A company wants to manage its cloud resources by using infrastructure as code (IaC) templates. The company needs to meet compliance requirements. Which AWS service should the company use to meet these

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Options

• AAWS Artifact
• BAWS Resource Explorer
• CAWS License Manager
• DAWS Service Catalog

• A
  12% (3)
• B
  4% (1)
• C
  4% (1)
• D
  81% (21)

Explanation

AWS Service Catalog allows organizations to create and manage catalogs of approved IT services (including IaC templates like CloudFormation) that meet compliance, governance, and security standards - making it the perfect fit for this scenario.

Why the other options are wrong:

• A. AWS Artifact is a compliance documentation portal that provides access to AWS audit reports and compliance agreements, not a tool for managing IaC templates.
• B. AWS Resource Explorer is a search and discovery tool for finding AWS resources across regions - it has no IaC or compliance enforcement capabilities.
• C. AWS License Manager helps track and manage software licenses (e.g., Microsoft, Oracle), which is unrelated to IaC template management.

Memory Tip: Think of AWS Service Catalog as a "pre-approved shopping catalog" - administrators stock it with compliant, CloudFormation-backed products, and end users can only deploy from that approved list, ensuring compliance is baked in from the start. If you see IaC + compliance governance, think Service Catalog.

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