Features of Consolidated Billing | AWS Organizations
Question
A company has several departments, and its AWS specialist created an AWS organization in its master account that is owned by the operation team.
Then he invited other departments such as Development, QA, and HR to join the organization.
After all the invitations were accepted, the payer account and linked accounts have been set up successfully.
What are some of the features of consolidated billing? (Select TWO)
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A. B. C. D.Correct Answer B, C.
The consolidated billing feature in AWS Organizations is used to consolidate billing and payment for multiple AWS accounts.
It means that in the organization, the master pays the charges of all the member accounts.
Option A is incorrect: Because although the owners of the linked accounts aren't charged, they can still see their usage and charges by going to their AWS Bills pages.
Option B is CORRECT: Because the usage is combined in AWS Organization so that the discount is possible.
Option C is CORRECT: This is clearly stated in https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/consolidated-billing.html.
Option D is incorrect: Because member accounts that you invited to join your organization did not automatically get an administrator role created.
An OrganizationAccountAccessRole is needed at first in linked accounts.
The related document is in https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_manage_accounts_access.html#orgs_manage_accounts_create-cross-account-role.
Consolidated billing is a feature of AWS Organizations that allows the payer account to consolidate and pay for all the AWS charges accrued across all linked accounts. It is a convenient way for organizations to manage their AWS costs and usage across multiple accounts.
The features of consolidated billing include:
B. The usage across all accounts can share the volume pricing discounts and Reserved Instance discounts. When an organization sets up consolidated billing, all the linked accounts become part of a single payment entity. This means that the organization can take advantage of volume pricing discounts and Reserved Instance discounts based on the combined usage of all the accounts. This can result in cost savings for the organization.
A. It becomes more secure as only the payer account can see the usage and charges across all the accounts. Owners of the linked accounts cannot see their usage and charges. Consolidated billing improves security by centralizing access to billing information. With consolidated billing, only the payer account has access to the billing information across all the linked accounts. The owners of the linked accounts can only access their own account information, and they cannot see the usage and charges of other accounts. This ensures that sensitive financial information is only accessible to authorized personnel.
C. The consolidated billing feature does not bring additional costs. Consolidated billing is a free feature of AWS Organizations. There are no additional costs associated with setting up or using consolidated billing.
D. AWS Organizations automatically creates a root user and an IAM role for all linked accounts so that the master account can access and administer the member accounts. This statement is incorrect. AWS Organizations does not automatically create a root user or an IAM role for linked accounts. Instead, the master account can use AWS Organizations to create and manage IAM roles and policies for the linked accounts. This allows the master account to control the level of access that linked accounts have to AWS resources and services.
