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What is the AWS Free Tier?

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The AWS Free Tier allows users to use certain services without incurring costs for a specified period.

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What are the three types of AWS Free Tier offers?

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Always Free: These offers do not expire and are available to all AWS customers.

12 Months Free: These offers are free for 12 months following your initial sign-up date to AWS.

Trials: Short-term free trial offers start from the date you activate a particular service. The length of each trial might vary by number of days or the amount of usage in the service.

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What should users review for each free tier offer?

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Users should review the specific details to understand which resource types are included in each offer.

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What is included in the Always Free offers?

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Always Free offers are available to all AWS customers and do not expire. Examples include 1 million free requests for AWS Lambda and 25 GB of free storage per month for Amazon DynamoDB.

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How long are the 12 Months Free offers available?

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The 12 Months Free offers are free for 12 months from the initial sign-up date to AWS.

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What are some examples of services included in the 12 Months Free offers?

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Examples include Amazon S3 Standard Storage, monthly hours of Amazon EC2 compute time, and Amazon CloudFront data transfer out.

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How do Trials in the AWS Free Tier work?

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Trials are short-term free trial offers that start from the activation date of a specific service. The length of each trial may vary based on the number of days or usage amount.

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Can you provide examples of services with Trials in the AWS Free Tier?

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Examples include a 90-day free trial for Amazon Inspector and 750 free hours of usage over a 30-day period for Amazon Lightsail.

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What are some examples of services and resources included in the 12 Months Free offers?

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Examples include Amazon EC2 instances, Amazon RDS database instances, Amazon SNS notifications, and Amazon SQS message requests, among others.

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How does the trial period work for services in the AWS Free Tier?

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The trial period begins when a user activates a specific service, and its duration can vary depending on the service. Users may have a predetermined number of days or a limited amount of usage during the trial.

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How does AWS pricing work?

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AWS offers pay-as-you-go pricing for its cloud computing services, where users pay for the resources they actually use without long-term contracts or complex licensing.

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What is the benefit of using reservation options for certain services?

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Reservation options provide significant discounts compared to On-Demand Instance pricing, allowing users to pay less when they reserve capacity for specific services.

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How does tiered pricing work for some AWS services?

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Some services offer tiered pricing, where the per-unit cost decreases incrementally as usage increases. For example, the more Amazon S3 storage space used, the lower the cost per GB.

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What is the AWS Pricing Calculator used for?

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The AWS Pricing Calculator allows users to estimate the cost of their use cases on AWS by exploring different services and organizing estimates by groups. It helps users plan and budget their AWS usage.

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Can users compare different EC2 instance types across AWS Regions using the AWS Pricing Calculator?

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Yes, users can enter details such as operating system, memory requirements, and I/O requirements to compare estimated costs for different EC2 instance types in various AWS Regions.

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How is AWS Lambda pricing determined?

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AWS Lambda pricing is based on the number of requests for functions and the time it takes for them to run. Users can also save on Lambda costs by signing up for a Compute Savings Plan.

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How does Spot Instances usage impact Amazon EC2 costs?

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Using Spot Instances can result in up to 90% cost savings for workloads that can tolerate interruptions. It allows users to pay significantly less for compute resources while meeting availability requirements.

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What are the cost components of Amazon S3 pricing?

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Amazon S3 pricing includes storage costs, requests and data retrievals, data transfer fees, and management and replication features. Each component contributes to the overall cost.

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How are storage costs calculated for Amazon S3?

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Users are charged based on the storage rate, which takes into account object sizes, storage classes, and the duration of storing each object in Amazon S3 buckets.

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Are there any costs associated with data transfer within Amazon S3?

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Transferring data between different Amazon S3 buckets within the same AWS Region is free. However, data transferred into and out of Amazon S3 to other services or the internet may incur charges.

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What additional features may incur costs in Amazon S3?

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Users pay for storage management features like Amazon S3 inventory, analytics, and object tagging, based on the enabled features for their Amazon S3 buckets.

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How can users estimate their AWS costs for different services and regions?

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By reviewing the itemized charges and usage details, users can see the estimated costs for each service, such as Amazon Lambda, Amazon EC2, and Amazon S3, across different AWS Regions.

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What can you do using the AWS Billing & Cost Management dashboard?

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Using the AWS Billing & Cost Management dashboard, you can pay your AWS bill, monitor your usage, analyze and control your costs.

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What information can you compare on the Billing & Cost Management dashboard?

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You can compare your current month-to-date balance with the previous month and get a forecast of the next month based on current usage.

