AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 700

A company needs to run some of its workload in the AWS Cloud. The company needs to keep some of the workload in its own on-site data center due to compliance reasons.

Which AWS service will meet these requirements?

Answer options

• A. AWSConfig
• B. AWS Outposts
• C. Amazon Lightsail
• D. Amazon Connect

Correct answer: B

Explanation

AWS Outposts allows organizations to run AWS infrastructure and services on-premises for a seamless hybrid cloud experience, meeting strict local compliance and latency requirements. AWS Config is a configuration management and compliance auditing tool, Amazon Lightsail is designed for simple virtual private servers, and Amazon Connect is an omnichannel cloud contact center. Therefore, AWS Outposts is the only service listed that supports extending AWS services to an on-site data center.