What is AWS Trusted Advisor and how can it help my account?

What is AWS Trusted Advisor and how can it help my account?

AWS Trusted Advisor is a service that provides real-time guidance to help you provision your resources following AWS best practices. It helps optimize your AWS environment by offering recommendations in areas like cost optimization, performance, security, and fault tolerance.

Can you give me some examples of the recommendations it provides?

Sure! Trusted Advisor can recommend actions like reducing underutilized EC2 instances, enabling MFA on your root account, or checking for service limits that you might be approaching.

Is there a cost associated with using AWS Trusted Advisor?

Basic checks are available for free, but to access the full set of recommendations, you need to be a Business or Enterprise Support plan subscriber.

How often does Trusted Advisor update its recommendations?

Trusted Advisor updates its recommendations approximately every 24 hours, so you can regularly check for new insights.