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How can you view your spend by service on the Billing & Cost Management dashboard?

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You can view month-to-date spend by service on the Billing & Cost Management dashboard.

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How can you view your spend by service on the Billing & Cost Management dashboard?

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You can view month-to-date spend by service on the Billing & Cost Management dashboard.

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What can you view regarding Free Tier usage on the Billing & Cost Management dashboard?

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You can view Free Tier usage by service on the Billing & Cost Management dashboard.

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What is the purpose of the Cost Explorer in the AWS Billing & Cost Management dashboard?

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The Cost Explorer allows you to access and analyze your cost and usage data, create custom reports, and visualize your costs.

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What can you do with the budgets feature in the AWS Billing & Cost Management dashboard?

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You can create budgets to set spending limits and receive alerts when costs exceed the defined thresholds.

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How can you manage Savings Plans using the Billing & Cost Management dashboard?

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You can purchase and manage Savings Plans, which provide discounted pricing for certain AWS services, through the Billing & Cost Management dashboard.

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What can you view regarding Free Tier usage on the Billing & Cost Management dashboard?

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You can view Free Tier usage by service on the Billing & Cost Management dashboard.

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What is the purpose of the Cost Explorer in the AWS Billing & Cost Management dashboard?

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The Cost Explorer allows you to access and analyze your cost and usage data, create custom reports, and visualize your costs.

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What can you do with the budgets feature in the AWS Billing & Cost Management dashboard?

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You can create budgets to set spending limits and receive alerts when costs exceed the defined thresholds.

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How can you manage Savings Plans using the Billing & Cost Management dashboard?

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You can purchase and manage Savings Plans, which provide discounted pricing for certain AWS services, through the Billing & Cost Management dashboard.

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What can you do with AWS Cost and Usage Reports on the Billing & Cost Management dashboard?

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You can publish AWS Cost and Usage Reports, which provide detailed cost and usage data, for further analysis and integration with other tools or services.

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What can you view regarding Free Tier usage on the Billing & Cost Management dashboard?

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You can view Free Tier usage by service on the Billing & Cost Management dashboard.

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What can you do with the budgets feature in the AWS Billing & Cost Management dashboard?

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You can create budgets to set spending limits and receive alerts when costs exceed the defined thresholds.

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What is the purpose of the Cost Explorer in the AWS Billing & Cost Management dashboard?

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The Cost Explorer allows you to access and analyze your cost and usage data, create custom reports, and visualize your costs.

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What can you do with AWS Cost and Usage Reports on the Billing & Cost Management dashboard?

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You can publish AWS Cost and Usage Reports, which provide detailed cost and usage data, for further analysis and integration with other tools or services.

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What can I do with the AWS Billing & Cost Management dashboard?

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Pay your AWS bill: You can use the dashboard to view your current bill and make payments.
Monitor your usage: You can use the dashboard to track your AWS usage by service, region, and account.

Analyze and control your costs: You can use the dashboard to identify areas where you can save money and create budgets.

Access Cost Explorer: Cost Explorer is a tool that allows you to analyze your AWS costs in more detail. You can use Cost Explorer to create custom reports and identify trends in your spending.

Create budgets: You can create budgets to track your AWS spending and stay within your budget.
Purchase and manage Savings Plans: Savings Plans are a way to save money on your AWS usage. You can use the dashboard to purchase and manage Savings Plans.

Publish AWS Cost and Usage Reports: AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CURs) are a way to export your AWS billing and usage data to a CSV file. You can use CURs to analyze your AWS costs in more detail.

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How can you manage Savings Plans using the Billing & Cost Management dashboard?

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You can purchase and manage Savings Plans, which provide discounted pricing for certain AWS services, through the Billing & Cost Management dashboard.

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What is consolidated billing in AWS Organizations?

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Consolidated billing is a feature of AWS Organizations that enables you to receive a single bill for all AWS accounts in your organization.

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What is the benefit of using consolidated billing?

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Using consolidated billing allows you to easily track the combined costs of all linked accounts in your organization and receive a single monthly bill.

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How many accounts are allowed by default for an organization in consolidated billing?

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The default maximum number of accounts allowed for an organization in consolidated billing is 4, but you can contact AWS Support to increase this quota if needed.

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Can you review itemized charges for each account in consolidated billing?

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Yes, on the monthly bill, you can review itemized charges incurred by each account, providing transparency into the organization’s accounts while receiving a single bill.

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How does consolidated billing enable sharing of bulk discount pricing, Savings Plans, and Reserved Instances?

