Which AWS directory service for Microsoft Active Directory should I Choose?
Select AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory (Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition) if you need an actual Microsoft Active Directory in the AWS Cloud that supports Active Directory–aware workloads, or AWS applications and services such as Amazon WorkSpaces and Amazon QuickSight, or you need LDAP support for Linux applications.
What is the cost of AWS directory service?
With AWS Directory Service, you pay only for the type and size of the managed directory that you use. There is no up-front commitment and no minimum fee. You can delete your managed directory at any time.
What is the maximum number of Directory objects supported by AWS managed ad?
AWS Managed Microsoft AD (Enterprise Edition) is designed to support enterprise organizations with up to 500,000* directory objects. *Upper limits are approximations. Your directory may support more or less directory objects depending on the size of your directory objects and the behavior and performance needs of your applications.
What can you do with the AWS cloud directory?
You can use it as a primary directory to manage users, groups, computers, and Group Policy objects (GPOs) in the cloud. You can manage access and provide single sign-on (SSO) to AWS applications and services, and to third-party directory-aware applications running on Amazon EC2 instances in the AWS Cloud.
What is AWS Directoryservice?
AWS Directory Service provides multiple directory choices for customers who want to use existing Microsoft AD or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)–aware applications in the cloud. It also offers those same choices to developers who need a directory to manage users, groups, devices, and access.
What is AWS directory service simple AD?
Simple AD is a managed directory powered by a Samba 4 Active Directory Compatible Server. It provides a subset of the capabilities offered by Microsoft Active Directory, including Kerberos SSO, computers joined to domains, and Group Policy–based management.
Which AWS cloud service can simple Active Directory simple AD use to authenticate users?
User accounts in Simple AD allow access to AWS applications such as WorkSpaces, Amazon WorkDocs, or Amazon WorkMail.
Which AWS service makes it easy to set up and run Active Directory?
AWS Directory Service makes it easy to set up and run directories in the AWS Cloud, or connect your AWS resources with an existing on-premises Microsoft Active Directory.
Which of the following AWS directory service prerequisites are for simple AD AWS directory service for Microsoft Active Directory?
To create a Simple AD directory, you need a VPC with the following: At least two subnets. For Simple AD to install correctly, you must install your two domain controllers in separate subnets that must be in a different Availability Zone.
What is the primary benefit of AWS directory services?
It enables you to leverage your existing on-premises user credentials to access cloud resources such as the AWS Management Console, Amazon Workspaces, Amazon Chime, and Windows workloads in the cloud.
What is Amazon SSO?
AWS Single Sign-On (AWS SSO) is a cloud service that allows you to grant your users access to AWS resources, such as Amazon EC2 instances, across multiple AWS accounts. By default, AWS SSO now provides a directory that you can use to create users, organize them in groups, and set permissions across those groups.
Which of the following services can help you manage multiple AWS accounts?
AWS SSO is an AWS service that enables you to makes it easy to centrally manage access to multiple AWS accounts and business applications and provide users with single sign-on access to all their assigned accounts and applications from one place.
How do I create a simple AD in AWS?
In the AWS Directory Service console navigation pane, choose Directories and then choose Set up directory. On the Select directory type page, choose Simple AD, and then choose Next. Choose from either the Small or Large size option. For more information about sizes, see Simple Active Directory.
Which service is the best option for domain controller security event logs from AWS directory service for Microsoft Active Directory?
AWS Managed Microsoft AD is your best choice if you have more than 5,000 users and need a trust relationship set up between an AWS hosted directory and your on-premises directories. AD Connector simply connects your existing on-premises Active Directory to AWS.
How do I set up Active Directory in the cloud?
Deploying Microsoft Active Directory Domain Controllers with Advanced Networking Configuration on Google CloudCreate the VPC network.Create firewall rules.Create the domain controller firewall rule.Create the DNS firewall rule.Create the Remote Desktop firewall rule.
