Get started with IAM - Amazon Identity and Access Management
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Get started with IAM

Use these topics to get started with Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM). Learn how to create roles, users, and policies using the Amazon Web Services Management Console.

Amazon Identity and Access Management is a feature of your Amazon Web Services account offered at no additional charge. You will be charged only for use of other Amazon products by your IAM users. For information about the pricing of other Amazon products, see the Amazon Web Services pricing page.

Note

This set of documentation deals primarily with the IAM service. To learn about getting started with Amazon and using multiple services to solve a problem such as building and launching your first project, see the Getting Started Resource Center.