# Launch your custom image in Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio
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The following section provides information on how to launch your custom image in Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio. If you have not already created a custom image, see [How to BYOI](byoi-how-to.md).

**To launch your custom image in Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio**

1. Navigate to Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio using the URL from your admin and log in using your IAM Identity Center (SSO) or AWS credentials. For more information, see [Access Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio](getting-started-access-the-portal.md).

1. Navigate to the Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio home page by choosing the icon located at the top left corner of the page.

1. You can choose to create a project or choose an existing one.

1. Once you choose a project you will be taken to the **Project overview** page.

1. On the **Project overview** page, open your notebook. To do so:

   1. Choose **New** to expand the dropdown menu, located at the top right of the page.

   1. Choose **Notebook**, then continue with the following steps.

1. Once your notebook is open, choose **Configure space**, located at the top right of the page.

1. In the **Configure space** section, you can choose the image from the **Image** dropdown menu.

1. After you have verified the settings, choose **Save and restart**.

Once completed, this will start a new JupyterLab instance with the custom image.