AWS Directory Service Reviews & Product Details

What I like best about AWS Cloud Security is the seamless integration across services, particularly the centralized control offered by AWS IAM and AWS Organizations. It enables fine-grained access management, strong compliance alignment, and automated security best practices, which are critical for maintaining a secure and scalable cloud infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One area for improvement in AWS Cloud Security is the complexity of initial configuration and the steep learning curve for new users. While the tools are powerful, achieving optimal setup often requires deep expertise, and the documentation, although comprehensive, can sometimes be overwhelming or too fragmented for quick implementation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No domain controller servers to manage! I like that it natively integrates with almost every AWS service. Being in the DoD and having a managed service does help us since it is one less server to STIG. We also do not have Domain or Enterprise admin users, which makes achieving Authority to Operate more straightforward. Super easy to EC2 instances to the domain at launch, and makes resetting user passwords a breeze. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I said no more servers for running the domain controller, but if you want to do more heavy editing of some AD and GPO features, you will have to have a computer or utility server running ADUC or GPOe. Not a huge deal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its a managed service that we dont need to care about Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is not the latest version of Active Directory and its underlying windows server Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AWS Directory Service is extremely easy to set up, but remains an extremely flexible product, allowing you to interface with it both from Cloud Services and using native protocols (LDAP), and giving you the ability to extend its functionality as you would any other directory. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not much - it has worked very well so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AWS has enabled us to run Microsoft AD with the Amazon Cloud Service. Its been a great tool to extend our existing domains to one software program. It also has a good simple infrastructure to manage the whole service. We have a few team members working with this and it was an easy set-up process. It also allows us to see the workloads quickly and simply. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

From our experience, it does not allow us much customization. There also is a limited number of users that have access. There are so many features, which is amazing, but also makes it a bit confusing at times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AWS Active directory provides a simple way to setup directory services for users/clients at remote sites and manage the directory without much hassle. Being able to manage users and objects from anywhere in the world with an internet connection without having to worry about VPNs, network outage at the site that is using the directory, or any other scenario makes things a lot less complicated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

From my experience, it doesn't seem like there is much customization in terms of performance. There is a limit to the number of users and objects that AWD Directory Services provides; however, in my use cases implementing it the hard limit never came to be an issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It allows and enables an IT administrator to run Microsoft AD in the public cloud, easing setup of user and group data and giving an end user access to cloud services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are a lot of features available with this product choosing the right one for you can be hard at times. Also setting it up for MAC OS can be hard as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Helps with efficiency, speed and reliability. Allows for easier and more organised deployments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Interface could be more intuitive i.e. more user friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Like the ablity to quick.y configure an AD environment without having to stand up EC2 instances Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Limited on things that can be done vs. native items with EC2 AD. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best part is to have 3 options that helps customers choose the right option that would help their situation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its really hard to setup client to access AWS microsoft AD service. At least for the first time when we setup the service, it was hard to find documentation to setup client to access the AD as a service platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.