Management and Governance
AWS Organizations
A service for centrally managing multiple AWS accounts, organizing them into groups, applying governance controls, and using consolidated billing.
Key points
- Consolidated billing combines charges and can share eligible volume discounts and commitment benefits according to AWS rules.
- Organizational units group accounts for management and policy application.
- Service control policies set permission guardrails; they do not grant permissions by themselves.
Best-known use cases
- Combine billing across multiple AWS accounts.
- Organize accounts and apply governance guardrails.
What candidates often confuse it with
- Organizations manages accounts and consolidated billing; IAM manages identities and permissions within access boundaries.
- Cost allocation tags label costs; Organizations supplies account structure and consolidated billing.
Key Cloud Practitioner takeaway
Multi-account governance and consolidated billing point to AWS Organizations.
Related services
- AWS IAM Identity Center
- AWS Cost and Usage Reports
Relevant exam tasks
- D4.1
- D4.2