# AWS Systems Manager Documentation

Use AWS Systems Manager to organize, monitor, and automate management tasks on your AWS resources.

## AWS Systems Manager

AWS Systems Manager helps you centrally view, manage, and operate nodes at scale in AWS, on-premises, and multicloud environments. An integrated console experience consolidates tools to help you complete common node tasks across AWS accounts and Regions.

- [User Guide](/systems-manager/latest/userguide/): Provides detailed descriptions of AWS Systems Manager concepts and includes instructions for using both the console and the command line interface. Learn how to configure, manage, and automate tasks on groups of AWS instances and resources.
- [Automation Runbook Reference](/systems-manager-automation-runbooks/latest/userguide/): Describes the predefined runbooks for Automation, a capability of AWS Systems Manager, in detail.
- [API Reference](/systems-manager/latest/APIReference/): Describes the API operations for AWS Systems Manager in detail. In addition, the API Reference provides sample requests, responses, and errors for the supported web service protocols.
- [AWS Systems Manager in the AWS CLI Reference](/cli/latest/reference/ssm/): Describes the AWS CLI commands that you can use to automate systems management tasks.

## AWS AppConfig

AWS AppConfig lets you quickly and safely deploy application configurations. AWS AppConfig supports controlled deployments to applications of any size and includes built-in validation checks and monitoring.

- [User Guide](/appconfig/latest/userguide/what-is-appconfig.html): Provides detailed descriptions of AWS AppConfig concepts and includes instructions for using both the console and the command line interface.
- [API Reference](/appconfig/2019-10-09/APIReference/): Describes the API operations for AWS AppConfig in detail. In addition, the API Reference provides sample requests, responses, and errors for the supported web service protocols.

## Incident Manager

- [/incident-manager/latest/userguide/](/incident-manager/latest/userguide/)
- [API Reference](/incident-manager/latest/APIReference/): Describes the API operations for Incident Manager. In addition, the API Reference provides sample requests, responses, and errors for the supported web service protocols.
- [Incident Manager incidents in the AWS CLI Reference](https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/ssm-incidents/index.html): Describes the AWS CLI commands that you can use to automate incident management tasks.
- [Incident Manager contacts in the AWS CLI Reference](https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/ssm-contacts/index.html): Describes the AWS CLI commands that you can use to automate contact paging tasks.

## Quick Setup

Create and manage Quick Setup configurations.

- [API Reference](/quick-setup/latest/APIReference/): Describes the API operations for Quick Setup, a capability of AWS Systems Manager, in detail. In addition, the API Reference provides sample requests, responses, and errors for the supported web service protocols.

## GUI Connect

AWS Systems Manager GUI Connect lets you connect to your Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Windows Server instances using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). Systems Manager GUI Connect, which is powered by Amazon DCV, provides you with secure connectivity to your Windows Server instances directly from the Systems Manager console. In the console, GUI Connect is also referred to as Fleet Manager Remote Desktop.

- [User Guide](/systems-manager/latest/userguide/fleet-rdp.html): Provides setup and configuration instructions and instructions for using the console.
- [API Reference](/ssm-guiconnect/latest/APIReference/): Describes the API operations for managing GUI Connect preferences and listing connections. In addition, the API Reference provides sample requests, responses, and errors for the supported web service protocols.
- [GUI Connect connections in the AWS CLI Reference](https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/ssm-guiconnect/index.html): Describes the AWS CLI commands that you can use to set connection preferences and list connections.

## AWS Systems Manager for SAP

AWS Systems Manager for SAP is an automation capability to manage and operate your SAP applications on AWS. AWS Systems Manager for SAP makes it easier to automate key tasks, such as backup of SAP HANA databases.

- [User Guide](/ssm-sap/latest/userguide/): Provides detailed descriptions of AWS Systems Manager for SAP concepts and includes instructions for using the service.
- [API Reference](/ssmsap/latest/APIReference/): Describes the API operations for AWS Systems Manager for SAP in detail. In addition, the API Reference provides sample requests, responses, and errors for the supported web service protocols.
- [AWS Systems Manager for SAP in the AWS CLI Reference](https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/ssm-sap/index.html): Describes the AWS CLI commands that you can use to automate systems management tasks.

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