# Getting started with a service in the Amazon Web Services Management Console
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The [Amazon Web Services Management Console](https://console.amazonaws.cn/) provides multiple ways for navigating to individual service consoles.

**To open a console for a service**  
Do one of the following:
+ In the search box on the navigation bar, enter all or part of the name of the service. Under **Services,** choose the service that you want from the list of search results. For more information, see [Searching for products, services, features, and more using Unified Search in the Amazon Web Services Management Console](using-search.md).
+ In the **Recently visited services** widget, choose a service name. 
+  In the **Recently visited services** widget, choose **View all Amazon services**. Then, on the **All Amazon services** page, choose a service name.
+ On the navigation bar, choose **Services** to open a full list of services. Then choose a service under **Recently visited** or **All services**.