Amazon Directory Service
AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory, also known as AWS Managed Microsoft AD, enables your directory-aware workloads and AWS resources to use managed Active Directory in AWS. It provides a fully managed, highly available Microsoft Active Directory in the AWS Cloud, with features including trust relationships, domain controllers, LDAPS, and multi-account sharing.
Amazon Directory Service publishes 5 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including AWS Directory Service API, Directory Service Ad Assessment API, Directory Service Ca Enrollment Policy API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Active Directory, Authentication, Amazon Web Services, Directory Services, and Identity and Access Management.
The Amazon Directory Service catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.
Amazon Directory Service’s developer surface includes pricing, authentication, developer portal, documentation, support, engineering blog, developer console, and 19 more developer resources.
What this lets a business do 1
Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →
Kin Score
Kin Score
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- MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
- Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
- A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/
-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0 - Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
- Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)
- Typed Event Surface +6 pts — AsyncAPI document, OR webhooks/callbacks objects in the as-published OpenAPI, OR common[].type includes Webhooks
- Access Clarity scores 40.8 — up to +11.8 composite points
- Contract Quality scores 63.8 — up to +9.1 composite points
- Contract Governance scores 27.3 — up to +8.7 composite points
Standards implemented 2
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 5
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Amazon Directory Service AWS Directory Service API
The AWS Directory Service API from Amazon Directory Service — 67 operation(s) for aws directory service.
Amazon Directory Service Directory Service Ad Assessment API
The Directory Service Ad Assessment API from Amazon Directory Service — 4 operation(s) for directory service ad assessment.
Amazon Directory Service Directory Service Ca Enrollment Policy API
The Directory Service Ca Enrollment Policy API from Amazon Directory Service — 3 operation(s) for directory service ca enrollment policy.
Amazon Directory Service Directory Service Directory Data Access API
The Directory Service Directory Data Access API from Amazon Directory Service — 3 operation(s) for directory service directory data access.
Amazon Directory Service Directory Service Operations API
The Directory Service Operations API from Amazon Directory Service — 3 operation(s) for directory service operations.
Postman Collections 67
Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.
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Open Collections 67
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
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Amazon Directory Service API pricing
Rate limits
- Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
- Free Tier Monthly Quota: 1000 requests per month
- Professional Tier Default: 100 requests per minute
Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Amazon Directory Service's documentation. All 5 limits →
Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Amazon Directory Service Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Features 6
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
Managed Microsoft AD
Fully managed AWS Managed Microsoft Active Directory with automatic patching and monitoring
Simple AD
Standalone managed directory powered by Samba 4 for basic AD functionality
AD Connector
Proxy service for connecting AWS applications to existing on-premises AD
Trust Relationships
One-way and two-way trust relationships between AWS and on-premises directories
Multi-Region Replication
Replicate your AWS Managed Microsoft AD across multiple AWS Regions
Directory Sharing
Share a single directory across multiple AWS accounts and VPCs
Semantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Spectral Rules 2
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
JSON Schema 26
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
Certificate
JSON SCHEMAClientCertAuthSettings
JSON SCHEMAComputer
JSON SCHEMAConditionalForwarder
JSON SCHEMADirectoryConfigurationStatus
JSON SCHEMADirectoryConnectSettingsDescription
JSON SCHEMADirectoryConnectSettings
JSON SCHEMADirectoryDescription
JSON SCHEMADirectoryLimits
JSON SCHEMADirectoryVpcSettingsDescription
JSON SCHEMADirectoryVpcSettings
JSON SCHEMAEventTopic
JSON SCHEMAIpRouteInfo
JSON SCHEMAIpRoute
JSON SCHEMALDAPSSettingInfo
JSON SCHEMALogSubscription
JSON SCHEMAOSUpdateSettings
JSON SCHEMAOwnerDirectoryDescription
JSON SCHEMARadiusSettings
JSON SCHEMARegionDescription
JSON SCHEMASchemaExtensionInfo
JSON SCHEMASharedDirectory
JSON SCHEMASnapshotLimits
JSON SCHEMASnapshot
JSON SCHEMATag
JSON SCHEMATrust
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JSON Structure 26
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Amazon Directory Service Certificate Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Directory Service Computer Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Directory Service Conditional Forwarder Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Directory Service Directory Description Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Directory Service Directory Limits Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Directory Service Event Topic Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Directory Service Ip Route Info Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Directory Service Ip Route Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Directory Service Ldaps Setting Info Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Directory Service Log Subscription Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Directory Service Os Update Settings Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Directory Service Radius Settings Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Directory Service Region Description Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Directory Service Schema Extension Info Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Directory Service Shared Directory Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Directory Service Snapshot Limits Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Directory Service Snapshot Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Directory Service Tag Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Directory Service Trust Structure
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Examples 25
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
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Security Posture 4
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Use Cases 5
What developers build with this provider.
Hybrid Identity
Extend on-premises Active Directory into AWS for unified identity management
Workload Authentication
Enable Windows and Linux workloads to join and authenticate against managed AD
AWS Application Integration
Use managed AD for AWS WorkSpaces, RDS, and other AD-aware services
LDAPS Encryption
Secure LDAP communications with certificates for compliance requirements
Disaster Recovery
Use directory snapshots for point-in-time recovery of directory data
Resources
Get Started 4
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 2
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 2
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 4
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 4
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 5
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 2
The organization behind the API
Other 1
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
Amazon Directory Service API — frequently asked questions
Does Amazon Directory Service have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 5 APIs from Amazon Directory Service, including Amazon Directory Service AWS Directory Service API, Amazon Directory Service Directory Service Ad Assessment API and Amazon Directory Service Directory Service Ca Enrollment Policy API, and 2 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Amazon Directory Service API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 5 OpenAPI specifications for Amazon Directory Service, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the Amazon Directory Service API?
Amazon Directory Service uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Amazon Directory Service Authentication.
Is the Amazon Directory Service API ready for AI agents?
Amazon Directory Service has a Kin Score of 53.4 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 27.3 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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