Viewing Amazon Managed Microsoft AD directory information - Amazon Directory Service
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Viewing Amazon Managed Microsoft AD directory information

You can use the Amazon Web Services Management Console to view your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD directory details like:

  • Directory type

  • Directory ID

  • Directory status

  • Networking details for your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD like:

    • Amazon VPC

    • Subnets

    • Availability zones

    • DNS addresses

You can find the following information about your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD:

  • Under the Share & share tab, you can share your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD with other Amazon Web Services accounts and learn the networking details for your domain controllers.

  • Under the Application management tab, you can enable an application access URL for your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD and enable Amazon applications and services for your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD.

  • Under the Maintenance tab, you can enable Amazon Simple Notification Service to receive notifications of your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD status and review snapshots of your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD.

  • For more information about the Status field, see Understanding your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD directory status.

You can view Amazon Managed Microsoft AD directory information using the Amazon Web Services Management Console, Amazon CLI, or PowerShell:

Amazon Web Services Management Console
To view detailed directory information in the Amazon Web Services Management Console

  1. In the Amazon Directory Service console navigation pane, under Active Directory, select Directories.

  2. Choose the directory ID link for your directory. Information about the directory is displayed in the Directory details page.

Amazon Directory Service Directory details page.
Amazon CLI
To view detailed directory information with the Amazon CLI

  • Open the Amazon CLI. To view your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD directory information, run the following command, replacing the Directory ID with your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD Directory ID: 

    aws ds describe-directories --directory-id d-1234567890 --output table

    For more information, see describe-directories.

PowerShell
To view detailed directory information with PowerShell

  • Open PowerShell. To view your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD directory information, run the following command, replacing the Directory ID with your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD Directory ID:

    (Get-DSDirectory -DirectoryId d-1234567890 | 
    ForEach-Object {$_, $_.RegionsInfo, $_.VpcSettings}) | 
Format-List *

    For more information, see Get-DSDirectory.