Perform the following steps to invite an account:
- From the AWS Console of the master account, click on your username and select My Organization from the drop-down menu:
My Organization
- You will be taken to the AWS Organizations console, where you will see your current account:
AWS Organizations
- Click on the Invitations tab in the top-right corner of the console:
Invite account
- Click on the Invite account button. Specify the account ID (or main email address) of the account to invite.
- Once you click Invite, you will be taken to a list of invitations where you can view their status.
- At this stage, the target/invited account will receive an email notifying it of the invite.
- Log in to the invited account and go to the My Organization link under the user menu.
- In the AWS Organizations console, you can see the pending invite on the left:
Pending invite
- By clicking on the invite, you can see its details. Click Accept:
Invite details
- When the invite includes all the necessary features, you will be asked to confirm your acceptance:
Confirm joining the organization
- You can now see the details of the organization you have joined.
- At this stage, the master account will be notified of the accepted invite.
- Back in the master account, you can now see the new account alongside the master:
New Organizations account