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Prerequisites for Amazon Chime system administrators - Amazon Chime

End of support notice: On February 20, 2026, AWS will end support for the Amazon Chime service. After February 20, 2026, you will no longer be able to access the Amazon Chime console or Amazon Chime application resources. For more information, visit the blog post. Note: This does not impact the availability of the Amazon Chime SDK service.

Prerequisites for Amazon Chime system administrators

You must have an AWS account to access the Amazon Chime console and create an Amazon Chime administrator account.

Creating an Amazon Web Services account

Before you can create an administrator account for Amazon Chime, you must first create an AWS account. chime

Sign up for an AWS account

To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. For information about creating an AWS account, see Getting started with an AWS account in the AWS Account Management Reference Guide.

For more information about setting up your Amazon Chime administrator account, see Getting started.