AWS Directory Service Reviews

This directory service was used for domain authentication and policy implementation. These features were easily available and configurable.

This is a managed directory service (by AWS) that offers a hands-free solution for our team as we are not required to hire or train people to manage Active Directory features and/or high availability backups. There is also no security patching required on an operating system level or Active Directory malware attack. Additionally, we are able to easily integrate other AWS services.

AWS handles everything on the backend requiring minimal legwork from our team. We only require a dedicated database administrator while depending on Amazon for RDS.

Our only complaint is that you cannot integrate your Exchange server. Or, if you are planning to install an Exchange server on your Amazon EC2 instance, then you need to configure Active Directory on EC2 instance. We would like for this limitation to be lifted.

I did not find any performance issues, likely since this is a managed service that does not take a lot of CPU resources.

This solution is scalable and does not require any maintenance on our end. 

We did not require their assistance while using the AWS Directory Service.

We switched because my company is the only core partner to Amazon in Pakistan and we have more than 300 certified people with predefined training.

The initial setup was straightforward.

The process required only one person to deploy and took just one day as it was easy to configure and implement AWS.

We were able to see some return on investment thanks to this being a managed service only requiring us to hire two to three people to manage backup/disaster solutions.

It is important to note that there are no hidden fees following initial purchase.

I highly recommend any AWS Managed Service. 

I would rate it an eight out of ten.

I'm the database admin and we are partners with AWS.

It's a pretty good solution in terms of performance with good availability and minimal downtime. It's easy to migrate and the UI is user-friendly. 

I'd like to see some additional features, similar to what Azure has. 

I've been using this solution for one year. 

The solution is scalable. 

We've used the technical support and it's pretty good. 

Positive

The deployment took around one week but I wasn't involved in that aspect. We have a team of five people who maintain the solution. 

This is a good product and I rate it nine out of 10. 

I like the manageability. Activate Connect makes it easier to assign information and to manage the resources in the network.

The group policy can be improved. 

I have been using AWS Directory Service for six years. 

It is stable .

It is scalable. 

We have been in touch with technical support. They were good. 

The initial setup was straightforward. The deployment didn't take more than a half-hour for an expert to setup. 

My advice to someone considering this solution is that before working on this it is better to have good theoretical knowledge about this solution, otherwise if something goes wrong it can impact the entire use.

The private cloud hypervisor is not so stable so far. They should improve the stability in the next release. 

I would rate it a nine out of ten. 

The most valuable feature is ease of use.

The documentation is okay.

I would like to see better integration with other business solutions.

I have been using AWS Directory Service for less than one year.

This solution is stable.

AWS Directory Service is a scalable solution. We have thirty users in our company and we do plan on increasing our usage.

Technical support is ok.

I have used Microsoft Active Directory, and we switched because AWS Directory Service is easier to use.

The initial setup was straightforward. I think that it took about two weeks to deploy.

Two people are suitable for maintenance.

The pricing is reasonable.

We did not evaluate other options before choosing this one.

My advice for anybody who is considering this solution is to first make sure that they want to use other AWS services. If they do not intend to do so, then they can simply use Microsoft Active Directory.

This solution does what we want to achieve.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.