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How to Deploy Local Administrator Password Solution with AWS Microsoft AD

September 16, 2019: We’ve updated this post to reflect current AWS service names. Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) from Microsoft simplifies password management by allowing organizations to use Active Directory (AD) to store unique passwords for computers. Typically, an organization might reuse the same local administrator password across the computers in an AD domain. However, […]

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How to Move More Custom Applications to the AWS Cloud with AWS Directory Service

Some Active Directory (AD) integrated applications require custom changes to the directory schema. Today, we have added the ability for an administrator to extend the schema of AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory (Enterprise Edition), also known as Microsoft AD. Specifically, you can modify the AD schema and enable many more applications. This feature […]