{"id":15607,"date":"2018-06-08T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jumpcloud.com\/?p=15607"},"modified":"2024-11-08T17:30:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T22:30:34","slug":"aws-cloud-directory-vs-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/aws-cloud-directory-vs-service","title":{"rendered":"Amazon\u00ae Cloud Directory vs AWS\u00ae Directory Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2006, Amazon Web Services (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AWS<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) has been a very active player in delivering on-demand, cloud-based computing solutions. Yet, with a variety of products like Cloud Directory, Directory Service, Simple Directory Service, AWS Single Sign-On, AWS IAM, and more, Amazon\u2019s identity management portfolio can be confusing. Today, we will talk about Amazon Cloud Directory vs <a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/aws-iam-vs-aws-sso\">AWS Directory Service<\/a>, which, although they sound alike, are two completely different services.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Amazon Cloud Directory<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Cloud-Services.png\" alt=\"AWS cloud directory\" class=\"wp-image-7347\" style=\"width:300px;height:300px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon Cloud Directory is really a platform for IT organizations and developers to build upon. Examples of what Amazon Cloud Directory can support range from HR systems, to organizational charts and information, and fleet management systems. The concept is to create a database that can generate hierarchical relationships between objects, including machine registration and course catalogs. This isn\u2019t really like a traditional directory service that IT admins have come to know (i.e. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/difference-between-ldap-and-active-directory\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Microsoft<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Active Directory<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> or OpenLDAP\u2122<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Instead, Amazon Cloud Directory is designed to store hierarchies of data.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"What is Amazon\u00ae Cloud Directory? | 探花大神 Video\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OhaGbCeNLs0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AWS Directory Service<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/AmazonWebServicesSecurity.jpg\" alt=\"AWS Directory Service\" class=\"wp-image-6875\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AWS Directory Service, on the other hand, is a managed instance of Active Directory in the cloud, and is often called AWS Microsoft AD. With AWS Directory Service you can use pre-existing AD data in the AWS cloud, which provides a mechanism for DevOps engineers and IT admins to authenticate their AWS cloud servers. It also allows for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/sp-sso-vs-idp-sso\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">single sign-on<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (SSO) for AD users in AWS applications, giving an AWS-centered enterprise ease of use for all users.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Amazon Cloud Directory vs. AWS Directory Service<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Laptop-Circle-Icon-1.png\" alt=\"AWS Cloud Directory vs AWS Directory Service\" class=\"wp-image-9867\" style=\"width:300px;height:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Laptop-Circle-Icon-1.png 500w, https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Laptop-Circle-Icon-1-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Laptop-Circle-Icon-1-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, depending upon what you are looking for, you have two completely different choices. On one hand, you have a platform to build an internal application upon, and on the other is a way to link your existing AD instance to AWS resources. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While both of these tools from Amazon have \u2018directory\u2019 in their name, neither is a fully featured directory service. For those interested in cloud-based authentication services, there is a cloud-based directory authentication service built to work with a wide variety of platforms, including AWS.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">探花大神<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Directory-as-a-Service<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/4-Spoke-Diagram-for-lightbackgrounds-1.png\" alt=\"探花大神 directory-as-a-service\" class=\"wp-image-9879\" style=\"width:500px;height:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/4-Spoke-Diagram-for-lightbackgrounds-1.png 1000w, https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/4-Spoke-Diagram-for-lightbackgrounds-1-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/4-Spoke-Diagram-for-lightbackgrounds-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/4-Spoke-Diagram-for-lightbackgrounds-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/4-Spoke-Diagram-for-lightbackgrounds-1-1030x1030.png 1030w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">探花大神\u00a0Directory-as-a-Service\u00a0is a broader cloud identity management platform that can create one identity to connect to not only AWS cloud servers, but other IT resources including systems, applications, files, and networks. The 探花大神 platform really functions as a reimagination of Active Directory for the cloud era, which can operate for not only Windows machines, but Mac<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> and Linux<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, as well. It also includes <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/what-is-true-sso\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">True Single Sign-On\u2122<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, allowing users to sign in to all of their connected systems, including AWS cloud servers, G Suite\u2122 productivity apps, or storage solutions like Box, Dropbox\u2122, or G Drive, all with one secure identity. Now, users can go from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.securitymagazine.com\/articles\/88475-average-business-user-has-191-passwords\">191 passwords<\/a> to 1.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"promotion-banner-small is-flex-direction-column has-items-aligned-flex-start has-items-aligned-center-tablet\">\n    <div class=\"promo-small-image is-hidden-mobile\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Promos_GooglePartnership_290x175-SiteDisplay_GooglePartnershipPage-aspect-ratio-160-110.png\" alt=\"探花大神\">\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"promo-small-content\">\n        <p class=\"is-type-body-tiny is-type-weight-bold is-important promo-small-title\">\n                    <\/p>\n        <p class=\"is-type-body-default is-important\">\n            Securely connect to any resource using Google Workspace and 探花大神.        <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"promo-small-cta\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/leverage-jumpcloud-and-google-together\" data-promo=\"探花大神 and Google Workspace\" class=\"button is-primary-green promo-small-banner-link\">Learn More<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn More about Directory-as-a-Service<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Quick Intro to Directory-as-a-Service (DaaS)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MrtHVdX2f7I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are trying to understand Amazon Cloud Directory vs AWS Directory Service, you\u2019ll also want to learn more about Directory-as-a-Service and what it can provide to your enterprise, whether connecting to your systems, applications, files, or networks. Check out the video above or see for yourself with a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/console.jumpcloud.com\/signup\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free trial<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with up to 10 users forever. Feel free to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/contact\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> contact us<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> if you have any further questions.. We\u2019d be happy to help.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon Cloud Directory and AWS Directory Service sound similar, but they are completely different services. 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