A company runs multiple applications across different AWS accounts in an Organization and across multiple Regions. Each product team has tagged its compute resources in their accounts. The company wants more cost details for each product line from consolidated billing. Which combination of steps will meet these requirements? (Choose two.)
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Correct answer: Select a specific user-defined tag in the AWS Billing console., Activate the selected tag from the Organizations management account..
Why this is the answer
To gain cost visibility by product line using tags, you must first activate the tags for cost allocation. This is done from the Organizations management account, which centrally manages billing for all member accounts. Activating the tag in the management account ensures that cost data associated with that tag is collected across all linked accounts. Once activated, you can then use the AWS Billing console to filter and analyze costs based on that specific user-defined tag. Selecting a specific AWS-generated tag is incorrect because the company has tagged its resources with its own product line tags, which are user-defined. Activating tags from each AWS account is inefficient and unnecessary when using AWS Organizations, as the management account can activate them globally. Selecting a tag in the AWS Resource Groups console is for resource management, not for cost allocation reporting.
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