Troubleshooting Amazon Managed Microsoft AD
The following can help you troubleshoot some common issues you might encounter when creating or using your directory.
Issues with your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD
Some troubleshooting tasks can only be completed by Amazon Web Services Support. Here are some of the tasks:
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Restarting your Amazon Directory Service-provided domain controllers.
To create a support case, see Creating support cases and case management.
Issues with Netlogon and secure channel communications
As a mitigation against CVE-2020-1472
To verify if your issue is related to Netlogon or secure channel communications, search your Amazon CloudWatch Logs for event IDs 5827 (for device authentication related issues) or 5828 (for AD trust validation related issues). For information about CloudWatch in Amazon Managed Microsoft AD, see Enable log forwarding.
For more information about the mitigation against CVE-2020-1472, see How to manage the changes in Netlogon secure channel connections associated with
CVE-2020-1472
Password recovery
If a user forgets a password or is having trouble signing in to either your Simple AD or Amazon Managed Microsoft AD directory, you can reset their password using either the Amazon Web Services Management Console, Windows PowerShell or the Amazon CLI.
For more information, see Reset a user password.
Additional resources
The following resources can help you troubleshoot as you work with Amazon.
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Amazon Knowledge Center
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Amazon Support Center
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Amazon Premium Support Center
–Get premium technical support.