A company is migrating a legacy Windows application to AWS. The application requires a shared file system that supports the SMB protocol and integrates with their on-premises Active Directory. Which storage solution should they use?

Answer options:

Amazon EFS

Amazon S3

Amazon FSx for Windows File Server

AWS Storage Gateway

How to approach this question

Match 'Windows', 'SMB', and 'Active Directory'.

Full Answer

C.Amazon FSx for Windows File Server✓ Correct

Amazon FSx for Windows File Server

Amazon FSx for Windows File Server provides a fully managed native Microsoft Windows file system. It supports the SMB protocol and integrates natively with Microsoft Active Directory.

Common mistakes

Choosing EFS for Windows workloads.

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