Subscribe users in a management account - Amazon Q Developer
PrerequisitesStep 1: Enable Amazon Q Developer Pro and subscribe usersStep 2: Enable identity-aware console sessionsWhat resources were created?

Subscribe users in a management account

A management account is an AWS account that is part of an organization managed by AWS Organizations. It is the ultimate owner of the organization, and is responsible for paying all charges accrued by the accounts in its organization.

If you are the owner of a management account, use the following instructions to subscribe users to Amazon Q Developer Pro in this account.

For more information about organizations and management accounts, see Terminology and concepts for AWS Organizations in the AWS Organizations User Guide.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure that:

Step 1: Enable Amazon Q Developer Pro and subscribe users

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console using your management AWS account.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • Go to the Amazon Q Developer console and then choose Subscribe to Amazon Q, which will redirect you to the Amazon Q console.

      Or

    • Go directly to the Amazon Q console.

  3. Make sure you're in the AWS Region where you want to subscribe users. You might have been switched to the US East (N. Virginia) Region if you came from the Amazon Q Developer console, so you might need to switch back. For supported Regions, see Amazon Q Developer Pro Region support.

    The Amazon Q console appears.

    The Amazon Q console.

  4. Choose Subscribe.

    The Create Amazon Q Developer Pro application dialog box may appear. It only appears the very first time you subscribe users.

    The Amazon Q console.

  5. Review the contents of the dialog box. For help with the Share Amazon Q Developer settings with member account check box, see Enabling profile sharing in Amazon Q Developer.

    Choose Create application.

    The Assign users and groups dialog box appears.

    The Assign users and groups dialog box.

  6. Choose Get started.

  7. Start typing the group or user you want to subscribe. The group or user will auto-populate with the ones available in the IAM Identity Center set up in your management account.

    The Assign users and groups dialog box.

  8. Choose Assign.

  9. Have users check their email. They should receive an email titled Activate Your Amazon Q Developer Pro Subscription within 24 hours. In this email, users will find guidance on how to begin using their Amazon Q Developer Pro license in the AWS Management Console and their Integrated Development Environment (IDE). The email includes users' unique Start URL and AWS Region for authentication, and provides quickstart steps for using Amazon Q Developer in their IDE. This email streamlines the onboarding process and saves you valuable time by eliminating the need for you to manually notify each new user.

Step 2: Enable identity-aware console sessions

If you want to allow users to use their Amazon Q Developer Pro subscription on AWS apps and websites, enable identity-aware console sessions. For more information, see Enabling identity-aware console sessions in the AWS IAM Identity Center User Guide.

Note

If you don't enable identity-aware console sessions, users can still use Amazon Q on AWS apps and websites, but they'll be limited to the Free tier.

What resources were created?

When you subscribed users in your management account, Amazon Q created the following resources on your behalf:

  • Pro tier subscriptions for users, in Amazon Q Developer.

  • A managed application called QDefaultProfile, in the IAM Identity Center that is set up in your management account. The application enables a settings profile (see the next bullet for details). The application is created once and shared between all Amazon Q subscribers under your management account.

    Note

    Amazon Q can create the QDefaultProfile managed application in a maximum of 50 AWS accounts within an organization.

  • A settings profile, in the Amazon Q Developer console, under Settings. A settings profile is a collection of Amazon Q Developer settings associated with a QDefaultProfile application. The settings profile is created once and shared between all Amazon Q Developer Pro subscribers in your account.