# Get started with Amazon IoT SiteWise
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With Amazon IoT SiteWise, you can collect, organize, analyze, and visualize your data.

Amazon IoT SiteWise provides a demo that you can use to explore the service without configuring a real data source. For more information, see [Use the Amazon IoT SiteWise demo](getting-started-demo.md).

You can complete the following tutorials to explore certain features of Amazon IoT SiteWise:
+ [Ingest data to Amazon IoT SiteWise from Amazon IoT things](ingest-data-from-iot-things.md)
+ [Visualize and share wind farm data in SiteWise Monitor](monitor-wind-farm.md)
+ [Publish property value updates to Amazon DynamoDB](publish-to-amazon-dynamodb.md)

See the following topics to learn more about Amazon IoT SiteWise:
+ [Ingest data to Amazon IoT SiteWise](industrial-data-ingestion.md)
+ [Model industrial assets](industrial-asset-models.md)
+ [Monitor data with Amazon IoT SiteWise Monitor](monitor-data.md)
+ [Query data from Amazon IoT SiteWise](query-industrial-data.md)
+ [Interact with other Amazon services](interact-with-other-services.md)

**Topics**
+ [Requirements](#requirements)
+ [Set up an Amazon account](#set-up-aws-account)

## Requirements
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You must have an Amazon account to get started with Amazon IoT SiteWise. If you don't have one, see the following section for instructions on how to set up an account.

Use a Region where Amazon IoT SiteWise is available. For more information, see [Amazon IoT SiteWise endpoints and quotas](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/general/latest/gr/iot-sitewise.html). You can use the Region selector in the Amazon Web Services Management Console to switch to one of these Regions.

## Set up an Amazon account
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### Sign up for an Amazon Web Services account
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If you do not have an Amazon Web Services account, use the following procedure to create one.

**To sign up for Amazon Web Services**

1. Open [http://www.amazonaws.cn/](http://www.amazonaws.cn/) and choose **Sign Up**.

1. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Amazon sends you a confirmation email after the sign-up process is complete. At any time, you can view your current account activity and manage your account by going to [http://www.amazonaws.cn/](http://www.amazonaws.cn/) and choosing **My Account**.

### Secure IAM users
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After you sign up for an Amazon Web Services account, safeguard your administrative user by turning on multi-factor authentication (MFA). For instructions, see [Enable a virtual MFA device for an IAM user (console)](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_mfa_enable_virtual.html#enable-virt-mfa-for-iam-user) in the *IAM User Guide*.

To give other users access to your Amazon Web Services account resources, create IAM users. To secure your IAM users, turn on MFA and only give the IAM users the permissions needed to perform their tasks.

For more information about creating and securing IAM users, see the following topics in the *IAM User Guide*: 
+ [Creating an IAM user in your Amazon Web Services account](https://docs.amazonaws.cn//IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_users_create.html)
+ [Access management for Amazon resources](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access.html)
+ [Example IAM identity-based policies](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_examples.html)