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AWS directoryservice documentation change

Service: directoryservice · 2025-05-01 · Documentation medium

File: directoryservice/latest/admin-guide/simple_ad_getting_started.md

Summary

Removed section prohibiting specific VPC endpoints from Simple AD requirements

Security assessment

Change updates infrastructure requirements documentation but does not provide evidence of addressing a security issue or adding security features

Diff

diff --git a/directoryservice/latest/admin-guide/simple_ad_getting_started.md b/directoryservice/latest/admin-guide/simple_ad_getting_started.md
index 6dc0bfa5c..7ed7d72f0 100644
--- a//directoryservice/latest/admin-guide/simple_ad_getting_started.md
+++ b//directoryservice/latest/admin-guide/simple_ad_getting_started.md
@@ -28,10 +27,0 @@ To create a Simple AD Active Directory, you need an Amazon VPC with the followin
-  * The VPC must **not** be configured with the following [VPC endpoint(s)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/vpc-endpoints.html):
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-    * [Route53 VPC endpoints](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/routing-to-vpc-interface-endpoint.html) that include DNS conditional overrides for *.amazonaws.com which resolve to non public AWS IP addresses
-
-    * [ CloudWatch VPC endpoint](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/cloudwatch-and-interface-VPC.html)
-
-    * [ Systems Manager VPC endpoint](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/setup-create-vpc.html)
-
-    * [ Security Token Service VPC endpoint ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_sts_vpce.html)
-