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.
APIs
AWS Directory Service API
The AWS Directory Service API provides programmatic access to create and manage directories, trusts, snapshots, and domain controllers for Microsoft Active Directory in the AWS ...
Capabilities
Amazon Directory Service Active Directory Management
Workflow capability for identity engineers and cloud architects to manage AWS Managed Microsoft Active Directory, including directory provisioning, trust relationships, domain c...
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Fully managed AWS Managed Microsoft Active Directory with automatic patching and monitoring
Standalone managed directory powered by Samba 4 for basic AD functionality
Proxy service for connecting AWS applications to existing on-premises AD
One-way and two-way trust relationships between AWS and on-premises directories
Replicate your AWS Managed Microsoft AD across multiple AWS Regions
Share a single directory across multiple AWS accounts and VPCs
Use Cases
Extend on-premises Active Directory into AWS for unified identity management
Enable Windows and Linux workloads to join and authenticate against managed AD
Use managed AD for AWS WorkSpaces, RDS, and other AD-aware services
Secure LDAP communications with certificates for compliance requirements
Use directory snapshots for point-in-time recovery of directory data
Integrations
Join WorkSpaces desktops to managed AD for enterprise desktop management
Enable Windows Authentication for SQL Server RDS instances via managed AD
Use managed AD as identity source for centralized access management
Audit all Directory Service API calls for compliance and security monitoring
Receive directory event notifications via SNS topic subscriptions