Can I have Active Directory on cloud?
You Can't Easily & Fully Move Active Directory to the Cloud More Windows machines and applications meant that Active Directory centrally controlled more of the IT network. As IT relied more on AD, there was more pressure on only choosing systems and applications that could be controlled by AD.
Which to choose
You can choose directory services with the features and scalability that best meets your needs. Use the following table to help you determine which AWS Directory Service directory option works best for your organization.
AWS Directory Service options
AWS Directory Service includes several directory types to choose from. For more information, select one of the following tabs:
Working with Amazon EC2
A basic understanding of Amazon EC2 is essential to using AWS Directory Service. We recommend that you begin by reading the following topics:
Editions
AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory is offered in two editions to help you create a managed Active Directory that meets your organization’s needs. Both Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition can be used as your organization’s primary directory to manage users, devices, and computers.
Directory Sharing - Pricing
AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory allows you to use a directory in one account and share it with multiple accounts and VPCs. There is an hourly sharing charge for each additional account to which you share a directory.
Multi-region replication – Data transfer pricing
AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory (Enterprise Edition) allows you to deploy and use a single directory across multiple AWS Regions. There is a charge per GB for the data transferred “out” of your domain controllers to other AWS Regions where you deployed your directory.
30-day limited free trial
You can try AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory at no additional charge through the Directory Service 30-day limited free trial.
Pricing Table
The prices shown in the following table are based on the region in which your managed directory is running. For each AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory managed directory, AWS creates the minimum two domain controllers automatically to provide high availability.
Pricing (varies by region)
Price per GB of data transferred “out” of your domain controllers for multi-region replication:
Pricing Examples
Example 1: A single managed directory with the default two domain controllers (without shared directory)
General
AWS Directory Service is a managed service offering, providing directories that contain information about your organization, including users, groups, computers, and other resources. As a managed offering, AWS Directory Service is designed to reduce management tasks, thereby allowing you to focus more of your time and resources on your business.
Multi-region replication
Multi-region replication is a feature that enables you to deploy and use a single AWS Managed Microsoft AD directory across multiple AWS Regions. This makes it easier and more cost-effective for you to deploy and manage your Microsoft Windows and Linux workloads globally.
Seamless domain join
Seamless domain join is a feature that allows you to join your Amazon EC2 for Windows Server and Amazon EC2 for Linux instances seamlessly to a domain, at the time of launch and from the AWS Management Console. You can join instances to AWS Managed Microsoft AD that you launch in the AWS Cloud.
IAM integration
Q: How does AWS Directory Service enable single sign-on (SSO) to the AWS Management Console?
Compliance
Q: Can I use AWS Managed Microsoft AD for AWS Cloud workloads that are subject to compliance standards?
What is simple AD?
It is a standalone, fully managed, directory on the AWS (Amazon Web Service) cloud and is generally the least expensive option. It is the best choice for less than 5000 users and when you don't need advanced AD features Active Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory is the best choice if you have more than 5000 users and/or need a trust relationship set up. It provides advanced AD features that you don't get with SimpleAD Amazon Cognito is an authentication service for web and mobile apps AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) is a cloud SSO service that makes it easy to centrally manage SSO access to multiple AWS (Amazon Web Service) accounts and business applications References: https://digitalcloud.training/certification-training/aws-solutions-architect-associate/security-identity-compliance/aws-directory-service/
What is elasti cache?
Explanation ElastiCache is a web service that makes it easy to deploy and run Memcached or Redis protocol-compliant server nodes in the cloud. The in-memory caching provided by ElastiCache can be used to significantly improve latency and throughput for many read-heavy application workloads or compute-intensive workloads There are two different database engines with different characteristics as per below: Memcached - Not persistent - Cannot be used as a data store - Supports large nodes with multiple cores or threads - Scales out and in, by adding and removing nodes Redis - Data is persistent - Can be used as a datastore - Not multi-threaded - Scales by adding shards, not nodes Kinesis Data Streams is used for processing streams of data, it is not a persistent data store RDS is not the optimum solution due to the requirement to optimize retrieval times which is a better fit for an in-memory data store such as ElastiCache References: https://digitalcloud.training/certification-training/aws-solutions-architect-associate/database/amazon-elasticache/
What is cluster subnet group?
