# Using IAM
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AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is an AWS service that helps an administrator securely control access to AWS resources. IAM administrators control who can be *authenticated* (signed in) and *authorized* (have permissions) to use Amazon Quick resources. IAM is an AWS service that you can use with no additional charge.

**Topics**
+ [Introduction to IAM concepts](security_iam_concepts.md)
+ [Using Quick with IAM](security_iam_service-with-iam.md)
+ [Passing IAM roles to Quick](security-create-iam-role.md)
+ [IAM policy examples for Quick](iam-policy-examples.md)
+ [Provisioning users for Amazon Quick](provisioning-users.md)
+ [Troubleshooting Quick identity and access](security_iam_troubleshoot.md)