AWS Management Console

Concept

The AWS Management Console is AWS’s control panel in the browser, where you can run every service with clicks. You sign in with your AWS account, then find services, create resources and check their status. At the top there is an option to choose the Region, because most resources are Regional. Besides the Console, you can do the same work with the AWS CLI (a command line tool) and SDKs (programming libraries). What each person can do in the Console is decided by IAM permissions.

Simple example

A car’s dashboard — the steering, meters and buttons are all in one place. From the Console you can start a server, upload a file, check your bill — everything.

Why it’s needed

You can use AWS at the start without knowing any commands. You can see with your own eyes what was created and what is running.

Where it’s used

Learning a new service, doing a one-time task, checking running resources and the bill.

Azure equivalent

Azure Portal

Remember

Console = AWS’s dashboard. It’s the best way to learn, but tasks you repeat often are better done later with automation.

Related

AWS Sign-In · AWS Billing and Cost Management

Learn more

For details and the latest information, see the official documentation:

• AWS Management Console — AWS official documentation ↗