AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 309

A company wants to provide access to Windows file shares in AWS from its on-premises workloads. The company does not want to provision any additional infrastructure or applications in its data center.

Which AWS service will meet these requirements?

Answer options

• A. Amazon FSx File Gateway
• B. AWS DataSync
• C. Amazon S3
• D. AWS Snow Family

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Amazon FSx File Gateway allows on-premises clients to seamlessly access fully managed Windows file shares in Amazon FSx for Windows File Server without needing to deploy physical hardware or applications in the local data center. AWS DataSync is primarily used for data transfer and migration, not active file share access. Amazon S3 provides object storage rather than native Windows SMB file shares, and AWS Snow Family requires physical hardware to be shipped and provisioned on-premises.