A table is a collection of items. When creating a DynamoDB table, we will always need to specify a name that is unique in the region; however, we can have multiple tables with the same name in different regions. We will also need to assign a primary and optional sort key for the data being stored into the table. Furthermore, we are able to adjust additional properties such as any secondary indexes, the capacity units, and optionally the autoscaling of capacity units, which we will discuss later in this chapter. We can also encrypt the tables upon creation and decide whether we want to use the default encryption or a custom key that we can create and manage in the Key Management Service (KMS). Once a table is created, we can start creating items.