Unable to create Users, Groups, or OUs

Question

I am new to AD, and am trying to add Users and Groups to the AD I created. I understand that I first need to create Users OUs but I cannot create that either. I've attached images.  
  
When I go to Windows > Administrative Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers, I get a message that says "To manage users and groups on this computer, use Local Users and Groups" (see Image1 attached). When I go to Windows > Administrative Tools > Administrative Center, I get a message saying "Your account or computer is not joined to any domain. Join to a domain and try again." (see Image2 attached). But I followed the instructions found here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/directoryservice/latest/admin-guide/launching_instance.html. Furthermore some troubleshooting attempts show that the EC2 is joined (see Image3 and Image4). The Windows has the proper EC2DomainJoin Role with the 2 Policies attached (AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore and AmazonSSMDirectoryServiceAccess). What am I missing?  
  
Edited by: AdminNewProject on Feb 19, 2021 11:35 AM

Answer

Looks like you logged into the instance as a local user, probably "Administrator".  Instead you will need to login as a domain user.  By default we provide a user named "Admin".  To switch to a domain user instead of a local user you can put the domain short name (NetBIOS name) at the front of the username like so, "NetBiosName\Admin".  Looking at your screenshots I assume your NetBIOS name might be ActiveDirectory, if so then the user name would be "ActiveDirectory\admin".  If you do not remember the Admin password you can reset it.  
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/directoryservice/latest/admin-guide/ms_ad_manage_users_groups_reset_password.html

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Thank you!! I was struggling with this for so long

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Thank you!!! Your explanation was incredibly helpful and I was able to create Users.  The only thing is that the link goes to a page about Resetting a User's Password. I simply could not find the explanation you provided anywhere in the documentation. I had a hunch that I was logging in as the wrong user, but I couldn't figure out how to log in correctly. AWS provides a lot of very detailed information, so I don't know if I missed it. If I didn't, maybe that should be added?  
  
Edited by: AdminNewProject on Feb 20, 2021 7:29 PM

Unable to create Users, Groups, or OUs

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