A company is migrating a legacy application to AWS. The application requires a shared file system that supports the SMB protocol. The application will run on a fleet of Amazon EC2 Windows instances across multiple Availability Zones. The file system must be highly available and integrate with the company's on-premises Active Directory. Which combination of steps will meet these requirements? (Select TWO)

Answer options:

Deploy Amazon EFS and mount it on the Windows instances.

Deploy Amazon FSx for Windows File Server in a Multi-AZ configuration.

Deploy Amazon FSx for Lustre.

Join the FSx file system to the on-premises Active Directory.

Use AWS Storage Gateway File Gateway to provide SMB access to S3.

Configure an EC2 instance with Windows Server and share a folder using DFS.

How to approach this question

Identify the managed AWS service for Windows file sharing (FSx) and its AD integration.

Full Answer

Amazon FSx for Windows File Server provides a fully managed native Microsoft Windows file system. It supports the SMB protocol, Multi-AZ deployments for high availability, and integrates seamlessly with self-managed Active Directory.

Common mistakes

Choosing EFS for Windows workloads.

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