Analytics
RecognitionAWS Data Exchange
Governed discovery, subscription, and delivery of third-party data products.
Key points
- Use it when acquiring or distributing licensed external datasets must be managed as a product relationship.
Best-known use cases
- Subscribe to a third-party dataset for an analytics lake.
What candidates often confuse it with
- Data Exchange supplies datasets; S3 stores delivered objects and Lake Formation governs lake access.
Key takeaway
Choose Data Exchange for governed third-party data products, not internal ETL.
Related services
- Amazon S3
- AWS Lake Formation
Relevant exam tasks
- D3.5