Accepts a handshake by sending an
ACCEPTED response to the sender. You can view accepted handshakes in API responses for 30 days before they are deleted.
Only the management account can accept the following handshakes:
- Enable all features final confirmation (APPROVE_ALL_FEATURES)
- Billing transfer (TRANSFER_RESPONSIBILITY)
For more information, see
Enabling all features and
Responding to a billing transfer invitation in the
Organizations User Guide.
Only a member account can accept the following handshakes:
- Invitation to join (INVITE)
- Approve all features request (ENABLE_ALL_FEATURES)
For more information, see
Responding to invitations and
Enabling all features in the
Organizations User Guide.
When a handshake is accepted, Organizations logs membership events in CloudTrail, available only in the management account's event history. If the account was standalone and joined a new organization, an
AccountJoinedOrganization event is logged with
joinedMethod:Invited and
joinedTime fields. If the account departed one organization and joined another, both an
AccountDepartedOrganization event with
departedMethod:Left and
departedTime and an
AccountJoinedOrganization event with
joinedMethod:Invited and
joinedTime are logged in their respective management accounts.