Signing in to the Amazon Web Services access portal - Amazon IAM Identity Center
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Services or capabilities described in Amazon Web Services documentation might vary by Region. To see the differences applicable to the China Regions, see Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China (PDF).

Signing in to the Amazon Web Services access portal

By this time, you should have been provided a specific sign-in URL to the Amazon Web Services access portal by an administrator. Once you have this URL, you can proceed with signing in to the portal. For more information, see Sign in to the Amazon Web Services access portal.

Note

After you sign in, the default duration for your Amazon Web Services access portal session is 8 hours. Be aware that an administrator can change the duration of this session.

Trusted devices

When you choose the option This is a trusted device from the sign-in page, IAM Identity Center considers all future sign-ins from that device as authorized. This means that IAM Identity Center won't present an option to enter in an MFA code as long as you're using that trusted device. However, there are some exceptions, including signing in from a new browser or when your device has been issued an unknown IP address.

Sign in tips for the Amazon Web Services access portal

Here are some tips to help you manage your Amazon Web Services access portal experience.

  • Occasionally, you might need to sign out and sign back in to the Amazon Web Services access portal. This might be necessary to access new applications that your administrator recently assigned to you. This is not required, however, because all new applications are refreshed every hour.

  • When you sign in to the Amazon Web Services access portal, you can open any of the applications listed in the portal by choosing the application’s icon. After you are done using the application, you can either close the application or sign out of the Amazon Web Services access portal. Closing the application signs you out of that application only. Any other applications that you have opened from the Amazon Web Services access portal remain open and running.

  • Before you can sign in as a different user, you must first sign out of the Amazon Web Services access portal. Signing out from the portal completely removes your credentials from the browser session.

  • Once you sign in to the Amazon Web Services access portal, you can switch to a role. Switching roles temporarily sets aside your original user permissions and instead gives you the permissions assigned to the role.  For more information, see Switching to a role (console).

Signing out of the Amazon Web Services access portal

When you sign out from the portal, your credentials are completely removed from the browser session. For more information, see Sign out of the Amazon Web Services access portal in the Amazon Sign-In guide.

To sign out of the Amazon Web Services access portal

  • In the Amazon Web Services access portal, choose Sign out from the navigation bar.

Note

If you want to sign in as a different user, you must first sign out of the Amazon Web Services access portal.