# Managing member accounts with Amazon Organizations
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A *member account* is an Amazon Web Services account, other than the management account, that is part of an organization.

This topic describes how to manage member accounts with Amazon Organizations.

**Topics**
+ [Best practices for member accounts](orgs_best-practices_member-acct.md)
+ [Creating a member account](orgs_manage_accounts_create.md)
+ [Accessing member accounts](orgs_manage_accounts_access.md)
+ [Closing a member account](orgs_manage_accounts_close.md)
+ [Protecting member accounts from closure](orgs_account_close_policy.md)
+ [Removing a member account](orgs_manage_accounts_remove.md)
+ [Leaving an organization from a member account](orgs_manage_accounts_leave-as-member.md)
+ [Updating the account name for a member account](orgs_manage_accounts_update_name.md)
+ [Updating the Amazon Web Services email for a member account](orgs_manage_accounts_update_primary_email.md)