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AWS prescriptive-guidance documentation change

Service: prescriptive-guidance · 2025-05-31 · Documentation low

File: prescriptive-guidance/latest/migration-microsoft-workloads-aws/migrating-active-directory-workloads.md

Summary

Removed Amazon WorkDocs from list of AWS services using Active Directory

Security assessment

Change removes a service reference from a compatibility list. No security context or vulnerability remediation mentioned.

Diff

diff --git a/prescriptive-guidance/latest/migration-microsoft-workloads-aws/migrating-active-directory-workloads.md b/prescriptive-guidance/latest/migration-microsoft-workloads-aws/migrating-active-directory-workloads.md
index 2a203346d..808f7d3ac 100644
--- a//prescriptive-guidance/latest/migration-microsoft-workloads-aws/migrating-active-directory-workloads.md
+++ b//prescriptive-guidance/latest/migration-microsoft-workloads-aws/migrating-active-directory-workloads.md
@@ -51 +51 @@ Consider the following reasons for using Active Directory in AWS:
-You can enable multiple AWS applications and services such as [AWS Client VPN](https://aws.amazon.com/vpn/), [AWS Management Console](https://aws.amazon.com/console/), [AWS IAM Identity Center](https://aws.amazon.com/iam/identity-center/), [Amazon Connect](https://aws.amazon.com/connect), [Amazon FSx for Windows File Server](https://aws.amazon.com/fsx/windows/), [Amazon QuickSight](https://aws.amazon.com/quicksight/), [Amazon RDS for SQL Server](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/sqlserver/) (only applicable for Directory Service), [Amazon WorkDocs](https://aws.amazon.com/workdocs), [Amazon WorkMail](https://aws.amazon.com/workmail/), and [Amazon WorkSpaces](https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces-family/) to use your AWS Managed Microsoft AD directory. When you enable an AWS application or service in your directory, your users can access the application or service with their Active Directory credentials. You can use familiar Active Directory administration tools to apply Active Directory group policy objects (GPOs) to centrally manage your Amazon EC2 for Windows or Linux instances by joining your instances to your [AWS Managed Microsoft AD directory](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/en_us/directoryservice/latest/admin-guide/ms_ad_join_instance.html).
+You can enable multiple AWS applications and services such as [AWS Client VPN](https://aws.amazon.com/vpn/), [AWS Management Console](https://aws.amazon.com/console/), [AWS IAM Identity Center](https://aws.amazon.com/iam/identity-center/), [Amazon Connect](https://aws.amazon.com/connect), [Amazon FSx for Windows File Server](https://aws.amazon.com/fsx/windows/), [Amazon QuickSight](https://aws.amazon.com/quicksight/), [Amazon RDS for SQL Server](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/sqlserver/) (only applicable for Directory Service), [Amazon WorkMail](https://aws.amazon.com/workmail/), and [Amazon WorkSpaces](https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces-family/) to use your AWS Managed Microsoft AD directory. When you enable an AWS application or service in your directory, your users can access the application or service with their Active Directory credentials. You can use familiar Active Directory administration tools to apply Active Directory group policy objects (GPOs) to centrally manage your Amazon EC2 for Windows or Linux instances by joining your instances to your [AWS Managed Microsoft AD directory](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/en_us/directoryservice/latest/admin-guide/ms_ad_join_instance.html).