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Active Directory Domain Controller Windows Server 2016 Datacenter is packaged to leverage cost-effectiveness, scalability, and flexibility. The product has charges for support, maintenance, and pre-configuration to be instantaneously deployed on AWS Marketplace with all security and enterprise standards.
Overview
The solution provides a powerful and versatile solution for managing your organization's IT infrastructure. This platform is designed to support the needs of modern enterprises, offering advanced features that enhance security, improve performance, and simplify management.
AD DCs provide a centralized platform for managing network resources, including users, computers, printers, and applications. This centralization simplifies administration by allowing IT administrators to configure and enforce policies across the entire domain from a single location.
With AD DS on Windows Server 2016, you gain access to enhanced identity management features. These include support for modern authentication protocols, such as OAuth and OpenID Connect, enabling secure access to a wide range of applications and services.
AD DCs enforce security policies across the domain, ensuring that all users and devices adhere to the organization's security requirements. This includes enforcing password policies, account lockout policies, and other security settings.
Whether for user authentication, policy enforcement, or directory services, the Domain Controller is the backbone of a reliable and secure network.
With the powerful capabilities of Windows Server 2016 Datacenter, your organization can confidently manage users, devices, and resources, ensuring that your IT infrastructure is aligned with your business goals.
Highlights
- Centralized Authentication and Authorization: Provides secure, centralized authentication for users and devices, ensuring only authorized access to resources.
- Directory Services: Hosts the AD database, enabling easy organization, searching, and retrieval of information about all domain objects.
- Security Enforcement: Enforces security policies across the domain, including password policies, account lockouts, and multifactor authentication.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Win2016 Windows 2016
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Pricing is based on actual usage, with charges varying according to how much you consume. Subscriptions have no end date and may be canceled any time.
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If you are an AWS Free Tier customer with a free plan, you are eligible to subscribe to this offer. You can use free credits to cover the cost of eligible AWS infrastructure. See AWS Free Tier for more details. If you created an AWS account before July 15th, 2025, and qualify for the Legacy AWS Free Tier, Amazon EC2 charges for Micro instances are free for up to 750 hours per month. See Legacy AWS Free Tier for more details.
Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
t2.medium Recommended | $0.045 |
t3.micro | $0.045 |
t2.micro | $0.045 |
m4.10xlarge | $0.045 |
t3a.2xlarge | $0.045 |
m5d.8xlarge | $0.045 |
m5d.large | $0.045 |
m5.xlarge | $0.045 |
m5ad.24xlarge | $0.045 |
m3.xlarge | $0.045 |
Dimensions summary
You pay by the hour for the EC2 instance type you run this Active Directory Domain Controller image on. The software price is the same across sizes; your hourly cost changes with the instance you pick. Options span burstable t2 and t3/t3a families for lighter workloads, plus general-purpose m3, m4, m5, m5a, m5d, m5n, m5ad, and m5dn families. Sizes range from nano and micro up to 24xlarge and bare metal. Larger sizes add CPU, memory, and networking, so hourly charges rise accordingly. You are billed only for the hours each instance runs.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
You pay for a preconfigured Windows Server 2016 Datacenter image set up to run as an Active Directory Domain Controller. The hourly charge covers this software licence and image. It bundles with the AWS compute cost for the EC2 instance type you select. You handle domain and forest setup yourself.
The software fee meters only the hours an instance runs. A stopped instance does not accrue software charges. Underlying AWS storage for the volume may still apply while the instance is stopped. Charges resume when you start the instance again.
Both bill per running hour under the same software price. Burstable t2, t3, and t3a families suit lighter or variable workloads and use CPU credits. The m3, m4, m5, m5a, m5d, m5n, m5ad, and m5dn families provide steady general-purpose CPU and memory. Your hourly cost rises with the size you choose.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
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Usage instructions
If you encounter any issues, please refer to the Guidance on Usage at https://articentgroup.com/guidance-on-usage-active-directory-domain-controller-windows-server-2016-datacenter-on-amazon/
To connect to the Server, you should generate a Private Key in advance. This can be done by following the Guidance on usage: Key Pair Setup for Seamless VM Access https://articentgroup.com/guidance-on-usage-key-pair-setup-for-seamless-vm-access/
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If you encounter any issues, please refer to the Guidance on Usage at https://articentgroup.com/guidance-on-usage-active-directory-domain-controller-windows-server-2016-datacenter-on-amazon/
If you have further questions about setting up or using our virtual machine, feel free to reach out to us at support@articentgroup.com
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