A company runs Amazon EC2 instances in multiple AWS accounts that are individually billed. The company recently purchased a Savings Plan. Because business requirements changed, many EC2 instances were decommissioned. The company wants to apply its Savings Plan discounts to its other AWS accounts. Which combination of steps will meet these requirements? (Choose two.)
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Correct answer: From the AWS Account Management Console of the management account, turn on discount sharing from the billing preferences section., Create an organization in AWS Organizations in a new payer account. Invite the other AWS accounts to join the organization from the management account..
Why this is the answer
To share Savings Plan discounts across multiple AWS accounts, two main steps are required. First, the accounts must be part of the same AWS Organization. This is achieved by creating an organization in a new payer account and inviting existing accounts to join. This establishes a consolidated billing family. Second, within the management account of the AWS Organization, discount sharing must be explicitly enabled in the billing preferences. This allows the Savings Plan benefits purchased by any account within the organization to be applied to eligible usage across all linked accounts, optimizing cost savings. The incorrect options propose sharing from an individual account that purchased the Savings Plan (discount sharing is an organization-level setting) or using AWS Resource Access Manager (AWS RAM), which is for sharing resources like subnets or transit gateways, not billing discounts. Creating an organization in an existing EC2 instance account is not the standard practice for establishing a new payer account.
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