AWS m2: AWS Mainframe Modernization: updated AWS account sign-up guidance
Summary
Replaced the account-creation link with two sign-up paths, noting advanced sign-up for full account configuration control, content storage location, and regulated workloads (HIPAA/FedRAMP).
Security assessment
Setup prerequisites wording change only; no security feature, IAM guidance, or vulnerability is documented.
Evidence
+To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. There are two ways to sign up for AWS. If you want complete control over account configuration and where your content is stored, or if you have regulated workloads such as HIPAA or FedRAMP, use [Sign up for AWS (advanced)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html). If you are a new user and want to use a login you already own to sign in to AWS and create an AWS environment with preconfigured defaults in select [AWS Regions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/project-regions.html), use [Sign up for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/sign-in-new.html).
Diff
diff --git a/m2/latest/userguide/setting-up.md b/m2/latest/userguide/setting-up.md index f8b850e..48304d4 100644 --- a//m2/latest/userguide/setting-up.md +++ b//m2/latest/userguide/setting-up.md @@ -26 +26 @@ Before you can start using AWS Mainframe Modernization you or your administrator -To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. For information about creating an AWS account, see [Getting started with an AWS account](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html) in the _AWS Account Management Reference Guide_. +To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. There are two ways to sign up for AWS. If you want complete control over account configuration and where your content is stored, or if you have regulated workloads such as HIPAA or FedRAMP, use [Sign up for AWS (advanced)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html). If you are a new user and want to use a login you already own to sign in to AWS and create an AWS environment with preconfigured defaults in select [AWS Regions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/project-regions.html), use [Sign up for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/sign-in-new.html).