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Consolidated billing allows you to share bulk discount pricing, Savings Plans, and Reserved Instances across the accounts in your organization, benefiting from aggregated usage and cost savings.

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How does consolidated billing handle volume pricing discounts for services like Amazon S3?

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With consolidated billing, the usage from all accounts is combined to determine volume pricing tiers, resulting in lower overall prices whenever possible. Each linked account receives a portion of the volume discount based on its usage.

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In the example given, why are the three separate accounts not eligible for the lower per-GB transfer price for the next 40 TB of data transferred in Amazon S3?

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None of the three separate accounts has individually transferred more than 10 TB of data, which is the threshold for the lower per-GB transfer price.

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What are the benefits of consolidated billing?

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Convenience: You only have to pay a single bill for all your AWS accounts.

Transparency: You can easily track your spending across all your AWS accounts.

Savings: You can save money on volume pricing discounts by consolidating your usage.

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Example of consolidated billing:

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Suppose you have three AWS accounts for different departments in your company. You can create an organization and add the three accounts to your organization. You can then enable consolidated billing, and AWS will create a single payer account for your organization. Each month, AWS will charge the payer account for the combined usage of all three accounts.

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What can you do with AWS Budgets?

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In AWS Budgets, you can create budgets to plan your service usage, service costs, and instance reservations. You can set custom alerts when your usage exceeds or is forecasted to exceed the budgeted amount. The information in AWS Budgets updates three times a day, helping you monitor your usage in relation to budgeted amounts or AWS Free Tier limits.

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How often does the information in AWS Budgets update?

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The information in AWS Budgets updates three times a day, providing accurate and up-to-date data on your usage and costs.

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What is an example use case for AWS Budgets?

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Suppose you have set a budget for Amazon EC2 to not exceed $200 for the month. In AWS Budgets, you can set a custom budget to receive an alert when your usage reaches half of this amount ($100). This allows you to stay informed and make decisions regarding your Amazon EC2 usage.

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What important details can you review in a sample budget in AWS Budgets?

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In a sample budget, you can review the current amount incurred for Amazon EC2 so far in the month, the forecasted amount you are expected to spend for the month based on usage patterns, and comparisons of current vs. budgeted usage and forecasted vs. budgeted usage.

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What is AWS Cost Explorer?

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AWS Cost Explorer is a tool that allows you to visualize, understand, and manage your AWS costs and usage over time. It provides default reports for your top five cost-accruing AWS services and allows you to apply custom filters and groups to analyze your data. You can view resource usage at different levels, such as hourly or monthly.

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What can you do with AWS Cost Explorer?

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With AWS Cost Explorer, you can analyze and track your AWS costs and usage over time. It helps you make informed decisions about future costs and budget planning. You can view monthly costs for specific AWS services, compare costs for different instance types, and apply custom filters to focus on specific data. It provides visualizations and reports to help you understand your cost patterns and optimize your AWS spending.

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Can you provide an example of AWS Cost Explorer in action?

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Sure! In this example, the AWS Cost Explorer dashboard displays monthly costs for Amazon EC2 instances over a 6-month period. Each month’s costs are broken down by different Amazon EC2 instance types, such as t2.micro or m3.large. This visualization helps users understand how costs vary over time and provides insights for optimizing instance type selection and managing expenses. By analyzing the data in AWS Cost Explorer, users can make informed decisions about their future costs and plan their budgets accordingly.

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How does AWS Cost Explorer help with cost management?

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AWS Cost Explorer provides a comprehensive view of your AWS costs and usage, allowing you to identify cost drivers and optimize your spending. By visualizing your cost data, you can identify trends, patterns, and areas of high expenditure. With the ability to apply custom filters and groups, you can analyze costs for specific services, resources, or time periods. This helps you understand the impact of your resource usage on costs and make informed decisions to control and optimize your AWS spending.

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What are the different AWS Support plans?

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Basic Support,
Developer Support,
Business Support,
Enterprise On-Ramp,
Enterprise Support.

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What are the benefits of each AWS Support plan?

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Basic Support: This is the free plan that includes 24/7 access to customer service, documentation, whitepapers, support forums, AWS Trusted Advisor, and the AWS Personal Health Dashboard.

Developer Support: This plan includes everything in Basic Support plus email support with a 24-hour response time and less than 12-hour response time for impaired systems.

Business Support: This plan includes everything in Developer Support plus phone support with a 4-hour response time for impaired systems and a 1-hour response time for down systems. It also includes access to infrastructure event management.

