SAP-C02 Practice Question: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity
A company has a central IT team that manages AWS Organizations. The development team needs to create and manage their own AWS accounts for new projects. What is the BEST way to automate account creation while maintaining governance?
⚠ Common exam trap
Test-takers frequently confuse CloudFormation StackSets with account creation, but StackSets only operate on existing accounts, not create new ones.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Create an AWS Service Catalog product that uses AWS Organizations APIs to create a new account, applies a baseline CloudFormation template, and moves the account to the correct OU.
It uses AWS Service Catalog to provide a self-service portal for the development team, while the central IT team retains governance by embedding AWS Organizations API calls to create accounts, apply a baseline CloudFormation template for security and compliance, and automatically move the account to the correct Organizational Unit (OU). This approach enforces guardrails without granting direct management account access.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Create an AWS Service Catalog product that uses AWS Organizations APIs to create a new account, applies a baseline CloudFormation template, and moves the account to the correct OU.
Why this is correct
Service Catalog provides a self-service portal for end users with governance controls.
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Use AWS CloudFormation StackSets to create accounts in bulk.
Why it's wrong here
CloudFormation cannot create new AWS accounts; it can only manage resources within existing accounts.
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Use the AWS Organizations console to manually create accounts and assign them to the appropriate OU.
Why it's wrong here
Manual process does not scale and is error-prone.
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Give the development team the credentials to the management account and let them create accounts directly.
Why it's wrong here
Security risk; management account should have limited access.
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