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ENHANCEMENT | improved the doc on what is the correct name for management acc #210

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11 changes: 10 additions & 1 deletion docs/try-leverage/aws-account-setup.md
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# Creating your AWS Management account

## Create the first AWS account
First and foremost you'll need to [create an AWS account](/user-guide/ref-architecture-aws/features/organization/configuration/) for your project (note your management account should be called `<project-name>-management`). This will be the management account of your [AWS Organization](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_getting-started_concepts.html) and the email address you use for signing up will be the [root user](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_root-user.html) of this account -- you can see this user represented in the [architecture diagram](../#leverage-landing-zone).
First and foremost you'll need to create an AWS account for your project.

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Note this will be your management account and has to be called `<project-name>-management`.

E.g. if your project is called `binbash` then your account is `binbash-management`.
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Follow [instructions here](/user-guide/ref-architecture-aws/features/organization/configuration/).
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This will be the management account for your [AWS Organization](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_getting-started_concepts.html) and the email address you use for signing up will be the [root user](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_root-user.html) of this account -- you can see this user represented in the [architecture diagram](../#leverage-landing-zone).

Since the root user is the main access point to your account it is strongly recommended that you keep its credentials (email, password) safe by following [AWS best practices](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html).

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