Directory Services

What is Microsoft Active Directory (AD)?

• Found on any Windows Server with AD Domain Services

• Database of objects: User Accounts, Computers, Printers, File Shares, Security Groups

• Centralized security management, create account, assign permissions

AWS Directory Services

• AWS Managed Microsoft AD

• Create your own AD in AWS, manage users

• Establish “trust” connections with your on-premise AD

• AD Connector

• Directory Gateway (proxy) to redirect to on-proxy premise AD, supports MFA

• Users are managed on the on-premise AD

• Simple AD

• AD-compatible managed directory on AWS

• Cannot be joined with on-premise AD