A company is in the early stages of planning a migration to AWS. The company wants to obtain the monthly predicted total AWS cost of ownership for future Amazon EC2 instances and associated storage. W

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• AAWS Pricing Calculator
• BAWS Compute Optimizer
• CAWS Trusted Advisor
• DAWS Application Migration Service

• A
  91% (30)
• B
  6% (2)
• C
  3% (1)

Explanation

Explanation

AWS Pricing Calculator (A) is specifically designed for pre-migration cost estimation - it allows users to model and predict monthly AWS costs for services like EC2 and storage before any resources are deployed, making it the perfect fit for early-stage planning.

AWS Compute Optimizer (B) analyzes existing AWS workloads and recommends right-sizing options, but it requires resources to already be running - it cannot predict costs for future, not-yet-deployed instances.

AWS Trusted Advisor (C) provides real-time guidance and checks against best practices for existing AWS environments, covering areas like security and cost optimization, but it is not a cost estimation or planning tool.

AWS Application Migration Service (D) is a tool that physically facilitates the migration of servers to AWS - it handles the technical lift-and-shift process, not cost forecasting or financial planning.

Memory Tip: Think of AWS Pricing Calculator as your "shopping cart before you buy" - just like estimating a grocery bill before checkout, it lets you price out AWS services before you commit to purchasing them.

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