AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) — Question 513

A consulting company provides professional services to customers worldwide. The company provides solutions and tools for customers to expedite gathering and analyzing data on AWS. The company needs to centrally manage and deploy a common set of solutions and tools for customers to use for self-service purposes.

Which solution will meet these requirements?

Answer options

• A. Create AWS CloudFormation templates for the customers.
• B. Create AWS Service Catalog products for the customers.
• C. Create AWS Systems Manager templates for the customers.
• D. Create AWS Config items for the customers.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

AWS Service Catalog is designed specifically to allow organizations to centrally manage and share approved IT services, enabling end-users to quickly provision resources through a self-service portal. While AWS CloudFormation is used to define the infrastructure under the hood, Service Catalog is required to package and manage these templates as self-service products. AWS Systems Manager and AWS Config are operational and compliance tools, respectively, and do not provide a centralized self-service product catalog.