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AWS pinpoint: Update AWS account sign-up guidance in Pinpoint welcome page

Service: pinpoint · 2026-10-21 · Documentation low

File: pinpoint/latest/userguide/welcome.md

Summary

Replaces the single 'Getting started with an AWS account' link with a description of two sign-up paths: advanced sign-up for full control/regulated workloads (HIPAA, FedRAMP) and standard sign-up with preconfigured defaults.

Security assessment

Onboarding text and link update only; no security feature, best practice, or vulnerability remediation 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/pinpoint/latest/userguide/welcome.md b/pinpoint/latest/userguide/welcome.md
index 17e44ea..37973ab 100644
--- a//pinpoint/latest/userguide/welcome.md
+++ b//pinpoint/latest/userguide/welcome.md
@@ -76 +76 @@ To learn more about AWS Regions, see [Managing AWS Regions](https://docs.aws.ama
-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).