title: Can RDS snapshots be transferred across AWS accounts?
body: <p>In the time since <a href="https://serverfault.com/q/220180/184431">this question</a> was answered, AWS Tools for Powershell has been released and I basically have the same problem: I have an RDS snapshot on one AWS account that I would like to transfer to another.  </p>
  
  <p>So far I've been able to select the snapshot that I want with the <code>Get-RDSDBSnapshot</code> cmdlet, and I'd like to take that <code>Amazon.RDS.Model.DBSnapshot</code> object and use it in the other account.  </p>
  
  <p>I've been looking around and I think the <code>Restore-RDSDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot</code> cmdlet (maps to <a href="http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/CommandLineReference/CLIReference-cmd-RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">rds-restore-db-instance-from-db-snapshot</a>) might be what I'm looking for, but I'm not confident that I understand its behavior -- can this cmdlet be used to take my snapshot from my first account, and restore it to an instance in the second account?  </p>
  
  <p>I'm specifically concerned if there are any account-specific details in a Snapshot object or the handling of the cmdlet that would prevent that data from moving across accounts. I would be okay with a more general solution than powershell, if one exists.</p>