A manufacturing firm has purchased Dedicated Host for deploying its Microsoft-based Application. To fully utilize the capacity of this Dedicated host, the IT Head had decided to share this Dedicated Host with other accounts (consumers) within AWS Organisation. What privileges will consumers will be acquiring for launching instances on these shared Dedicated hosts?

Answer options:

A.Consumers will be able to manage instance which they have launched on a shared Dedicated host & view instance launched by other consumers on this Dedicated Host.
B.Consumers will be able to manage instance which they have launched on a shared Dedicated host.
C.Consumers will be able modify Dedicated Host & manage instance which they have launched on a shared Dedicated host.
D.Consumers will be able to manage instance which they have launched along with instance launched by other consumers.

Correct Answer – B
Dedicated Host can be shared with other accounts within an AWS Organisation or an account outside AWS Organisation. When a Dedicated Host is shared, the owner is responsible for managing the Dedicated Host while consumers can manage the Instance they have launched on this Dedicated Host.
Option A is incorrect as Consumers will not be able to view instance launched by other consumers or owners on this Dedicated Host.
Option C is incorrect as Consumers will not be able to modify the Dedicated host. It can be done only by the owner.
Option D is incorrect as Consumers will be able to manage instances launched only by them & not by other Consumers.
For more information on Amazon EC2 Dedicated Host sharing, refer to the following URL-
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/dh-sharing.html