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Multi-account scenario, part 1

Multi-account scenario, part 1 - Amazon Web Services (AWS) Tutorial

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Multi-account scenario, part 1

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- In this scenario, we are going to take a look at a multi-account setup with AWS Organizations and divesting an account from that organization. Let's take a look at our scenario description. "A company has many AWS accounts that have been provisioned in an AWS Organization using the CLI. No actions have been taken to configure the accounts after creation, except using cross-account IAM roles and Organizations SCPs for compliance purposes. The company is divesting one business unit as a separate company. The AWS admins for the new company have attempted to leave the AWS Organization, but the action fails. What could be the cause?" What questions should we be asking ourselves before we dig into this scenario? First, what would a multi-account Organization even look like? How are accounts created? Whether you do it by hand or programmatically? And once an account is present, a member of an Organization, how do you actually leave the Organization? Let's start off first with a sample…

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