# Create a Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio domain - manual setup


Complete the following procedure to create a Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio domain with the quick setup option. 

1. Navigate to the Amazon SageMaker management console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/datazone](https://console.aws.amazon.com/datazone) and use the region selector in the top navigation bar to choose the appropriate AWS Region.

1. Choose **Create a Unified Studio domain** and then choose **Manual setup**.

   With this option, you're choosing to create an Amazon SageMaker unified domain and your'e claiming full control over customizing your domain settings, including the following:
   + Customize data analytics, machine learning, SQL, Generative AI, and more
   + Data and AI governance
   + Configure Amazon Bedrock generative AI playgrounds and application development
   + Amazon Q - Free tier
   + Authentication via AWS IAM, AWS IAM Identity Center, or SAML

1. In **Name**, specify the domain name.

1. In **Description**, specify the domain description.

1. Under **Permissions**, specify the domain execution role. For more information, see [AmazonSageMakerDomainExecution role](AmazonSageMakerDomainExecution.md). 

1. Under **Permissions**, specify the domain service role. For more information, see [AmazonSageMakerDomainService role](AmazonSageMakerDomainService.md).

1. Under **Data encryption**, specify the data encryption settings. Your data is encrypted by default with a key that AWS owns and manages for you. To choose a different key, customize your encryption settings.

1. Under **Tags**, specify the tags for your domian.

1. Choose **Create domain**.

Once your domain is created, you can proceed to customizing your domain settings, including [SSO](user-management.md), [project profiles](project-profiles.md), [blueprints](blueprints.md), [account associations](associated-accounts.md), [Amazon Bedrock models](amazon-bedrock.md), [connections](git-connections.md), and [AmazonQ](amazonq.md).