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<p><abbr title="Amazon Web Services">AWS</abbr> Directory Service packages up Active Directory in a way that's easier to combine with other <abbr title="Amazon Web Services">AWS</abbr> services than rolling your own domain.</p>
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<li><strong><abbr title="Amazon Web Services">AWS</abbr> Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory</strong> is powered by Windows Server.</li>
<li><strong>Simple <abbr title="Active Directory">AD</abbr></strong> supports a subset of Active Directory features and is backed by <a href="/notes/9FIaRLOfdNCVJRzFkKd3Z">Samba</a>.</li>
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<strong>Children</strong>
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<li><a href="/notes/8e1d7hx7wn9zld1xy9ophzf">Simple AD</a></li>
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