Security, Identity, and Compliance
RecognitionAWS Resource Access Manager (AWS RAM)
Controlled sharing of supported AWS resources across accounts and within an organization.
Key points
- RAM shares supported resources without duplicating them; identity and network authorization still apply.
Best-known use cases
- Share a Transit Gateway or subnet with other accounts.
What candidates often confuse it with
- RAM shares resources; Organizations supplies account hierarchy and SCPs.
Key takeaway
Choose RAM when supported resources should be centrally owned and shared across accounts.
Related services
- AWS Organizations
- AWS Transit Gateway
- Amazon VPC
Relevant exam tasks
- D1.1
- D3.4