AWS Well-Architected Tool

AWS Well-Architected Tool (AWS WA Tool) is a service in the cloud that provides a consistent process for measuring your architecture using AWS best practices. AWS WA Tool helps you throughout the product lifecycle by:

• Assisting with documenting the decisions that you make

• Providing recommendations for improving your workload based on best practices

• Guiding you in making your workloads more reliable, secure, efficient, and cost-effective

You can use AWS WA Tool to document and measure your workload using the best practices from the AWS Well-Architected Framework. These best practices were developed by AWS Solutions Architects based on their years of experience building solutions across a wide variety of businesses. The framework provides a consistent approach for measuring architectures and provides guidance for implementing designs that scale with your needs over time.

How AWS Well-Architected Tool Differs for AWS GovCloud (US)

AWS Service Catalog AppRegistry integration with Well-Architected using service-managed attribute groups – The ability to reference Well-Architected metadata in AppRegistry using service-managed attribute groups is not available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.

Profiles – Profiles is not available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.

Documentation for AWS Well-Architected Tool

AWS WA Tool documentation.

Export-Controlled Content

For AWS Services architected within the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, the following list explains how certain components of data may leave the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions in the normal course of the service offerings. The list can be used as a guide to help meet applicable customer compliance obligations. Data not included in the following list remains within the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.

• AWS account IDs associated with workload

• Workload name

• Milestone name

• Review owner