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

Answer options:

Amazon EFS

Amazon FSx for Windows File Server

Amazon S3

AWS Storage Gateway Volume Gateway

How to approach this question

Match 'SMB protocol' and 'Active Directory' to FSx for Windows.

Full Answer

B.Amazon FSx for Windows File Server✓ Correct

Amazon FSx for Windows File Server provides fully managed Windows file servers, supporting the SMB protocol and native integration with Microsoft Active Directory.

Common mistakes

Selecting Amazon EFS, which is for Linux workloads using NFS.

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