Only complex cases reach a human.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"d_Analytics_and_quality_management\"><\/span>d) Analytics and quality management<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>CTRs and agent events stream to S3 through Kinesis; Contact Lens adds transcripts and categories; QuickSight dashboards and automated evaluations give supervisors full visibility.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"10_Security_best_practices\"><\/span>10. Security best practices<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Use SAML federation and least-privilege security profiles.<\/li>\n<li>Encrypt S3 buckets, Kinesis streams and recordings with customer-managed KMS keys.<\/li>\n<li>Use Contact Lens redaction to remove card numbers and personal data from transcripts and recordings.<\/li>\n<li>Restrict Lambda permissions to the specific resources each function needs.<\/li>\n<li>Manage everything as code (CloudFormation, CDK or Terraform) and log changes with AWS CloudTrail.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Amazon_Connect_architecture_interview_tips\"><\/span>Amazon Connect architecture interview tips<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Interviewers usually ask you to draw one of the reference architectures above and explain the trade-offs: Lambda timeouts, quotas, data retention, multi-region failover and CRM integration. Practise with our <a href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/amazon-connect-architecture-interview-questions\/\">50 Amazon Connect architecture interview questions<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/blog\/top-50-amazon-connect-interview-questions-and-answers-for-2026\/\">Top 50 Amazon Connect interview questions<\/a> and the free <a href=\"https:\/\/techgyan360.com\/practice-exams\/amazon-connect\/\">Amazon Connect practice test<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Frequently_asked_questions\"><\/span>Frequently asked questions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_Amazon_Connect_serverless\"><\/span>Is Amazon Connect serverless?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yes. There is no infrastructure to manage. AWS runs the telephony, media and routing; you configure the instance and extend it with other serverless services such as Lambda and DynamoDB.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_difference_between_a_contact_flow_and_a_routing_profile\"><\/span>What is the difference between a contact flow and a routing profile?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A contact flow decides what happens to a contact (prompts, self-service, which queue). A routing profile decides which queues an agent takes contacts from, and with what priority.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_does_Amazon_Connect_integrate_with_Salesforce_or_ServiceNow\"><\/span>How does Amazon Connect integrate with Salesforce or ServiceNow?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Through the official CTI adapters or the Amazon Connect Streams library for the agent softphone, and through Lambda functions or AppFlow for data lookups and updates.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_I_learn_to_build_Amazon_Connect_architectures\"><\/span>How do I learn to build Amazon Connect architectures?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Start with the AWS documentation and a free-tier instance, then work through real projects. 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