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AWS workspaces documentation change

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

File: workspaces/latest/adminguide/managing-wsp-personal.md

Summary

Updated references from 'AWS Directory Service' to 'Directory Service' for consistency and fixed a broken documentation link

Security assessment

Changes involve terminology standardization (removing redundant 'AWS' prefix) and fixing a broken link. No security vulnerabilities, mitigations, or security features are mentioned or addressed in these changes.

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diff --git a/workspaces/latest/adminguide/managing-wsp-personal.md b/workspaces/latest/adminguide/managing-wsp-personal.md
index 8a7f1da6e..275b504f2 100644
--- a//workspaces/latest/adminguide/managing-wsp-personal.md
+++ b//workspaces/latest/adminguide/managing-wsp-personal.md
@@ -11 +11 @@ WorkSpaces Personal offers persistent virtual desktops that are tailored for use
-Each WorkSpace is associated with a virtual private cloud (VPC), and a directory to store and manage information for your WorkSpaces and users. For more information, see [Configure a VPC for WorkSpaces Personal](./amazon-workspaces-vpc.html). Directories are either managed by the WorkSpaces service, or through the AWS Directory Service, which offers the following options: Simple AD, AD Connector, or AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory, also known as AWS Managed Microsoft AD. For more information, see the [AWS Directory Service Administration Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/directoryservice/latest/admin-guide/).
+Each WorkSpace is associated with a virtual private cloud (VPC), and a directory to store and manage information for your WorkSpaces and users. For more information, see [Configure a VPC for WorkSpaces Personal](./amazon-workspaces-vpc.html). Directories are either managed by the WorkSpaces service, or through the Directory Service, which offers the following options: Simple AD, AD Connector, or AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory, also known as AWS Managed Microsoft AD. For more information, see the [AWS Directory Service Administration Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/directoryservice/latest/admin-guide/).
@@ -25 +25 @@ The following diagram shows the architecture of WorkSpaces that use AD Connector
-As a first-time WorkSpaces user, you can choose to set up your WorkSpaces Personal with quick setup or advanced setup. The following tutorials describe how to provision a cloud-based desktop, known as a _WorkSpace_ using WorkSpaces and AWS Directory Service. 
+As a first-time WorkSpaces user, you can choose to set up your WorkSpaces Personal with quick setup or advanced setup. The following tutorials describe how to provision a cloud-based desktop, known as a _WorkSpace_ using WorkSpaces and Directory Service. 
@@ -31 +31 @@ To get started with WorkSpaces Pools, see [Configure SAML 2.0 and create a WorkS
-In this tutorial, you learn how to provision a virtual, cloud-based Microsoft Windows, Amazon Linux 2, Ubuntu Linux, Rocky Linux, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux desktop, known as a _WorkSpace_ , by using WorkSpaces and AWS Directory Service.
+In this tutorial, you learn how to provision a virtual, cloud-based Microsoft Windows, Amazon Linux 2, Ubuntu Linux, Rocky Linux, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux desktop, known as a _WorkSpace_ , by using WorkSpaces and Directory Service.
@@ -107 +107 @@ Quick setup completes the following tasks on your behalf:
-  * **Sets up a Simple AD directory** in the VPC and enables it for WorkDocs. This Simple AD directory is used to store user and WorkSpace information. The first AWS account created by quick setup is your admin AWS account. † The directory also has an Administrator account. For more information, see [What gets created]() in the _AWS Directory Service Administration Guide_.
+  * **Sets up a Simple AD directory** in the VPC and enables it for WorkDocs. This Simple AD directory is used to store user and WorkSpace information. The first AWS account created by quick setup is your admin AWS account. † The directory also has an Administrator account. For more information, see [What gets created](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/) in the _AWS Directory Service Administration Guide_.
@@ -220 +220 @@ For more information about using the WorkSpaces client applications, such as set
-In this tutorial, you learn how to provision a virtual, cloud-based Microsoft Windows, Amazon Linux, Ubuntu Linux, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux desktop desktop, known as a _WorkSpace_ , by using WorkSpaces and AWS Directory Service.
+In this tutorial, you learn how to provision a virtual, cloud-based Microsoft Windows, Amazon Linux, Ubuntu Linux, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux desktop desktop, known as a _WorkSpace_ , by using WorkSpaces and Directory Service.