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AWS Managed Microsoft AD Celebrates Ten Years of Enterprise Identity in the Cloud
Key points
- AWS Managed Microsoft AD launched ten years ago.
- It provides a fully managed Microsoft Active Directory service.
- The service aimed to reduce operational overhead for customers.
- It now supports SQL Server, Amazon WorkSpaces, and Amazon FSx for Windows File Server.
A Decade of Managed Directory Services
AWS Managed Microsoft AD, a fully managed Microsoft Active Directory service in the AWS Cloud, has reached its ten-year milestone. Initially introduced to simplify the management of directory-aware workloads, it has expanded its capabilities to support various enterprise applications.
Addressing Customer Challenges
When AWS Managed Microsoft AD launched, customers migrating Windows workloads to AWS faced challenges managing Microsoft Active Directory (AD). AD was a dominant standard for enterprise identity, but its operation involved significant overhead, including capacity planning, high availability design, patching, maintenance, and disaster recovery.
Customers expressed a desire to focus on their applications rather than the complexities of managing domain controllers.
Solution and Evolution
AWS responded by building AWS Managed Microsoft AD, which uses actual Windows Server to deliver a managed Microsoft AD service. This service automated domain controller deployment, multi-AZ high availability, backups, patching, monitoring, scalability, and multi-Region replication. Customers could provision a directory in 25–30 minutes and begin using it immediately.
Over the past decade, AWS Managed Microsoft AD has evolved based on customer feedback, now powering services like SQL Server authentication, Amazon WorkSpaces virtual desktops, and Amazon FSx for Windows File Server for thousands of enterprises globally.
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AWS Managed Microsoft AD marks its tenth anniversary, reflecting on its evolution from a solution for running directory-aware workloads to a core identity service for thousands of enterprises. The service addressed the operational overhead of managing Microsoft Active Directory by providing a fully managed offering.