# Enabling access to Amazon applications and services for your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD
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Users can authorize Amazon Managed Microsoft AD to give Amazon applications and services, such as Amazon WorkSpaces, access to your Active Directory. The following Amazon applications and services can be enabled or disabled to work with Amazon Managed Microsoft AD.


| Amazon application / service | More information... | 
| --- | --- | 
| Amazon Chime | For more information, see the [Connecting to Active Directory](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/chime/latest/ag/active_directory.html). | 
| Connect Customer | For more information, see the [Connect Customer Administration Guide](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/connect/latest/adminguide/related-services-amazon-connect.html#security-services). | 
| Amazon EC2 | For more information, see [Ways to join an Amazon EC2 instance to your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD](ms_ad_join_instance.md). | 
| Amazon FSx for Windows File Server | For more information, see [Using Amazon FSx with Amazon Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/fsx/latest/WindowsGuide/fsx-aws-managed-ad.html). | 
| Quick | For more information, see the [Using Active Directory with Quick Enterprise edition](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/quicksight/latest/user/aws-directory-service.html). | 
| Amazon Relational Database Service | For more information, see the following: [See the AWS documentation website for more details](http://docs.amazonaws.cn/en_us/directoryservice/latest/admin-guide/ms_ad_enable_apps_services.html) | 
| Amazon WorkDocs | For more information, see the [Enable Amazon WorkDocs for Amazon Managed Microsoft AD](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/workspaces/latest/adminguide/enable-workdocs-active-directory.html). | 
| Amazon WorkMail | For more information, see the [Creating an organization](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/workmail/latest/adminguide/add_new_organization.html). | 
| Amazon WorkSpaces | You can create a Simple AD, Amazon Managed Microsoft AD, or AD Connector directly from WorkSpaces. Simply launch **Advanced Setup** when creating your Workspace.<br />For more information, see the [Register an existing Amazon Directory Service directory with WorkSpaces Personal](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/workspaces/latest/adminguide/register-deregister-directory.html). | 
| Amazon Client VPN | For more information, see the [Active Directory authentication in Client VPN](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/vpn/latest/clientvpn-admin/ad.html). | 
| Amazon IAM Identity Center | For more information, see the [Connect to a Microsoft AD directory](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/singlesignon/latest/userguide/connectawsad.html). | 
| Amazon License Manager | For more information, see the [Manage user-based subscriptions in License Manager](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/license-manager/latest/userguide/user-based-subscriptions.html). | 
| Amazon Web Services Management Console | For more information, see [Enabling Amazon Web Services Management Console access with Amazon Managed Microsoft AD credentials](ms_ad_management_console_access.md). | 
| Amazon Private Certificate Authority | For more information, see [Amazon Private CA Connector for Active Directory](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/privateca/latest/userguide/connector-for-ad.html). | 
| Amazon Transfer Family | For more information, see the [Configuring an SFTP, FTPS, or FTP server endpoint](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/transfer/latest/userguide/sftp-for-transfer-family.html). | 

Once enabled, you manage access to your directories in the console of the application or service that you want to give access to your directory.

## Find Amazon applications and services
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To find the Amazon applications and services previously described in the Amazon Directory Service console, perform the following steps.

1. In the [Amazon Directory Service console](https://console.amazonaws.cn/directoryservicev2/) navigation pane, choose **Directories**.

1. On the **Directories** page, choose your directory ID.

1. On the **Directory details** page, select the **Application management** tab.

1. Review the list under the **Amazon apps & services** section.

For more information about how to authorize or deauthorize Amazon applications and services using Amazon Directory Service, see [Authorization for Amazon applications and services using Amazon Directory Service](ad_manage_apps_services_authorization.md).