An engineering manager wants automated checks that flag idle or underused resources across the account, including warehouse and storage services, plus suggestions for lowering spend. Which service should the manager review?
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Answer: D
AWS Trusted Advisor inspects the account against checks in categories such as cost optimization, performance, security, fault tolerance and service limits. Its cost checks can surface underused resources and reserved capacity opportunities across services. Some checks are available to every account, while the full set depends on the support plan. The other services serve different purposes.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Service Catalog lets administrators publish approved products and templates for teams to deploy. It does not evaluate existing resources for waste.
- B. Systems Manager Inventory collects software and configuration metadata from managed instances. It does not provide cost or utilization recommendations.
- C. Organizations manages accounts, consolidated billing and service control policies. It applies governance but does not produce optimization recommendations for resources.