# Create a project and add members
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Projects are where your team collaborates on data and AI tasks in Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio. You can create a project and add up to 8 members at a time.

To create a project, navigate to the **Projects** page and choose **Create project**.

![The Projects page showing existing projects and the Create project button.](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker-unified-studio/latest/userguide/images/gs-create-project/gs-create-project-list.png)


## Step 1: Enter details
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Enter the basic information for your project.

1. Enter a **Project name**. The name must be 1-64 characters and can contain letters, numbers, spaces, hyphens, and underscores.

1. (Optional) Enter a **Description** to share the business context or purpose of the project.

1. For **Execution role**, choose one of the following:
   + **Auto-create a new role with user permissions**. Creates a role with the [SageMakerStudioUserIAMDefaultExecutionPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker-unified-studio/latest/adminguide/security-iam-awsmanpol-SageMakerStudioUserIAMDefaultExecutionPolicy.html) managed policy and a trust policy that allows Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio and related services to assume the role.
   + **Use an existing role**. Select an existing IAM role with the appropriate permissions.
**Note**  
The execution role is not editable after project creation.

1. For **Storage**, choose one of the following:
   + **Create new bucket**. Creates and configures a new S3 bucket with the appropriate security and permission settings.
   + **Choose an S3 bucket**. Use an existing S3 bucket to store project code.

1. Choose **Next**.

![The Create project wizard Step 1 showing project name and description fields.](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker-unified-studio/latest/userguide/images/gs-create-project/gs-create-project-details.png)


![The execution role and storage configuration options in the Create project wizard.](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker-unified-studio/latest/userguide/images/gs-create-project/gs-create-project-role-storage.png)


## Step 2: Add members
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Add users who can access the project to discover, use, and collaborate with data. Projects can contain any combination of SSO users, SSO groups, IAM roles, and IAM users as members. You can add a maximum of 8 members at a time.

1. Choose a **Type** from the dropdown (IAM, SSO user, or SSO group).

1. In the **Members** field, search for and select the member to add.

1. For each member, choose a **Designation** (for example, Owner).

1. (Optional) Repeat to add more members, up to 8 at a time.

1. Choose **Create** to create the project.

![The Add members step showing member type selection, search field, and a table of selected members with designation options.](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker-unified-studio/latest/userguide/images/gs-create-project/gs-create-project-add-members.png)


**Note**  
The maximum total membership for a project is 100 IAM users or SSO users and 21 IAM roles or SSO groups.