# Prerequisites


Before connecting VS Code, Kiro, or Cursor remotely to a SageMaker Unified Studio Space, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
+ Access to an existing domain in Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio.
+ A supported IDE and AWS Toolkit version, as listed in the following table.    
[\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker-unified-studio/latest/userguide/prerequisites.html)
+ The AWS Toolkit extension installed from the Extensions marketplace in your IDE.
+ One of the following supported operating systems:
  + macOS 13 or later
  + Windows 10 or Windows 11
  + Linux (requires the official Microsoft VS Code distribution for VS Code and Cursor)
+ A Space instance that meets the following requirements:
  + Memory: Minimum 8 GB RAM. We recommend instances with 8 GB or more memory for optimal performance.
  + Unsupported instance types: `ml.t3.medium`, `ml.c7i.large`, `ml.c6i.large`, `ml.c6id.large`, `ml.c5.large`
+ A compatible image:
  + SageMaker Distribution: Version 2.8 or later
  + Custom images: Must follow SageMaker custom image specifications
+ Extension compatibility: Not all VS Code extensions support remote development.

**Important**  
Remote Space connections are not supported for TIP (Trusted Identity Propagation) enabled projects. For instructions on how to set the `enableTrustedIdentityPropagationPermissions` parameter to false to use remote connection for Spaces, see [Trusted identity propagation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker-unified-studio/latest/adminguide/trusted-identity-propagation.html).