Serverless Developer Guide
Create a user with administrative access
After you sign up for an AWS account, secure your AWS account root user, enable AWS IAM Identity 
Center, and create an administrative user so that you don't use the root user for everyday tasks.
Secure your AWS account root user
1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console as the account owner by choosing Root user and 
entering your AWS account email address. On the next page, enter your password.
For help signing in by using root user, see Signing in as the root user in the AWS Sign-In User 
Guide.
2. Turn on multi-factor authentication (MFA) for your root user.
For instructions, see Enable a virtual MFA device for your AWS account root user (console) in 
the IAM User Guide.
Create a user with administrative access
1. Enable IAM Identity Center.
For instructions, see Enabling AWS IAM Identity Center in the AWS IAM Identity Center User 
Guide.
2. In IAM Identity Center, grant administrative access to a user.
For a tutorial about using the IAM Identity Center directory as your identity source, see 
Conﬁgure user access with the default IAM Identity Center directory in the AWS IAM Identity 
Center User Guide.
Sign in as the user with administrative access
• To sign in with your IAM Identity Center user, use the sign-in URL that was sent to your email 
address when you created the IAM Identity Center user.
For help signing in using an IAM Identity Center user, see Signing in to the AWS access portal in 
the AWS Sign-In User Guide.
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