# Subscribe users to Amazon Q Developer Pro in a standalone account
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A *standalone* account is one that is *not* part of an organization managed by [AWS Organizations](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_introduction.html).

If you are the owner of a standalone AWS account, use the following instructions to subscribe yourself (and a few others) to Amazon Q Developer Pro to evaluate the service’s features and functionality. 

After completing the steps on this page, read [What resources were created?](#subscribe-standalone-resources) at the end to understand which resources were installed and configured on your behalf when you subscribed. This will help you cleanly remove everything when you're finished testing.

## Prerequisites
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Before you begin, make sure that:
+ You have a **standalone** AWS account. 
+ You have the minimum permissions required to subscribe users and manage Amazon Q Developer settings. For more information, see [Allow administrators to use the Amazon Q console](id-based-policy-examples-admins.md#q-admin-setup-admin-users-sub), and [Allow administrators to use the Amazon Q Developer console](id-based-policy-examples-admins.md#q-admin-setup-admin-users).
+ (Optional) You have an account instance of IAM Identity Center set up in your standalone account. This IAM Identity Center contains the identities of the users you want to subscribe to Amazon Q Developer Pro, and must be deployed in a supported AWS Region, as described in [IAM Identity Center Regions supported by Amazon Q Developer](q-admin-setup-subscribe-regions.md#pro-subscription-regions). If you don't have an IAM Identity Center instance installed, that's ok. One will be installed when you subscribe the first user (yourself). The IAM Identity Center instance will be installed in the AWS Region where you subscribed the first user. For more information about IAM Identity Center, see [Organization and account instances of IAM Identity Center](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/userguide/identity-center-instances.html) in the *AWS IAM Identity Center User Guide*.
**Note**  
The instructions on this page assume you have not already installed an IAM Identity Center instance in your standalone account.

## Step 1: Create the Amazon Q Developer Pro profile and subscribe yourself
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1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console using your standalone AWS account. Sign in as the root user, or as an IAM user with the permissions described in [Prerequisites](#subscribe-standalone-prereqs).

1. Switch to the **Amazon Q Developer** console.

1. Make sure you're in the AWS Region where you want to create the [Amazon Q Developer profile](subscribe-understanding-profile.md) and where you want to store user data. For supported Regions, see [Supported Regions for the Q Developer console and Q Developer profile](q-admin-setup-subscribe-regions.md#qdev-console-and-profile-regions).

1. Choose the **Get started** button. 
**Note**  
If you see a **Settings** button instead of **Get started** button, it means that you've already run through the 'Get started' workflow and can skip to [Step 2: Subscribe team members](#subscribe-standalone-sub-team).

   A **Create your user** dialog box appears.

1. Enter your information. The email address can be the same or different from the one you used to sign up for your AWS account.

   Choose **Continue**.

   The **Create Amazon Q Developer profile** dialog box appears.

1. Review the contents of the dialog box and provide a name for your profile in **Profile name**. For help with cross-region inferencing, see [Cross-region processing in Amazon Q Developer](cross-region-processing.md). For help with disabling dashboard metrics, see [Disabling the Amazon Q Developer dashboard](dashboard-disabling.md). 

   Choose **Create application**.

   The Amazon Q Developer profile and managed application are created, and your subscription is created.

1. (Optional) Verify that your subscription was created:

   1. In the Amazon Q Developer console, in the navigation pane, choose **Subscriptions**.

   1. In the main pane, choose the **Users** tab.

   Your subscription should appear in the list in the **Pending** state. If not, refresh your browser tab.
**Note**  
Your subscription will change to the **Active** state after your first use of Amazon Q Developer features.

   Now that you are subscribed, you must activate your subscription. You can do this now, or after you've subscribed team members, as described in the next section. To activate your subscription, check your inbox for emails titled **Invitation to join AWS IAM Identity Center** and **Activate Your Amazon Q Developer Pro Subscription**. Follow the instructions in these emails to activate your Amazon Q Developer Pro subscription and set up Amazon Q Developer Pro in your IDE. You should receive these emails within 24 hours.

## Step 2: Subscribe team members
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You might want to subscribe other team members so that they can try out Amazon Q Developer Pro with you. To subscribe them, use the following instructions.

**To add team members**

1. Switch to the IAM Identity Center console (not the IAM console).
**Note**  
IAM Identity Center was set up on your behalf when you subscribed yourself. For more information about the IAM Identity Center that was set up, see [What resources were created?](#subscribe-standalone-resources).

1. Add users and groups. For instructions, see [Add users to your IAM Identity Center directory](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/userguide/addusers.html) in the *AWS IAM Identity Center User Guide*.  
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1. Go to the next procedure to subscribe team members.

**To subscribe team members**

1. Return to the Amazon Q Developer console.

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Subscriptions**, and then choose **Subscribe**.

   The **Assign users and groups** dialog box appears.

1. Start typing the name of a team member or group that you added. The name should auto-populate.
**Note**  
The dialog box only matches on user names or group names. It does not match on email addresses.

1. Choose **Assign**.

1. 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.

## What resources were created?
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When you subscribed yourself (and optionally, team members), Amazon Q created the following AWS resources on your behalf: 
+ **An account instance of IAM Identity Center**. For more information about account instances of IAM Identity Center, see [Account instances of IAM Identity Center](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/userguide/account-instances-identity-center.html) in the *AWS IAM Identity Center User Guide*.
**Note**  
Account instances of IAM Identity Center have [limitations](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/userguide/account-instances-identity-center.html#about-account-instance). For example, account instances don't support console access. (Users can still use Amazon Q in the console, it's just that they'll be subject to the Free tier monthly limits.) If you want to use Amazon Q Developer Pro in the console and other AWS websites, you must be a user in an *organization instance* of IAM Identity Center, in a management account. For more information, see [Subscribe users to Amazon Q Developer Pro in a management account](subscribe-management.md).
**Note**  
You can't convert or merge an account instance of IAM Identity Center into an organization instance.
+ **The first user**, in IAM Identity Center. You might have manually added team members too.
+ **Pro tier subscriptions** for the first user and team members, in Amazon Q Developer.
+ **An Amazon Q Developer profile**, in the Amazon Q Developer console, under **Settings**.
+ **A managed application** called **QDevProfile-*region***, in the IAM Identity Center that is set up in your standalone account. The application is associated with the Amazon Q Developer profile. Like the Amazon Q Developer profile, the application is created once and shared between all Amazon Q subscribers in your standalone account.