SAP-C02 · Question #818
A company has 20 accounts in an organization in AWS Organizations. The accounts are in two OUs: development and production. Multiple teams use the development accounts. The company wants to control th
The correct answer is C. Use AWS Budgets to create a cost budget in the organization's management account.. AWS Budgets is the most straightforward and cost-effective solution for monitoring and controlling costs across multiple AWS accounts. By creating a cost budget in the organization's management account, you can track the consolidated costs of all development accounts. AWS Budgets
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A company has 20 accounts in an organization in AWS Organizations. The accounts are in two OUs: development and production. Multiple teams use the development accounts. The company wants to control the cost that is associated with the development accounts. The company needs a solution that provides a notification when the forecasted monthly cost for all development accounts exceeds a threshold. A solutions architect creates an Amazon SNS topic and subscribes an email address to the topic. What should the solutions architect do next to meet the notification requirement with the LEAST configuration effort?
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- AEnable Amazon CloudWatch billing alerts in the organization's management account. Create a
- BCreate an AWS Cost and Usage Report in the organization's management account. Configure
- CUse AWS Budgets to create a cost budget in the organization's management account.
- DEnable AWS Cost Explorer in the organization's management account. Configure each
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(42 responses)- A10% (4)
- B2% (1)
- C81% (34)
- D7% (3)
Explanation
AWS Budgets is the most straightforward and cost-effective solution for monitoring and controlling costs across multiple AWS accounts. By creating a cost budget in the organization's management account, you can track the consolidated costs of all development accounts. AWS Budgets supports setting an alert threshold based on forecasted or actual costs and allows you to send notifications via Amazon SNS when the threshold is exceeded. This solution requires minimal configuration and leverages built-in AWS services for managing costs effectively across multiple accounts.
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