Plan your Amazon Web Services account governance structure

This information is about planning your Amazon Web Services account governance structure if you signed up for Amazon using Sign up for Amazon (advanced) or if you activated advanced features for your account. To compare sign-up options, see Compare sign-up options.

Although you might have started your Amazon journey with a single account, Amazon recommends that you set up multiple accounts as your workloads grow in size and complexity. Whether you are a medium business or a large enterprise, you'll want to create a governance structure plan that will ensure your data and your workload needs are met.

This section covers the benefits and governance services available in Amazon to help enable a multi-account governance structure.