Update an Onboarded AWS Account to AWS Organization

If you had previously onboarded an individual AWS account as type
Account
and now you want to onboard the same account as type
Organization
, you can do so without losing any changes to the onboarded account and assigned account groups.
  1. On the
    Cloud Accounts
    page, identify the account which you want to update from
    Account
    to
    Organization
    type.
  2. Select
    Add Cloud Account
    AWS
    .
  3. Select
    Organization
    .
  4. Enter an
    Account Name
    .
    You can enter the same
    Account Name
    as the one you had entered while onboarding as account or enter a different name.
  5. Select the
    Security Capabilities and Permissions
    that you want to enable.
  6. Click
    Next
    .
  7. Download IAM Role CFT
    and complete the required
    Steps
    .
  8. Select
    All
    member accounts.
  9. Make sure you assign the same
    Account Group
    that you had assigned when you had onboarded as an account.
  10. Click
    Next
    .
  11. Review Status
    of your AWS organization.
  12. Click
    Save
    .
    After successfully onboarding the account, you will see it onboarded as an
    Organization
    on the
    Cloud Accounts
    page.

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