AWS Security Blog
Tag: AWS Directory Service
AWS IAM Sessions at re:Invent 2015
As I said last week, the breakout sessions for the Security & Compliance track have been announced and are shown in the re:Invent 2015 session catalog. If you are going to re:Invent 2015, you can add these sessions to your schedule now. Today, I will highlight the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) sessions that […]
How to Manage Identities in Simple AD Directories
As I said in yesterday’s blog post, How to Migrate Your Microsoft Active Directory Users to Simple AD, AWS Directory Service allows you to create a standalone, highly available AWS-managed directory called Simple AD in a matter of minutes. With Simple AD, you can centrally manage user accounts and group memberships for Amazon EC2 instances […]
How to Migrate Your Microsoft Active Directory Users to Simple AD or AWS Managed Microsoft AD
July 21, 2020: We’ve updated this post to include AWS Managed Microsoft AD, as well as Simple AD. AWS Directory Service allows you to create a standalone, highly available AWS-managed directory called Simple AD in a matter of minutes. With Simple AD, you can centrally manage user accounts and group memberships for Amazon EC2 instances […]
How to Connect Your On-Premises Active Directory to AWS Using AD Connector
April 25, 2023: We’ve updated this blog post to include more security learning resources. AD Connector is designed to give you an easy way to establish a trusted relationship between your Active Directory and AWS. When AD Connector is configured, the trust allows you to: Sign in to AWS applications such as Amazon WorkSpaces, Amazon […]
AWS Directory Service Now Supports API Access and Logging Via AWS CloudTrail
Developers can now programmatically create and configure Simple AD and AD Connector directories in AWS Directory Service via the AWS SDKs or CLI. You can also now use Cloud Trail to log API actions performed via an SDK, the CLI, or AWS Directory Service console. Permissions for performing these actions can be controlled via an AWS […]
How to Switch Easily Between AWS Accounts by Using the AWS Management Console and AWS Directory Service
Earlier this year, the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) team announced support for the Switch Role feature, which allows your users to switch between accounts in the AWS Management Console. The benefit to your users is that they can switch accounts without being required to sign out and sign in for each account. In […]