From InfoWorld: Amazon has launched an AWS Directory Service for Active Directory, a fully-managed implementation of Microsoft's authentication and user management service.
Using Active Directory in Amazon's cloud will enable companies to bring applications including SQL Server, SharePoint, and custom applications built with .Net onto AWS. That's useful for businesses trying to move into the cloud from an on-premises deployment of Microsoft's software.
When companies start using the service, it creates a pair of domain controllers connected to a user's virtual private cloud running Windows Server 2012 R2. Each domain controller runs in a different availability zone of a user's choosing inside a single region, and Amazon will handle the nuts-and-bolts of managing things like host monitoring, data replication and snapshots.
Administrators will be able to configure a trust relationship between their on-premises Active Directory and the AD in Amazon's cloud, so that users can sign in to both systems using one login.
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