# Take a tour in the Infrastructure Composer console
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To get a general idea of how AWS Infrastructure Composer works, take the tour that is built into the Infrastructure Composer console. For an overview of the Infrastructure Composer console, see [Take a tour in the Infrastructure Composer console](#getting-started-tour). For in depth guidance on using Infrastructure Composer, refer to [How to compose in AWS Infrastructure Composer](using-composer-basics.md).

**To take a tour of Infrastructure Composer**

1. Sign in to the [Infrastructure Composer console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/composer).

1. On the **Home** page, choose **Open demo**.

1. In the upper-right corner, in the **Take a quick tour of Composer** window, choose **Start**.  
![On the Infrastructure Composer visual canvas, the Take a quick tour of Composer window.](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/infrastructure-composer/latest/dg/images/aac_t0_01.png)

1. In the **Composer tour** window, do the following:
   + To move to the next step, choose **Next**.
   + To return to the previous step, choose **Previous**.
   + On the final step, to finish the tour, choose **End**.

   The tour provides a short overview of basic Infrastructure Composer functonality, like using, configuring, and connecting cards. For more information, refer to [How to compose in AWS Infrastructure Composer](using-composer-basics.md).

## Next steps
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To load and modify a project in Infrastructure Composer, see [Load and modify the Infrastructure Composer demo project](getting-started-demo.md).