Note: Ensure that AWS security group, network firewall, and Windows firewall settings applied to the AWS Directory Service directory (outbound) and self-managed AD (inbound) allow TCP communications on port 636.
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.
AWS Directory Service – AD Connector
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You can try a small Simple AD managed directory and a small AD Connector at no additional charge through the AWS Directory Service 30-day limited free trial. The Directory Service 30-day limited free trial includes 1,500 hours of use across all your Directory Service managed directories during your first 30 days as a Directory Service customer. Directory Service 30-day limited free-trial hours are metered based on the type of managed directory you create. For more details, see Directory Service 30-day limited free trial.
The prices shown in the following table are based on the region in which your managed directory is running. AWS charges for Simple AD and AD Connector are based on the size of your managed directory (small or large) and the number of hours that your managed directory is running.
If you use Amazon WorkSpaces, Amazon WorkDocs, or Amazon WorkMail in conjunction with AWS Directory Service, you will not be charged an additional fee for either Simple AD or AD Connector directories registered with these services, as long as you have active users of Amazon WorkSpaces, Amazon WorkDocs, or Amazon WorkMail. In order to qualify for free usage of Simple AD and AD Connector, you must have at least one active user for small directories each month and at least 100 active users for large directories each month. You can also pay for Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory, and run it in conjunction with Amazon applications, such as Amazon WorkSpaces and Amazon WorkMail.
If you are a new AWS Directory Service customer and create a single small Simple AD directory in the US West (Oregon) region, and run that managed directory 24 hours a day for 60 days, AWS calculates your charges as follows:
The AWS Directory Service 30-day limited free trial includes 1,500 domain-controller and connector hours of use across all your eligible Directory Service managed directories. Each Simple AD directory includes two domain controllers for high availability, so your Simple AD directory uses two limited free-trial hours for every hour that the managed directory is running. Unused hours do not rollover.
This example also assumes you are not using Simple AD with Amazon WorkSpaces, Amazon WorkDocs, or Amazon WorkMail. You can use Simple AD and AD Connector with those services at no additional charge if you have at least 1 active user for small directories each month or at least 100 active users for large directories each month.
If you are a new AWS Directory Service customer and create a Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory (Enterprise Edition) managed directory and a small Simple AD directory in the US West (Oregon) region, and run those directories 24 hours a day for 60 days, AWS calculates your charges as follows:
The AWS Directory Service 30-day limited free trial includes 1,500 domain controller and connector hours of use across all your eligible Directory Service managed directories. Each domain controller in your managed Microsoft Active Directory and small Simple AD directory uses one limited free-trial hour for every hour that the domain controller is running. High availability is built into both managed directories, so each managed directory uses two limited free-trial hours for every hour that the managed directory is running.
Note that although the pricing table for AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory lists the hourly cost per managed directory ($0.40 per hour), your AWS bill lists each domain controller as an individual line item. Your bill shows two domain controllers, each for $0.20 per hour, totaling $69.00 each. However, Simple AD does not break down costs by individual domain controllers. Your bill shows a single line item for Simple AD for $17.25.
This example assumes you are not using Simple AD with Amazon WorkSpaces, Amazon WorkDocs, or Amazon WorkMail. You can use Simple AD and AD Connector with these services at no additional charge if you have at least one active user for small directories each month or at least 100 active users for large directories each month.
Note that although the pricing table for AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory lists the hourly cost per managed directory ($0.40 per hour), your AWS bill lists each domain controller as an individual line item. Your bill shows two domain controllers, each for $0.20 per hour, totaling $144.00 each. However, Simple AD does not break down costs by individual domain controllers. Your bill shows a single line item for Simple AD for $36.00.
If you are a new AWS Directory Service customer and create a large Simple AD directory in the US West (Oregon) region, and run that managed directory 24 hours a day for 60 days, AWS calculates your charges as follows:
Keep in mind that AD connectors CAN cost you money!! Simple AD and AD Connector are made available to you free of cost to use with WorkSpaces, WorkMail, or WorkDocs. BUT, if there are no WorkSpaces being used with your Simple AD or AD Connector for 30 consecutive days, you may be charged for this directory as per the AWS Directory Service pricing terms. The small connector will support up to 500 users at a cost of $.05/hr and a large connector will support up to 5,000 users at a cost of $.15/hr. Delete AD Connectors that are not being used.
What I can tell you is that when I built the first AD Connector, on the VPC Details selections I chose private subnets residing within us-east-1c and us-east-1d. I then created two new private subnets in us-east-1a and us-east-1b and upon created the second AD connector, I chose these subnets when selecting the VPC details, and was I was then able to successfully register the domain. This is when I opened a case with AWS Support to determine what was going on. I found the answer (shown below) pretty interesting:
Directory Service is a web service that makes it easy for you to setup and run directories in the Amazon Web Services cloud, or connect your Amazon Web Services resources with an existing self-managed Microsoft Active Directory. This guide provides detailed information about Directory Service operations, data types, parameters, and errors. For information about Directory Services features, see Directory Service and the Directory Service Administration Guide.
The method used when sharing a directory to determine whether the directory should be shared within your Amazon Web Services organization ( ORGANIZATIONS ) or with any Amazon Web Services account by sending a shared directory request ( HANDSHAKE ).
A directory share request that is sent by the directory owner to the directory consumer. The request includes a typed message to help the directory consumer administrator determine whether to approve or reject the share invitation.
If set to true, updates the inbound and outbound rules of the security group that has the description: "Amazon Web Services created security group for directory ID directory controllers." Following are the new rules:
The identifiers of the subnets for the directory servers. The two subnets must be in different Availability Zones. Directory Service creates a directory server and a DNS server in each of these subnets.
Cancels an in-progress schema extension to a Microsoft AD directory. Once a schema extension has started replicating to all domain controllers, the task can no longer be canceled. A schema extension can be canceled during any of the following states; Initializing , CreatingSnapshot , and UpdatingSchema .
Creates a conditional forwarder associated with your Amazon Web Services directory. Conditional forwarders are required in order to set up a trust relationship with another domain. The conditional forwarder points to the trusted domain.
Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory allows you to configure trust relationships. For example, you can establish a trust between your Managed Microsoft AD directory, and your existing self-managed Microsoft Active Directory. This would allow you to provide users and groups access to resources in either domain, with a single set of credentials.
This action initiates the creation of the Amazon Web Services side of a trust relationship between an Managed Microsoft AD directory and an external domain. You can create either a forest trust or an external trust.
Retrieves information about the type of client authentication for the specified directory, if the type is specified. If no type is specified, information about all client authentication types that are supported for the specified directory is retrieved. Currently, only SmartCard is supported. 2ff7e9595c