Creating a New User with Limited Permissions Using the AWS Management Console

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Creating a New User with Limited Permissions Using the AWS Management Console

In this hands-on lab scenario, you are a project manager in the IT Department of Cloud Hills Hotel (CHH). CHH will be developing a new website and deploying it to Amazon Web Services (AWS). You've hired a team of developers and need to give them access to the CHH AWS account. In order to provide access and ensure the proper security measures are in place, you will use AWS Identity & Access Management (IAM). You will create new user accounts for the developers, define a new developer group, and assign permissions for the developer group using policies.

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Lab Info

Level

Beginner

Last updated

Sep 23, 2025

Duration

45m

Challenge

Create a Customer-Managed Policy Using AWS IAM
The student will learn how to create a policy that defines the services a developer has access to.
1. Log into the AWS Management console
2. Access Identity & Access Management (IAM)
3. Create a policy
Challenge

Create a Group Controlled via a Customer-Managed Policy Using AWS IAM
The student will create a group that will contain developers, with access managed by the developer policy.
1. Log in to the AWS Management console
2. Access Identity & Access Management (IAM)
3. Create a group
4. Assign a policy to the group
Challenge

Create a New User and Assign It to a Group Using AWS IAM
The student will create a new developer user and assign that user to the developer group.
1. Log in to the AWS Management console
2. Access Identity & Access Management (IAM)
3. Create new user
4. Assign the user to a group

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