How can I manage an AWS Managed Microsoft AD or Simple AD directory from an Amazon EC2 Windows instance?

Last updated: 2022-09-02

First, join the EC2 Windows instance to the directory in one of the following ways:

• To join a new instance to an AWS Managed Microsoft AD or Simple AD directory during launch, see Seamlessly join a Windows EC2 instance.
• To manually join an existing instance to a directory, see Manually join a Windows instance.

Then, to manage the directory from the EC2 Windows instance, install Active Directory administration tools on the instance.