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AWS Managed Microsoft AD Now Supports Standard to Enterprise Edition Upgrade

AWS Directory Service now enables direct upgrades from Standard to Enterprise Edition for AWS Managed Microsoft AD without migrating directories or re-joining workloads.

AWS Directory Service now allows you to upgrade your AWS Managed Microsoft AD directory from Standard Edition to Enterprise Edition directly through the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, and API without migrating to a new directory or re-joining your existing workloads. Standard Edition is designed for organizations with up to 5,000 users and objects, while Enterprise Edition supports up to 500,000 objects and provides greater scalability for larger deployments. Customers who have outgrown Standard Edition limits can now upgrade in place, preserving existing trust relationships, application integrations, and group policies. The upgrade requires no changes to your DNS configuration or connected AWS workloads. This new capability is available in all AWS Regions where AWS Directory Service is available.

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