SAP-C02 Question 538
Select 3Your organization has multiple AWS accounts managed through AWS Organizations. The finance team has requested a solution to track and control costs across all accounts, set budget alerts for specific teams, and generate detailed monthly cost reports. Which combination of services and features is the MOST appropriate to meet these requirements?
- A
Enable AWS Cost Explorer in each account and set up cost allocation tags for team-specific tracking.
- B
Use AWS Budgets to set thresholds and send alerts for specific teams' spending limits.
- C
Leverage AWS Organizations to consolidate billing and use the management account to create reports for all accounts.
- D
Set up AWS CloudWatch Alarms to monitor costs and notify the finance team when spending exceeds thresholds.
- E
Use AWS Cost and Usage Reports to generate monthly detailed cost reports and store them in an S3 bucket.
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Correct answers: B, C, E
Explanation
To meet the requirements, you need a combination of AWS Budgets for cost alerting, AWS Organizations for consolidated billing and centralized cost management, and AWS Cost and Usage Reports for monthly detailed cost reporting. While AWS Cost Explorer and AWS CloudWatch Alarms have cost management capabilities, they do not fully address the specific needs of budget alerts and detailed reporting.
- A. Incorrect.
Enabling AWS Cost Explorer and setting cost allocation tags is useful for visualizing and tracking costs. However, by itself, this does not meet all the requirements, such as budget alerts or generating detailed reports.
- B. Correct.
AWS Budgets allow you to define cost thresholds and send notifications when spending exceeds limits. This directly addresses the requirement for budget alerts.
- C. Correct.
Using AWS Organizations for consolidated billing enables centralized cost management and reporting across all accounts, aligning with the requirement to track and control costs.
- D. Incorrect.
AWS CloudWatch Alarms are primarily used for monitoring resource metrics, and while they can monitor specific cost metrics, they are not ideal for comprehensive cost management or detailed reporting.
- E. Correct.
AWS Cost and Usage Reports provide detailed breakdowns of costs and usage that can be stored in an S3 bucket for further analysis, meeting the requirement for generating monthly detailed reports.