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# Conclusion
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 This whitepaper introduces a capability-based approach to establishing the foundation for your AWS environment, and helps you identify the relevant stakeholders needed to make important decisions along your journey. The defined *capabilities* in this paper are based on current AWS best practices, and the experience of thousands of customers that have built their foundational environment on the AWS Cloud.