# Create and manage maintenance windows using the console
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This section describes how to create, configure, update, and delete maintenance windows using the Amazon Systems Manager console. This section also provides information about managing the targets and tasks of a maintenance window.

**Important**  
We recommend that you initially create and configure maintenance windows in a test environment. 

**Before you begin**  
Before you create a maintenance window, you must configure access to Maintenance Windows, a tool in Amazon Systems Manager. For more information, see [Setting up Maintenance Windows](setting-up-maintenance-windows.md).

**Topics**
+ [Create a maintenance window using the console](sysman-maintenance-create-mw.md)
+ [Assign targets to a maintenance window using the console](sysman-maintenance-assign-targets.md)
+ [Assign tasks to a maintenance window using the console](sysman-maintenance-assign-tasks.md)
+ [Disable or enable a maintenance window using the console](sysman-maintenance-disable.md)
+ [Update or delete maintenance window resources using the console](sysman-maintenance-update.md)