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AWS directoryservice documentation change

Service: directoryservice · 2025-11-22 · Documentation low

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

Summary

Updated console reference in password reset instructions

Security assessment

Changed 'AWS Directory Service console' to 'Directory Service console' without modifying security functionality or documentation.

Diff

diff --git a/directoryservice/latest/admin-guide/ms_ad_getting_started_what_gets_created.md b/directoryservice/latest/admin-guide/ms_ad_getting_started_what_gets_created.md
index b91424857..98a827670 100644
--- a//directoryservice/latest/admin-guide/ms_ad_getting_started_what_gets_created.md
+++ b//directoryservice/latest/admin-guide/ms_ad_getting_started_what_gets_created.md
@@ -7 +7 @@
-When you create an Active Directory with AWS Managed Microsoft AD, AWS Directory Service performs the following tasks on your behalf:
+When you create an Active Directory with AWS Managed Microsoft AD, Directory Service performs the following tasks on your behalf:
@@ -9 +9 @@ When you create an Active Directory with AWS Managed Microsoft AD, AWS Directory
-  * Automatically creates and associates an elastic network interface (ENI) with each of your domain controllers. Each of these ENIs are essential for connectivity between your VPC and AWS Directory Service domain controllers and should never be deleted. You can identify all network interfaces reserved for use with AWS Directory Service by the description: "AWS created network interface for directory _directory-id_ ". For more information, see [Elastic Network Interfaces](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-eni.html) in the _Amazon EC2 User Guide_. The default DNS Server of the AWS Managed Microsoft AD Active Directory is the VPC DNS server at Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)+2. For more information, see [Amazon DNS server](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/vpc-dns.html#AmazonDNS) in _Amazon VPC User Guide_.
+  * Automatically creates and associates an elastic network interface (ENI) with each of your domain controllers. Each of these ENIs are essential for connectivity between your VPC and Directory Service domain controllers and should never be deleted. You can identify all network interfaces reserved for use with Directory Service by the description: "AWS created network interface for directory _directory-id_ ". For more information, see [Elastic Network Interfaces](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-eni.html) in the _Amazon EC2 User Guide_. The default DNS Server of the AWS Managed Microsoft AD Active Directory is the VPC DNS server at Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)+2. For more information, see [Amazon DNS server](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/vpc-dns.html#AmazonDNS) in _Amazon VPC User Guide_.
@@ -61 +61 @@ All | All | 0.0.0.0/0 | All Traffic |
-Be sure to save this password. AWS Directory Service does not store this password, and it cannot be retrieved. However, you can reset a password from the AWS Directory Service console or by using the [ResetUserPassword](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/directoryservice/latest/devguide/API_ResetUserPassword.html) API.
+Be sure to save this password. Directory Service does not store this password, and it cannot be retrieved. However, you can reset a password from the Directory Service console or by using the [ResetUserPassword](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/directoryservice/latest/devguide/API_ResetUserPassword.html) API.
@@ -129 +129 @@ If you would like to see the settings of each GPO, you can view them from a doma
-Be sure to save the admin password. AWS Directory Service does not store this password, and it cannot be retrieved. However, you [can reset a password from the AWS Directory Service console](./ms_ad_manage_users_groups_reset_password.html) or by using the [ResetUserPassword](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/directoryservice/latest/devguide/API_ResetUserPassword.html) API.
+Be sure to save the admin password. Directory Service does not store this password, and it cannot be retrieved. However, you [can reset a password from the Directory Service console](./ms_ad_manage_users_groups_reset_password.html) or by using the [ResetUserPassword](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/directoryservice/latest/devguide/API_ResetUserPassword.html) API.