# Create a new environment
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In Amazon DataZone projects, environments are collections of configured resources (for example, an Amazon S3 bucket, an AWS Glue database, or an Amazon Athena workgroup), with a given set of IAM principals (environment user roles) with assigned owner or contributor permissions who can operate on those resources. For more information, see [Amazon DataZone terminology and concepts](datazone-concepts.md). 

Any Amazon DataZone user with the required permissions to access the data portal can create an Amazon DataZone environment within a project.

To create a new environment, complete the following steps. 

1. Navigate to the Amazon DataZone data portal URL and sign in using single sign-on (SSO) or your AWS credentials. If you’re an Amazon DataZone administrator, you can navigate to the Amazon DataZone console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/datazone](https://console.aws.amazon.com/datazone) and sign in with the AWS account where the domain was created, then choose **Open data portal**.

1. Choose **Browse all projects** and select the project in which you want to create a new environment.

1. Choose **Create environment**, specify values for the following fields, and then choose **Create environment**:
   + **Name** – the environment name
   + **Description** – a description of the environment 
   + **Environment profile** – choose an existing environment profile or create a new one. An environment profile is a template that you can use to create environments. For more information, see [Amazon DataZone terminology and concepts](datazone-concepts.md).

     Once you've selected the environment profile, under the **Parameters** section, specify the values for the fields that are part of this environment profile.