AWS Directory Service Reviews

Andrei Sandulescu

IT Auditor & Compliance Officer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

Apr 05 2020

Easy to use, but better integration with other business solutions would be useful

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is ease of use. The documentation is okay.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see better integration with other business solutions.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing is reasonable.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have used Microsoft Active Directory, and we switched because AWS Directory Service is easier to use.

What other advice do I have?

My advice for anybody who is considering this solution is to first make sure that they want to use other AWS services. If they do not intend to do so, then they can simply use Microsoft Active… more»

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We did not evaluate other options before choosing this one.

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Senior Datacenter Engineer at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees

Mar 31 2020

Easy to assign information and to manage the resources in the network

What is most valuable?

I like the manageability. Activate Connect makes it easier to assign information and to manage the resources in the network.

What needs improvement?

The group policy can be improved.

What other advice do I have?

My advice to someone considering this solution is that before working on this it is better to have good theoretical knowledge about this solution, otherwise if something goes wrong it can impact the entire use. The private cloud hypervisor is not so stable so far. They should improve the stability in the next release. I would rate it a nine out of ten.

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What is AWS Directory Service?

AWS Directory Service lets you run Microsoft Active Directory (AD) as a managed service. AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory, also referred to as AWS Managed Microsoft AD, is powered by Windows Server 2012 R2. When you select and launch this directory type, it is created as a highly available pair of domain controllers connected to your virtual private cloud (VPC). The domain controllers run in different Availability Zones in a region of your choice. Host monitoring and recovery, data replication, snapshots, and software updates are automatically configured and managed for you.

Also known as

AWS Managed Microsoft AD

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