Explanation You create a cluster subnet group if you are provisioning your cluster in your virtual private cloud (VPC) A cluster subnet group allows you to specify a set of subnets in your VPC When provisioning a cluster you provide the subnet group and Amazon Redshift creates the cluster on one of the subnets in the group A DB Subnet Group is used by RDS A Subnet Group is used by ElastiCache Availability Zones are part of the AWS (Amazon Web Service) global infrastructure, subnets reside within AZs but in RedShift you provision the cluster into Cluster Subnet Groups References: https://digitalcloud.training/certification-training/aws-solutions-architect-associate/database/amazon-redshift/ https://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/mgmt/working-with-cluster-subnet-groups.html
How does AWS CloudFormation stack work?
Explanation AWS CloudFormation StackSets extends the functionality of stacks by enabling you to create, update, or delete stacks across multiple accounts and regions with a single operation Using an administrator account, you define and manage an AWS (Amazon Web Service) CloudFormation template, and use the template as the basis for provisioning stacks into selected target accounts across specified regions. An administrator account is the AWS (Amazon Web Service) account in which you create stack sets A stack set is managed by signing in to the AWS (Amazon Web Service) administrator account in which it was created. A target account is the account into which you create, update, or delete one or more stacks in your stack set Before you can use a stack set to create stacks in a target account, you must set up a trust relationship between the administrator and target accounts A regular CloudFormation template cannot be used across regions and accounts. You would need to create copies of the template and then manage updates You do not need to use a third-party product such as Terraform as this functionality can be delivered through native AWS (Amazon Web Service) technology References: https://digitalcloud.training/certification-training/aws-solutions-architect-associate/management-tools/aws-cloudformation/ https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/stacksets-concepts.html
What is a kinesis firehose?
Explanation For this solution Kinesis Data Firehose can be used as it can use Kinesis Data Streams as a source and can capture, transform, and load streaming data into a RedShift cluster. Kinesis Data Firehose can invoke a Lambda function to transform data before delivering it to destinations Kinesis Video Streams makes it easy to securely stream video from connected devices to AWS (Amazon Web Service) for analytics, machine learning (ML), and other processing, this solution does not involve video streams AWS Data Pipeline is used for processing and moving data between compute and storage services. It does not work with streaming data as Kinesis does Elastic Map Reduce (EMR) is used for processing and analyzing data using the Hadoop framework. It is not used for transforming streaming data References: https://digitalcloud.training/certification-training/aws-solutions-architect-associate/analytics/amazon-kinesis/
What is RAID 0?
Explanation RAID 0 = 0 striping – data is written across multiple disks and increases performance but no redundancy RAID 1 = 1 mirroring – creates 2 copies of the data but does not increase performance, only redundancy SSD, Provisioned IOPS – I01 provides higher performance than General Purpose SSD (GP2) and you can specify the IOPS required up to 50 IOPS per GB and a maximum of 32000 IOPS RDS read replicas cannot be created from EC2 instances Creating an active/passive cluster doesn't improve read performance as the passive node is not servicing requests. This is use for fault tolerance References: https://digitalcloud.training/certification-training/aws-solutions-architect-associate/compute/amazon-ebs/
Which database has the least overhead?
Explanation Out of the options in the list, DynamoDB requires the least operational overhead as there are no backups, maintenance periods, software updates etc. to deal with RDS, RedShift and EMR all require some operational overhead to deal with backups, software updates and maintenance periods References: https://digitalcloud.training/certification-training/aws-solutions-architect-associate/database/amazon-dynamodb/