Getting started with IBM watsonx as a Service
Last updated: May 08, 2025
You can sign up for watsonx and explore the tutorials, resources, and tools to immediately start working with models or governing models. If you are an administrator, follow the steps to set up watsonx for your organization.
Start working
If you want to write code, go to the watsonx Developer Hub.
To start working:
- If you haven't already, sign up for watsonx.
- Click a task tile on the IBM watsonx as a Service home page and start working. For example, ask a question on the Chat and build prompts with foundation models tile and start experimenting. Your first project, where you save your work, is created automatically. See Your sandbox project.
- Explore your resources:
- Take a Quick start tutorial
- Click a category in the Samples area of the home page to explore the Resource hub and try out an AI solution Accelerator sample project to solve a specific business problem.
If you are an existing Cloud Pak for Data as a Service user, you can switch to watsonx.
Set up the platform as an administrator
To set up the watsonx platform for your organization, see Setting up the platform as an administrator.
Learn about watsonx
To understand watsonx, start with these resources:
- Overview of watsonx
- Video library
- Projects
- Foundation models
- Read blogs on Medium and the IBM Community
Other information:
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