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We encourage all Cornell teams, staff, and faculty to contact the Cloud Team (cloud- |
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Here are some of the benefits of getting a new AWS account, or bring an existing AWS to the master Cornell-AWS contract |
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- Access to free AWS Enterprise Support, AWS Solutions Architects, and AWS Technical Account Managers
- Standard audit and security configuration in your AWS account. See Standard AWS Account Configurations.
- This standard configuration costs about $10/month in AWS resource charges.
- If you choose to have Cornell standard VPC, there is an additional ~$30/month charge for NAT Gateways. See https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/CLOUD/AWS+FAQs#AWSFAQs-Costs.
- The option of connecting your AWS VPC(s) to campus networking with AWS Direct Connect. See AWS Direct Connect for Cornell
- A contract negotiated between Cornell and AWS. This is different from the click-through contract that you would have with a stand-alone AWS account. In particular it clarifies intellectual property rights.
- Automated billing of AWS costs to the Cornell KFS system. You specify a default KFS account for your AWS account, but you can also tag AWS resources with “Cost Center” tags and automatically bill specific resources to specific KFS accounts.
- Read-only access to your AWS account by the Cloudification Team, who can help troubleshoot issues or answer specific questions you might have.
- Automatic participation in the AWS Data Egress Waiver for Cornell (https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/CLOUD/AWS+FAQs - AWSFAQs-WhatistheAWSDataEgressWaiver?) that reimburses charges for bandwidth out to the public internet.
- Access to all features and services that AWS offers.
- Access to the AWS Console via Cornell Two-Step Login (SSO)
- Reduced pricing for tiered AWS services (e.g., S3 storage, bandwidth) due to tier calculations based on the whole of Cornell's usage.
How do I tell whether my AWS account is under the master Cornell-AWS contract?
- If an AWS account is being paid for with a Cornell procurement card, or with personal funds, it is not part of the master Cornell-AWS contract.