Enterprise On-Ramp: This plan includes everything in Business Support plus a 30-minute response time for business-critical workloads and access to a pool of technical account managers (TAMs).

Enterprise Support: This plan includes everything in Enterprise On-Ramp plus a 15-minute response time for business and mission-critical workloads and a designated TAM.

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What is a technical account manager (TAM)?

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A TAM is a AWS support engineer who is assigned to a specific customer. TAMs provide proactive guidance and coordinate access to programs and AWS experts as needed.

For example, suppose that you are interested in developing an application that uses several AWS services together. Your TAM could provide insights into how to best use the services together. They achieve this, while aligning with the specific needs that your company is hoping to address through the new application.

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What is a Well-Architected review?

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A Well-Architected review is a service that helps customers improve the design and operation of their AWS workloads. TAMs work with customers to review their architectures using the Well-Architected Framework.

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How do I choose the right AWS Support plan for my business?

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The right AWS Support plan for your business depends on your specific needs. If you are just getting started with AWS, Basic Support may be sufficient. However, if you are running production workloads or mission-critical workloads, you may need to upgrade to a higher-level plan.

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Basic Support Example

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If your company needs support beyond the Basic level, you could consider purchasing Developer, Business, Enterprise On-Ramp, or Enterprise Support.

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Developer Support Example

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For example, suppose that your company is exploring AWS services. You’ve heard about a few different AWS services. However, you’re unsure of how to potentially use them together to build applications that can address your company’s needs. In this scenario, the building-block architecture support that is included with the Developer Support plan could help you to identify opportunities for combining specific services and features.

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Business Support Example

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Suppose that your company has the Business Support plan and wants to install a common third-party operating system onto your Amazon EC2 instances. You could contact AWS Support for assistance with installing, configuring, and troubleshooting the operating system. For advanced topics such as optimizing performance, using custom scripts, or resolving security issues, you may need to contact the third-party software provider directly.

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Enterprise On-Ramp Support Example

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In November 2021, AWS opened enrollment into AWS Enterprise On-Ramp Support plan. In addition to all the features included in the Basic, Developer, and Business Support plans, customers with an Enterprise On-Ramp Support plan have access to:

A pool of Technical Account Managers to provide proactive guidance and coordinate access to programs and AWS experts

A Cost Optimization workshop (one per year)

A Concierge support team for billing and account assistance

Tools to monitor costs and performance through Trusted Advisor and Health API/Dashboard

Enterprise On-Ramp Support plan also provides access to a specific set of proactive support services, which are provided by a pool of Technical Account Managers.

Consultative review and architecture guidance (one per year)

Infrastructure Event Management support (one per year)

Support automation workflows

30 minutes or less response time for business-critical issues

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Enterprise Support Example

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In addition to all features included in the Basic, Developer, Business, and Enterprise On-Ramp support plans, customers with Enterprise Support have access to:

A designated Technical Account Manager to provide proactive guidance and coordinate access to programs and AWS experts

A Concierge support team for billing and account assistance

Operations Reviews and tools to monitor health

Training and Game Days to drive innovation

Tools to monitor costs and performance through Trusted Advisor and Health API/Dashboard

The Enterprise plan also provides full access to proactive services, which are provided by a designated Technical Account Manager:

Consultative review and architecture guidance

Infrastructure Event Management support

Cost Optimization Workshop and tools

Support automation workflows

15 minutes or less response time for business-critical issues

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Which Support plan includes all AWS Trusted Advisor checks at the lowest cost?
Basic
Developer
Business
Enterprise

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The correct response option is Business.

Only the Business, Enterprise On-Ramp, and Enterprise Support plans include all AWS Trusted Advisor checks. Of these three Support plans, the Business Support plan has a lower cost.

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What is the AWS Marketplace?

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A curated digital catalog of third-party software that runs on AWS.

Provides a range of payment options, including annual contracts, on-demand pay-as-you-go, and free trials.

Helps customers accelerate innovation, deploy software rapidly and securely, and reduce total cost of ownership.

Offers a number of enterprise-focused features, such as custom terms and pricing, private marketplaces, and integration with procurement systems.

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Benefits of AWS Marketplace

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Speed and agility: AWS Marketplace makes it easy to find, deploy, and manage third-party software on AWS.

Cost savings: AWS Marketplace offers a variety of payment options that can help you save money on software licensing and deployment.

Compliance: AWS Marketplace offers a number of features that help you comply with your organization’s security and compliance requirements.

Innovation: AWS Marketplace gives you access to a wide range of innovative third-party software solutions.

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