AWS Directory Service Reviews

Name: AWS Directory Service
Brand: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Rating: 4.3 (13 reviews)

4.3 out of 5

13 reviews
92% willing to recommend

What is AWS Directory Service?

AWS Directory Service lets you run Microsoft Active Directory (AD) as a managed service. AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory, also referred to as AWS Managed Microsoft AD, is powered by Windows Server 2012 R2. When you select and launch this directory type, it is created as a highly available pair of domain controllers connected to your virtual private cloud (VPC). The domain controllers run in different Availability Zones in a region of your choice. Host monitoring and recovery, data replication, snapshots, and software updates are automatically configured and managed for you.

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AWS Directory Service is the #12 ranked solution in top Identity and Access Management as a Service providers. PeerSpot users give AWS Directory Service an average rating of 8.6 out of 10. AWS Directory Service is most commonly compared to Microsoft Entra ID: AWS Directory Service vs Microsoft Entra ID. AWS Directory Service is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 58% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a computer software company, accounting for 18% of all views.

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Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS)

November 2024

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Featured reviews

Basa Saiteja

Consultant at Infosys

We primarily use the solution for accessing purposes for our Lambda and when we want to use services internally or across accounts. So we use Identity and Access Management (IAM) to provide that special access We find the access management system valuable. It provides access to our needs, and we…

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MassimilianoCollavo

Computer Area Instructor of the Municipality of Asolo at Comune di asolo

The solution integrates well with other tools, particularly through single sign-on, allowing users to connect to various applications using just one password, including email I've encountered challenges, particularly with Amazon WorkDocs, which is being deprecated. This has made it necessary to…

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VamsiMohan

CTO at Huber

AWS Directory Service is very useful. It is a role-based mechanism, similar to identity management. It is one of the most useful AWS features. AWS Directory Service is secure The AWS Directory Service should be easier to integrate. I have been working with AWS Directory Service for two years.…

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AWS Directory Service mindshare

As of November 2024, the mindshare of AWS Directory Service in the Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) category stands at 2.7%, down from 3.7% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Key learnings from peers

Valuable Features

"The solution integrates well with other tools, particularly through single sign-on, allowing users to connect to various applications using just one password, including email."
"The most valuable feature of AWS Directory Service is cost-cutting features."
"We can provide specific access to people based on what they need from our accounts."

Room for Improvement

"I've encountered challenges, particularly with Amazon WorkDocs, which is being deprecated. This has made it necessary to find an alternative document management solution that can handle editing, sharing, and workflow management for documents like Word files and PDFs."
"AWS Directory Service needs to improve processing."
"Can be improved by including on-premises access for services through Identity Access Management."

Pricing

"We pay an annual subscription fee."
"AWS' pricing is fair, and costs can be cut if you look carefully at when you're using it."
"The pricing depends because with AWS there are two types of directory objects: 30,000 and 500,000. It varies. AWS provides the pricing calculators so we can get an estimate from there as per the company requirement of how many users and objects that we need to create. So we can go to that portal, put in the data, and get the quotation.There are no extra licensing fees. It's all included."

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