AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 775

A company is based in a location without an AWS Region but wants to move some of its Windows file servers to AWS. The data must reside in the location that the company is based in.

Which AWS service will meet these requirements?

Answer options

• A. AWS Outposts
• B. AWS Local Zones
• C. Amazon EC2
• D. Amazon FSx for Windows File Server

Correct answer: A

Explanation

AWS Outposts allows organizations to run AWS infrastructure and services on-premises, fulfilling strict local data residency requirements by keeping data physically within the customer's own facility. AWS Local Zones and standard Amazon EC2 instances run in AWS-managed locations, which would not satisfy the requirement to keep data in the company's specific regionless location. Amazon FSx for Windows File Server is a cloud-based service that resides within an AWS Region, making it unsuitable for local physical data residency in this scenario.