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+.. important::
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+   Specifying ``MONGODB-AWS`` credentials directly in the connection string is deprecated and will 
+   be removed in the {+driver-short+} |driver-version| and later. To avoid using deprecated 
+   functionality, use environment variables or another method to provide your AWS credentials.
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