This Quick Start Reference Deployment guide includes architectural considerations and configuration steps for deploying highly available Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. We’ll discuss best practices for launching the necessary AWS services, such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), in two scenarios:
- An AWS cloud-based Active Directory Domain Services deployment
- The extension of on-premises Active Directory Domain Services to the AWS cloud
We also provide links to automated AWS CloudFormation templates that you can leverage for your deployment or launch directly into your AWS account. Amazon Web Services provides a comprehensive set of services and tools for deploying Microsoft Windows-based workloads on its reliable and secure cloud infrastructure. Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) and Domain Name Server (DNS) are core Windows services that provide the foundation for many enterprise class Microsoft based solutions including Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange, and .NET applications.
This guide is aimed at organizations running workloads in the AWS cloud that require secure, low latency connectivity to Active Directory Domain and DNS services. After reading this guide, IT infrastructure personnel should have a good understanding of how to design and deploy a solution to launch AD DS in the AWS cloud or extend on-premises Active Directory Domain Services into the AWS cloud.
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