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Leverage a one-way trust with Amazon WorkSpaces for cross-domain usage

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The article discusses how to set up a resource domain configuration for Amazon Workspaces using a one-way trust in Microsoft Active Directory. This allows you to deploy your Amazon Workspaces compute resources in one domain while leveraging users from a trusted domain to log onto the Workspace.

Specifically, the article covers:

  • Introduction to Amazon Workspaces and Active Directory integration
  • Prerequisites for the one-way trust configuration
  • Step-by-step walkthrough for configuring the AD Connector and Amazon Workspaces
  • Modifying the AD Connector to target the resource forest OU
  • Launching an Amazon Workspace with users from the trusted domain
  • Cleanup instructions for test environments
  • Conclusion and additional resources for Microsoft workloads on AWS


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