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AWS Managed Microsoft AD: A Decade of Enterprise Identity Evolution

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This post reflects on ten years of AWS Managed Microsoft AD, highlighting its evolution from a solution for cloud migration challenges to a foundational identity backbone for thousands of enterprises. It details how the service has expanded its capabilities and integrations to support a wide range of AWS services, including databases, file storage, and end-user computing, while emphasizing its ongoing commitment to customer-driven innovation.

  • →AWS Managed Microsoft AD Launched a Decade Ago for Enterprise Identity
  • →Evolution of AWS Managed Microsoft AD Features Over Ten Years
  • →AWS Managed Microsoft AD Powers Identity Across Numerous AWS Services
  • →Integration with End-User Computing and Security Services
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  • AWS Managed Microsoft AD Launched a Decade Ago for Enterprise Identity

    AWS launched AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory, now known as AWS Managed Microsoft AD, ten years ago. The service was initially designed to reduce the administrative overhead of running Microsoft Active Directory in the cloud, allowing customers to focus on applications rather than infrastructure management.

  • Evolution of AWS Managed Microsoft AD Features Over Ten Years

    Since its launch, AWS Managed Microsoft AD has seen significant innovation, including the introduction of Standard Edition, support for schema extensions and Group Managed Service Accounts, multi-Region replication, enhanced compliance features (HIPAA eligible, PCI DSS, FedRAMP authorization), CloudWatch metrics, integration with AWS Transfer Family, Windows Server upgrades, AWS Private CA Connector, and CRUD APIs for users and groups.

  • AWS Managed Microsoft AD Powers Identity Across Numerous AWS Services

    Over 20 AWS services now offer native integration with AWS Managed Microsoft AD, making it a crucial component for enterprise workloads on AWS. This includes database services like Amazon RDS for SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, DB2, and Aurora, as well as file storage services like Amazon FSx for Windows File Server and AWS Storage Gateway.

  • Integration with End-User Computing and Security Services

    AWS Managed Microsoft AD is integrated with end-user computing services such as Amazon WorkSpaces, Amazon WorkSpaces Applications, and Amazon WorkMail. It also serves as an identity source for AWS IAM Identity Center, synchronizing users and groups for single sign-on access across AWS accounts and applications.

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