What is the difference between a user created in IAM and a user created in IAM Identity Center?

Question

If I create a user "user1" in IAM and then activate IAM Identity Center and create a user "user1" there, then how both the users differ from each other?

Hiroki Takahashi · Accepted Answer

Hi.

With IAM Identity Center

- [User can reset the password by himself in case of missing a password.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/userguide/howtoresetpassword.html)
- [Administrator can enforce user to setup MFA on first signin.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/userguide/how-to-configure-mfa-device-enforcement.html)
- User accesses target AWS account by assuming role (more secure)
- etc...

If possible, using IAM Identity Center is recommended (especially multi account environment)

AWS_Beginner · Answer

I find this interesting , You can go through this.
https://jumpcloud.com/blog/aws-iam-vs-aws-sso

What is the difference between a user created in IAM and a user created in IAM Identity Center?

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