📋 AWS Organizations Cheat Sheet

SAP-C02 expects you to design governance for large multi-account environments, not just know what an organization is.

Why This Cheat Sheet Matters for SAP-C02

This cheat sheet covers the most important AWS Organizations concepts tested on the SAP-C02 (AWS Solutions Architect Professional) certification exam. It contains 2 sections with 8 key points that you should memorize before exam day. Master multi-account strategy, organizational units, service control policies, delegated administration, consolidated billing, and governance at scale. Use this as a quick-reference guide during your final review sessions.

2Sections
8Key Points

Core Concepts

  • Organizational units group accounts for policy and administration.
  • SCPs define permission guardrails but do not grant permissions.
  • Delegated administrators reduce dependency on the management account.
  • Consolidated billing provides organization-wide cost visibility.

Exam Cues

  • Need a governed landing zone: Control Tower.
  • Need account-level blast-radius isolation: separate AWS accounts.
  • Need deny a service across an OU: SCP explicit deny.
  • Need central security findings: delegated admin with Security Hub or GuardDuty.

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