Overview
Active Directory 2025 Domain Controller
This is a repackaged software product wherein additional charges apply for support by Cloud Infrastructure Services. Active Directory 2025 on AWS combines Microsofts powerful identity and access management capabilities with AWS scalable, reliable cloud infrastructure. This setup enables organizations to manage user access and identities efficiently across hybrid and cloud environments. With AWS, Active Directory 2025 offers robust security, simplified administration, and high availability, making it ideal for enterprises requiring flexible and scalable directory services.
Active Directory 2025 on AWS Features:
- Seamless Hybrid Integration: Connect on-premises directories with AWS for unified identity management across environments.
- Central Management: Provide Group Polices (GPOs) to your servers, Users in AWS
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Enhance security with built-in support for MFA to protect user accounts and critical resources.
- Automated User Provisioning: Simplify user management with automated provisioning and de-provisioning workflows.
- High Availability and Redundancy: Leverage AWSs global infrastructure to ensure high availability and resilience of Active Directory services.
- Fine-Grained Access Control: Use role-based access and granular permissions to secure resources effectively.
- Comprehensive Monitoring and Logging: Gain visibility into access events and directory changes with AWS CloudTrail and CloudWatch.
- Scalable Identity Management: Scale directory services according to business demands, managing users and resources efficiently.
- Enhanced Security Posture: Protect identities and data with AWS security infrastructure and Active Directorys built-in features.
- Cost Efficiency: Reduce costs by leveraging AWSs flexible pricing and scalability, adjusting resources to meet demand.
- Integrated AWS Services: Use Active Directory with other AWS services, such as Amazon RDS and Amazon WorkSpaces, for seamless operations.
- Efficient Hybrid Cloud Deployments: Connect on-premises environments to AWS, allowing smooth hybrid cloud operations and migration paths.
- Reliability and High Performance: AWS global infrastructure provides reliable, high-performance directory services across multiple regions.
- Advanced Security and Compliance: Take advantage of both AWSs and Active Directorys security features to meet regulatory requirements.
- Flexible Cost Management: Optimize directory service costs with AWSs flexible pricing, allowing resources to scale with your needs.
- Comprehensive Management Tools: Use AWS tools alongside Active Directory to efficiently manage, monitor, and secure user access and permissions.
Use cases for Active Directory on Windows Server 2025:
- Unified Identity Management: Centralize user authentication across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments for consistent access control.
- Secure Application Access: Enable secure, single sign-on (SSO) for applications hosted on AWS and other platforms.
- Workforce Identity and Access Management: Manage employee access to company resources, enforce policies, and track access events.
- Hybrid Cloud Solutions: Extend on-premises Active Directory to AWS for flexible, scalable hybrid cloud deployments.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensure that user access and security meet industry standards for data protection and privacy.
Highlights
- Deploy a new Active Directory domain controller 2025, to setup a new domain/forest or add to an existing domain.
- Enable Hybrid Active Directory with your AWS environment with your on-premise Active Directory. Allowing smooth hybrid cloud operations and migration paths.
- Provide Active Directory and DNS services to servers, services and applications running in AWS. Also deploy AD Group Policies (GPOs) to your servers in AWS allowing you to centrally manage your AWS server security settings.
Details
Typical total price
$0.09/hour
Features and programs
Financing for AWS Marketplace purchases
Pricing
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Instance type | Product cost/hour | EC2 cost/hour | Total/hour |
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t3.nano | $0.03 | $0.01 | $0.04 |
t3.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.03 | $0.02 | $0.05 |
t3.small | $0.03 | $0.039 | $0.069 |
t3.medium Recommended | $0.03 | $0.06 | $0.09 |
t3.large | $0.03 | $0.111 | $0.141 |
t3.xlarge | $0.03 | $0.24 | $0.27 |
t3.2xlarge | $0.03 | $0.48 | $0.51 |
t3a.nano | $0.03 | $0.009 | $0.039 |
t3a.micro | $0.03 | $0.019 | $0.049 |
t3a.small | $0.03 | $0.037 | $0.067 |
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
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EBS General Purpose SSD (gp3) volumes | $0.08/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
Vendor refund policy
Fees for this product are not refundable. The instance can be terminated at any time to stop incurring charges.
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Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
Initial version
Additional details
Usage instructions
RDP into instance with username: administrator
RDP instructions are: https://docs.thinkwithwp.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/connecting_to_windows_instance.html
Once connected, follow our getting started guide on: https://cloudinfrastructureservices.co.uk/how-to-setup-a-new-active-directory-2016-2019-forest-domain-in-azure-aws-gcp-iaas/
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Support
Vendor support
First follow our post deployment guide on Setting up Active Directory on AWS .
For support questions, please contact us via our website on the following contact page: https://cloudinfrastructureservices.co.uk/contact-us/ .
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