A company needs to keep user transaction data in an Amazon DynamoDB table. The company must retain the data for 7 years. What is the MOST operationally efficient solution that meets these requirements

The correct answer is B. Use AWS Backup to create backup schedules and retention policies for the table.. We recommend you use AWS Backup to automatically delete the backups that you no longer need by configuring your lifecycle when you created your backup plan. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/deleting-backups.html

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A company needs to keep user transaction data in an Amazon DynamoDB table. The company must retain the data for 7 years. What is the MOST operationally efficient solution that meets these requirements?

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AUse DynamoDB point-in-time recovery to back up the table continuously.
BUse AWS Backup to create backup schedules and retention policies for the table.
CCreate an on-demand backup of the table by using the DynamoDB console.
DCreate an Amazon EventBridge (Amazon CloudWatch Events) rule to invoke an AWS Lambda

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We recommend you use AWS Backup to automatically delete the backups that you no longer need by configuring your lifecycle when you created your backup plan. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/deleting-backups.html

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