AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) — Question 535

A company runs Amazon EC2 instances in multiple AWS accounts that are individually bled. The company recently purchased a Savings Pian. Because of changes in the company’s business requirements, the company has decommissioned a large number of EC2 instances. The company wants to use its Savings Plan discounts on its other AWS accounts.

Which combination of steps will meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. From the AWS Account Management Console of the management account, turn on discount sharing from the billing preferences section.
• B. From the AWS Account Management Console of the account that purchased the existing Savings Plan, turn on discount sharing from the billing preferences section. Include all accounts.
• C. From the AWS Organizations management account, use AWS Resource Access Manager (AWS RAM) to share the Savings Plan with other accounts.
• D. Create an organization in AWS Organizations in a new payer account. Invite the other AWS accounts to join the organization from the management account.
• E. Create an organization in AWS Organizations in the existing AWS account with the existing EC2 instances and Savings Plan. Invite the other AWS accounts to join the organization from the management account.

Correct answer: A, D

Explanation

To share Savings Plans benefits across multiple AWS accounts, the accounts must first belong to the same consolidated billing family under AWS Organizations, which is established by creating an organization and inviting the other accounts (Option D). Once the organization is set up, discount sharing must be explicitly enabled from the billing preferences in the management account (Option A). AWS Resource Access Manager (AWS RAM) is not used for sharing Savings Plans, and individual member accounts cannot enable discount sharing globally.