AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 530

The Security team at AnyCompany discovers that some employees have been using individual AWS accounts that are not under the control of AnyCompany. The team has requested that those individual accounts be linked to the central organization using AWS Organizations.
Which action should a SysOps Administrator take to accomplish this?

Answer options

• A. Add each existing account to the central organization using AWS IAM.
• B. Create a new organization in each account and join them to the central organization.
• C. Log in to each existing account and add them to the central organization.
• D. Send each existing account an invitation from the central organization.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

To consolidate existing AWS accounts into a central organization, the administrator must initiate an invitation from the organization's management account to the target accounts. Once the invitation is accepted by the individual accounts, they successfully join AWS Organizations as member accounts. AWS IAM is used for identity management within an account and cannot be used to link separate AWS accounts together.