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Document History

The following table describes the important changes since the last release of the AWS Directory Service Administrator Guide.

• Latest documentation update: January 2, 2019

Change	Description	Date
Password reset	Added content on how to reset user passwords using the AWS Management Console, Windows PowerShell and AWS CLI.	January 2, 2019
Directory sharing	Added documentation for using directory sharing with AWS Managed Microsoft AD.	September 25, 2018
Migrated content to new Amazon Cloud Directory Developer Guide	The Amazon Cloud Directory content previously in this guide has been moved to the new Amazon Cloud Directory Developer Guide.	June 21, 2018
Complete overhaul of the Admin Guide TOC	Reorganized the content to more directly map to customer needs and added new content where needed.	April 5, 2018
AWS delegated groups	Added list of AWS delegated groups that can be assigned to on-premises users.	March 8, 2018
Fine-grained password policies	Added new password policies content.	July 5, 2017
Additional domain controllers	Added information for adding more domain controllers to your AWS Managed Microsoft AD.	June 30, 2017
Tutorials	Added new tutorials for testing a AWS Managed Microsoft AD lab environment.	June 21, 2017
MFA with AWS Managed Microsoft AD	Added documentation for using MFA with AWS Managed Microsoft AD.	February 13, 2017
Amazon Cloud Directory	New directory type introduced.	January 26, 2017
Schema Extensions	Added documentation for schema extensions with AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory.	November 14, 2016
Major reorganization of the Directory Service Admin Guide	Reorganized the content to more directly map to customer needs.	November 14, 2016
SNS notifications	Added documentation for SNS notifications.	February 25, 2016
Authorization and Authentication	Added additional documentation for using IAM with Directory Services.	February 25, 2016
AWS Managed Microsoft AD	Added documentation for AWS Managed Microsoft AD, and combined guides into a single guide.	November 17, 2015
Allow Linux instances to be joined to a Simple AD directory	Added documentation for joining a Linux instance to a Simple AD directory.	July 23, 2015
Guide separation	The AWS Directory Service administration guide is split into separate guides, the Simple AD guide and the AD Connector guide.	July 14, 2015
Single sign-on support	Added single sign-on documentation.	March 31, 2015
New guide	This is the first release of the AWS Directory Service Administration Guide.	October 21, 2014