# Get started with AWS IoT SiteWise
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With AWS IoT SiteWise, you can collect, organize, analyze, and visualize your data.

AWS IoT SiteWise provides a demo that you can use to explore the service without configuring a real data source. For more information, see [Use the AWS IoT SiteWise demo](getting-started-demo.md).

You can complete the following tutorials to explore certain features of AWS IoT SiteWise:
+ [Ingest data to AWS IoT SiteWise from AWS IoT things](ingest-data-from-iot-things.md)
+ [Visualize and share wind farm data in SiteWise Monitor](monitor-wind-farm.md)
+ [Publish property value updates to Amazon DynamoDB](publish-to-amazon-dynamodb.md)

See the following topics to learn more about AWS IoT SiteWise:
+ [Ingest data to AWS IoT SiteWise](industrial-data-ingestion.md)
+ [Model industrial assets](industrial-asset-models.md)
+ [Configure edge capabilities on AWS IoT SiteWise Edge](edge-data-collection-and-processing.md)
+ [Monitor data with AWS IoT SiteWise Monitor](monitor-data.md)
+ [Query data from AWS IoT SiteWise](query-industrial-data.md)
+ [Interact with other AWS services](interact-with-other-services.md)

**Topics**
+ [Requirements](#requirements)
+ [Set up an AWS account](#set-up-aws-account)

## Requirements
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You must have an AWS account to get started with AWS IoT SiteWise. If you don't have one, see the following section for instructions on how to set up an account.

Use a Region where AWS IoT SiteWise is available. For more information, see [AWS IoT SiteWise endpoints and quotas](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/iot-sitewise.html). You can use the Region selector in the AWS Management Console to switch to one of these Regions.

## Set up an AWS account
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### Sign up for an AWS account
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To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. For information about creating an AWS account, see [Getting started with an AWS account](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html) in the *AWS Account Management Reference Guide*.