Application compatibility policy for AD Connector

As an alternative to AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory (AWS Managed Microsoft AD), AD Connector is an Active Directory proxy for AWS created applications and services only. You configure the proxy to use a specified Active Directory domain. When the application must look up a user or group in Active Directory, AD Connector proxies the request to the directory. Similarly, when a user logs in to the application, AD Connector proxies the authentication request to the directory. There are no third-party applications that work with AD Connector.

The following is a list of compatible AWS applications and services:

• Amazon Chime - For detailed instructions, see Connect to your Active Directory.

• Amazon Connect - For more information, see How Amazon Connect works.

• Amazon EC2 for Windows or Linux – You can use the seamless Active Directory domain join feature of Amazon EC2 Windows or Linux to join your instance to your self-managed Active Directory (on-premises). Once joined, the instance communicates directly with your Active Directory and bypasses AD Connector. For more information, see Join an Amazon EC2 instance to your Active Directory.

• AWS Management Console – You can use AD Connector to authenticate AWS Management Console users with their Active Directory credentials without setting up SAML infrastructure. For more information, see Enable access to the AWS Management Console with AD credentials.

• Amazon QuickSight - For more information, see Managing user accounts in Amazon QuickSight Enterprise Edition.

• AWS IAM Identity Center - For detailed instructions, see Connect IAM Identity Center to an on-premises Active Directory.

• AWS Transfer Family - For detailed instructions, see Working with AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory.

• AWS Client VPN - For detailed instructions, see Client authentication and authorization.

• Amazon WorkDocs - For detailed instructions, see Connecting to your on-premises directory with AD Connector.

• Amazon WorkMail - For detailed instructions, see Integrate Amazon WorkMail with an existing directory (standard setup).

• WorkSpaces - For detailed instructions, see Launch a WorkSpace using AD Connector.

Note

Amazon RDS is compatible with AWS Managed Microsoft AD only, and is not compatible with AD Connector. For more information, see the AWS Managed Microsoft AD section in the AWS Directory Service FAQs page.