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Organizations Describe Organization

Retrieves information about the organization that the user's account belongs to.

This operation can be called from any account in the organization.

Even if a policy type is shown as available in the organization, you can disable it separately at the root level with DisablePolicyType. Use ListRoots to see the status of policy types for a specified root.

External Documentation

To learn more, visit the AWS documentation.

Basic Parameters​

ParameterDescription
AWS Region(s)Enter the desired AWS Region(s).

To execute the action in multiple regions, provide a comma-separated list.
For example: us-east-1,eu-west-2.

If you wish to run the action in all available regions, use the asterisk symbol (*) instead.

Advanced Parameters​

ParameterDescription
Disable XML To JSON Auto ConvertWhen checked, XML responses are not automatically converted into JSON format.

Example Output​

{
    "Organization": {
        "Arn": "arn:aws:organizations::111111111111:organization/o-exampleorgid",
        "AvailablePolicyTypes": [
            {
                "Status": "ENABLED",
                "Type": "SERVICE_CONTROL_POLICY"
            }
        ],
        "FeatureSet": "ALL",
        "Id": "o-exampleorgid",
        "MasterAccountArn": "arn:aws:organizations::111111111111:account/o-exampleorgid/111111111111",
        "MasterAccountEmail": "bill@example.com"
    }
}

Automation Library Example​

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