SAP-C02 Practice Question: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity
A company has a single AWS account and wants to implement a multi-account strategy for better isolation. Which AWS service is designed to help centrally manage multiple accounts?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many exam-takers confuse AWS Control Tower (a managed landing zone service) with AWS Organizations (the underlying account management service), but Control Tower relies on Organizations and is not the service designed for direct central management of multiple accounts.
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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AWS Organizations
AWS Organizations is the native AWS service designed to centrally manage multiple AWS accounts. It allows you to create a hierarchy of accounts with organizational units (OUs), apply service control policies (SCPs) for governance, and consolidate billing. This directly addresses the need for a multi-account strategy with centralized management.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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AWS IAM
Why it's wrong here
IAM manages users and permissions, not accounts.
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AWS Organizations
Why this is correct
Organizations allows you to centrally manage multiple accounts.
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AWS Control Tower
Why it's wrong here
Control Tower builds on Organizations but is not the foundational service.
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AWS Service Catalog
Why it's wrong here
Service Catalog is for managing IT service portfolios.
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