Setting up
Before you use AWS Control Tower for the first time, follow the steps in this section to create an AWS account and protect your AWS Control Tower management account. For information on additional setup tasks specifically for AWS Control Tower, see Getting started with AWS Control Tower.
Sign up for AWS
Sign up for an AWS account
To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. There are two ways to sign up for AWS. If you want complete control over account configuration and where your content is stored, or if you have regulated workloads such as HIPAA or FedRAMP, use Sign up for AWS (advanced). If you are a new user and want to use a login you already own to sign in to AWS and create an AWS environment with preconfigured defaults in select AWS Regions, use Sign up for AWS.
When you sign up for Amazon Web Services (AWS), your AWS account is automatically signed up for all services in AWS, including AWS Control Tower. If you have an AWS account already, skip to the next task. If you don't have an AWS account, use the following procedure to create one.
Note your AWS account number, because you need it for other tasks.
Security for your accounts
You can find additional guidance about how to set up best practices that protect the security of your AWS Control Tower accounts, in the AWS Organizations documentation.
Next step
Getting started with AWS Control Tower
