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Getting started with AWS Well-Architected Tool

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We have released a new version of the Well-Architected Framework. We also added new and updated lenses to the Lens Catalog. Learn more about the changes.

We have released a new version of the Well-Architected Framework. We also added new and updated lenses to the Lens Catalog. Learn more about the changes.

To get started using AWS Well-Architected Tool, you first provide the appropriate permissions to the your users, groups, and roles, and activate support for the AWS services you want use with AWS WA Tool. Next, you define and document a workload. You can also save a milestone of the current state of a workload.

The following topics explain how to get started using AWS WA Tool. For a step-by-step tutorial showing how to use AWS Well-Architected Tool, see Tutorial: Document an AWS Well-Architected Tool workload.

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