# Onboarding to EDI Cloud Operations
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After you sign up for EDI and accept the terms of agreement, your E-SDM guides you through the onboarding process and checklist. 

The initial steps to onboarding EDI are as follows:

1. On the [EDI on AWS – OSDU® Data Platform](https://aws.amazon.com/energy-utilities/osdu-data-platform/) product page, choose **Contact an Industry Expert** to open a contact form.

1. Provide the requested information, and then choose **Submit**.

   An EDI representative will contact you with EDI usage terms. 

1. Review and accept the EDI usage terms and sign a contract with AWS for an EDI subscription. The EDI Cloud Operations team then initiates the onboarding process for your organization, including sending an onboarding email and assisting you with following actions:

   1. Accept the onboarding email and provide the requested EDI deployment parameters. 

   1. Create new EDI on AWS accounts, one account for user management and a separate account for EDI IQ.

ECO notifies you when the deployment is successful and provides a URL for you to start using EDI.