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A hybrid network architecture must be used during a company’s multi-year data center migration from multiple private data centers to AWS.The current data centers are linked together with private fiber.Due to unique legacy applications, NAT cannot be used.During the migration period, many applications will need access to other applications in both the data centers and AWS.Which option offers a hybrid network architecture that is secure and highly available, that allows for high bandwidth and a multi-region deployment post-migration?Read More →

A company uses AWS Organizations for a multi-account setup in the AWS Cloud.The company uses AWS Control Tower for governance and uses AWS Transit Gateway for VPC connectivity across accounts.In an AWS application account, the company’s application team has deployed a web application that uses AWS Lambda and Amazon RDS.The company’s database administrators have a separate DBA account and use the account to centrally manage all the databases across the organization.The database administrators use an Amazon EC2 instance that is deployed in the DBA account to access an RDS database that is deployed m the application account.The application team has stored the database credentials as secrets in AWS Secrets Manager in the application account.The application team is manually sharing the secrets with the database administrators.The secrets are encrypted by the default AWS managed key for Secrets Manager in the application account.A solutions architect needs to implement a solution that gives the database administrators access to the database and eliminates the need to manually share the secrets.Which solution will meet these requirements?Read More →

A company’s lease of a colocated storage facility will expire in 90 days.The company wants to move to AWS to avoid signing a contract extension.The company’s environment consists of 200 virtual machines and a NAS with 40 TB of data.Most of the data is archival, yet instant access is required when data is requested.Leadership wants to ensure minimal downtime during the migration.Each virtual machine has a number of customized configurations.The company’s existing 1Gbps network connection is mostly idle, especially after business hours.Which combination of steps should the company take to migrate to AWS while minimizing downtime and operational impact? (Choose two.)Read More →

A large payroll company recently merged with a small staffing company.The unified company now has multiple business units, each with its own existing AWS account.A solutions architect must ensure that the company can centrally manage the billing and access policies for all the AWS accounts.The solutions architect configures AWS Organizations by sending an invitation to all member accounts of the company from a centralized management account.What should the solutions architect do next to meet these requirements?Read More →