Which AWS team or offering helps users accelerate cloud adoption through paid engagements in any of several specialty practice areas?

Question

Options

• AAWS Enterprise Support
• BAWS solutions architects
• CAWS Professional Services
• DAWS account managers

• A
  4% (1)
• C
  89% (24)
• D
  7% (2)

Explanation

AWS Professional Services is a global team of experts that partners with customers through paid engagements to help accelerate cloud adoption across specialty practice areas such as DevOps, machine learning, migrations, and security. This is a consulting-style offering where AWS professionals work directly alongside your team on specific projects for a fee.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (Enterprise Support): This is a support plan focused on technical assistance, guidance, and access to a Technical Account Manager - not a paid consulting engagement.
• B (Solutions Architects): These are AWS employees who provide free pre-sales technical guidance to help customers design solutions, but they don't deliver paid project engagements.
• D (Account Managers): These handle business relationships, sales, and account growth - not technical specialty practice engagements.

Memory Tip: Think of "Professional Services" like hiring a consulting firm - just as a Big 4 consulting company charges for specialized project work, AWS Professional Services charges for hands-on, specialty-area cloud adoption projects. The keyword "paid engagements" is your direct clue pointing to Professional Services on the exam.

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