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description: As a consumer using Data 360 clean rooms, you can initiate collaborations with a provider who uses AWS Clean Rooms. AWS-based providers use Data 360 once to create and publish the clean room package, then complete every other action in AWS Clean Rooms. Consumers manage their side of the collaboration entirely in Data 360.
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# Collaboration with an AWS Clean Rooms Provider

As a consumer using Data 360 clean rooms, you can initiate collaborations with a provider who uses AWS Clean Rooms. AWS-based providers use Data 360 once to create and publish the clean room package, then complete every other action in AWS Clean Rooms. Consumers manage their side of the collaboration entirely in Data 360.

## Requirements and Restrictions

- When the provider of a clean room collaboration is using AWS Clean Rooms, they can only support custom collaboration templates in their clean room package.
- You can't allowlist a provider if they're using AWS Clean Rooms. The AWS collaboration flow always starts with a clean room package. When you allowlist, you can collaborate without a clean room package, but this option is only applicable with a Data 360 partner.

## AWS Collaboration Process Overview

Here's the sequence of steps in a clean room collaboration with an AWS provider.

- Provider configures clean room package in Data Cloud Setup.
    - Creates a clean room package in a Developer Edition packaging org. The package contains a custom collaboration template that specifies the terms of the collaboration. See [Create a Clean Room Package](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_crc_create_clean_room_package.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Providers can offer clean room packages that contain collaboration templates on AppExchange. Consumers interested in collaborating on your data can download the clean room package and initiate a collaboration.").
    - Publishes the package on AppExchange. This step is the provider's last action in Data 360. After the provider publishes the package, they wait for a consumer to send them a collaboration invitation. See [Publish a Clean Room Package to AppExchange](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_crc_publish_package_to_appexchange.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "After creating a clean room package in Data Cloud Setup, use data kits to package it. Then use the package manager to create a managed package and publish it on AppExchange. You can only publish managed packages on AppExchange.").
- Provider and consumer collaborate in a clean room.
    - Consumer tasks in Data 360: Deploys the package from AppExchange, creates a clean room collaboration for the use case, and sends an invitation to the provider. See [Create a Clean Room Collaboration and Invite a Provider](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_crc_create_collaboration.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "To initiate a collaboration in a Data 360 clean room, you first create a collaboration. You can use an existing collaboration template to map your data or create one. When you save the collaboration, an invite is sent to the provider.").
    - Provider tasks in the AWS Clean Rooms Console: Receives and accepts the invitation. For the steps the provider performs, see [Setting up AWS Clean Rooms](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/clean-rooms/latest/userguide/setting-up.html).
    - Consumer tasks in Data 360: Runs queries against the shared dataset, according to the permissions defined in the collaboration template.