350-701 AWS Direct Connect Practice Question
An organization wants to connect its on-premises data center to an AWS VPC privately, avoiding the public internet. Which AWS service provides a dedicated, private connection?
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AWS Direct Connect
AWS Direct Connect provides a dedicated private connection from an on-premises data center to AWS, bypassing the public internet. Site-to-Site VPN uses the internet, PrivateLink is for accessing services privately across VPCs and on-premises, and NAT Gateway is for outbound internet access.
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AWS Site-to-Site VPN
Why it's wrong here
Cloud VPN uses the public internet (encrypted tunnel).
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AWS Direct Connect
Why this is correct
Dedicated Interconnect provides a private, dedicated connection.
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AWS PrivateLink
Why it's wrong here
Used for accessing managed services privately from VPC.
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AWS NAT Gateway
Why it's wrong here
Cloud NAT provides outbound internet, not private connectivity.
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