Active Directory 2016 Domain Controller

Deploy a new Active Directory domain controller 2016, to setup a new domain/forest or add to an existing domain.

Provide Active Directory and DNS services to servers, users and applications running in AWS

Active Directory Features

• The perfect solution for providing Active Directory domain services to your servers in AWS
• Enable Hybrid Active Directory using existing AD with your AWS tenant
• Provide Group Polices (GPOs) to your servers, Users in AWS
• Provide AD authentication services to your applications
• Extend onprem Active Directory into AWS. Replicate onprem AD to new AD servers in AWS
• Provide DNS name resolution to your servers & applications in AWS
• Provide Single Sign On (SSO) for users logging into servers, services in AWS using Active Directory

This Windows Server 2016 VM comes pre loaded with the Active Directory Domain Services role, DNS server role, remote administration tools for AD, DNS and the required Powershell modules.

Upon powering up the ec2 VM the first time launch the DC promo wizard from server manager and start the setup of your new domain controller. Choose to setup a new domain or join this DC to an existing Active Directory Domain

Amazon EC2 running Microsoft Windows Server is a fast and dependable environment for deploying applications using the Microsoft Web Platform. Amazon EC2 enables you to run any compatible Windows-based solution on AWS' high-performance, reliable, cost-effective, cloud computing platform. Common Windows use cases include Enterprise Windows-based application hosting, website and web-service hosting, data processing, media transcoding, distributed testing, ASP.NET application hosting, and any other application requiring Windows software.