# Before You Begin Using Active Directory with Amazon WorkSpaces Applications
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Before you use Microsoft Active Directory domains with WorkSpaces Applications, be aware of the following requirements and considerations.

**Topics**
+ [Active Directory Domain Environment](active-directory-prerequisites-domain-environment.md)
+ [Domain-Joined WorkSpaces Applications Streaming Instances](active-directory-prerequisites-streaming-instances.md)
+ [Group Policy Settings](active-directory-prerequisites-group-policy-settings.md)
+ [Smart Card Authentication](active-directory-prerequisites-smart-card-authentication.md)

## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for Amazon WorkSpaces Applications. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query appstream2` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).