This article is aimed at complete AWS beginners who want to start their learning journey on the right foot. Taking your first steps on AWS can be fairly intimidating, and the information, while plentiful, can be quite scattered. Here, I documented the first steps you should take when creating a new AWS account. First, head to AWS and create your account. This will be your root account. Multi-Factor Authentication It’s recommended to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) on this account.