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A retail company has acquired two smaller online stores, each with its own AWS account. The IT director decides to link these accounts using AWS Organizations. Which two benefits does consolidated billing provide to the company? (Select TWO.)

  1. A single, consolidated invoice is generated for all member accounts in the organization.Answer
  2. Usage across all member accounts is aggregated to help qualify for volume pricing discounts on services like Amazon S3.Answer
  3. C
    The AWS root user credentials of all member accounts are consolidated into a single shared login.
  4. D
    All individual AWS accounts are permanently merged into a single AWS account, eliminating separate account boundaries.
  5. E
    AWS automatically takes over the customer's responsibility for securing and patching database systems in the member accounts.

Answer

Consolidated billing provides a single, consolidated invoice for all member accounts and aggregates usage across all member accounts to qualify for volume pricing discounts.
Consolidated billing allows an organization to consolidate payment for multiple AWS accounts under a single invoice. Additionally, AWS pools the usage of all member accounts in the organization, making it easier to meet thresholds for volume discounts on services such as Amazon S3 storage and Amazon EC2 usage.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the core features of consolidated billing in AWS Organizations.
Consolidated billing simplifies payment by providing one invoice and allows for volume discounts by aggregating usage.
This establishes the correct understanding of the billing benefits.
2
Evaluate the options against these core features and eliminate incorrect security or architectural options.
The options describing a single invoice and volume pricing are correct, while options involving root credential sharing, account merging, or shared responsibility changes are incorrect.
This verifies the correct answer selections and filters out common misconceptions.

Key Concept

AWS Organizations Consolidated Billing features
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