**AWS Mainframe Modernization self-managed experience** is no longer open to new customers. For capabilities similar to AWS Mainframe Modernization self-managed experience, explore capabilities from vendor-direct offerings and from AWS Transform. Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal. For more information, see [AWS Mainframe Modernization availability change](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/m2/latest/userguide/mainframe-modernization-availability-change.html). 

**AWS Mainframe Modernization Service (Managed Runtime Environment experience)** is no longer open to new customers. For capabilities similar to AWS Mainframe Modernization Service (Managed Runtime Environment experience) explore AWS Mainframe Modernization Service (Self-Managed Experience). Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal. For more information, see [AWS Mainframe Modernization availability change](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/m2/latest/userguide/mainframe-modernization-availability-change.html). 

# Set up for AWS Mainframe Modernization
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Before you can start using AWS Mainframe Modernization you or your administrator need to sign up for an AWS account and create a user with administrative access. 

**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*.

## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for AWS Mainframe Modernization. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query m2` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).