# Setting up an AWS account
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Use this section to create an AWS account and create an IAM user. For information on best practices to create an AWS account, see [ Establishing your best practice AWS environment](https://aws.amazon.com/organizations/getting-started/best-practices/).

**Topics**
+ [Sign up for an AWS account](#sign-up-for-aws)

## Sign up for an AWS account
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To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. For information about creating an AWS account, see [Getting started with an AWS account](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html) in the *AWS Account Management Reference Guide*.