The most powerful
Infrastructure as Code tool
AWS CloudFormation lets you configure AWS resources for IT administrators to focus on business continuity, agility and cost effectiveness, instead of provisioning and managing the infrastructure manually in the cloud. It offers a way for the management, provisioning, and updating the resources in an orderly and predictable fashion.
Advantages
Provision resources on the fly
Implement infrastructure changes across regions in least time
Bootstrap machines automatically
Launch self-service portals for customized use cases and resources
Automated execution of CI/CD tasks
Achieve comprehensive, cross region audit logs for IT services
Easier to achieve industry compliance and governance requirements
Integrated role-based access control across all AWS services
Integration with other AWS services (24x7 support / consolidated billing)