Hybrid Active Directory: Disaster recovery, cyber resiliency, and high availability solutions on AWS
Microsoft Workloads on AWS Blog
This article presents strategies for disaster recovery and enhancing cyber resilience for hybrid Microsoft Active Directory (AD) environments running on AWS. It covers three main solutions:
Specifically, the article covers:
- Solution 1: High availability for self-managed AD on AWS using AD sites and services
- Solution 2: Using AWS Backup for hybrid AD disaster recovery and data protection
- Solution 3: Using AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS) for hybrid AD disaster recovery
- Conclusion highlighting the importance of selecting the appropriate solution based on an organization's requirements and priorities
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