Benefits of Directory Service
How it works
AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory, also known as AWS Managed Microsoft AD, activates your directory-aware workloads and AWS resources to use managed AD on AWS.
![Diagram showing how AWS Directory Service helps you manage a directory, deploy or migrate apps, integrate with directory-aware AWS services, and manage access within AWS Managed Microsoft AD.](https://d1.awsstatic.com/products/directory-service/Product-Page-Diagram_AWS-Directory-Service.b60e3554b106a19f07a22f91fc03190695001007.png)
Introduction to AWS Directory Service (5:31)
Why use Directory Service?
Directory Service provides multiple directory choices for customers who want to use existing Microsoft AD–aware or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)–aware applications in the cloud.