Multi-Account Organization

Architecture

Implement consistent naming conventions across multiple AWS accounts in an AWS Organization structure:

• Management Account for organization-wide policies
• Production Accounts with prod environment prefix
• Non-Production Accounts with dev, stg prefixes
• Shared Services Account for centralized resources

When to Use

This pattern is ideal when you need:

• Clear separation between production and non-production workloads
• Resource identification across multiple AWS accounts
• Consistent tagging for cost allocation and compliance
• Cross-account resource sharing with clear naming

Considerations

• Establish naming conventions before deploying resources
• Use AWS Service Control Policies (SCPs) to enforce naming patterns
• Include account-level identifiers when necessary
• Consider name length limits across different AWS services