Workspaces Directory has not Multi-Factor authenicaiton option

Question

I have recently created two Workspaces setups on two separate AWS accounts( my test and client). Workspaces are working correctly, but when I attempt to add MFA, there is simply no MFA section under the directory-ID. Do anyone know how to correct this, or if I could have missed a step while creating these environments, that allowed the directory to not show the MFA option when I scrool down, I have 13 options, but no MFA option.  Thanks.

Accepted Answer

You may be using AWS Simple AD which does not support multi factor authentication. Details here - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/directoryservice/latest/admin-guide/directory_simple_ad.html
"Simple AD provides a subset of the features offered by AWS Managed Microsoft AD, including the ability to manage user accounts and group memberships, create and apply group policies, securely connect to Amazon EC2 instances, and provide Kerberos-based single sign-on (SSO). However, note that Simple AD does not support features such as multi-factor authentication (MFA), trust relationships with other domains, Active Directory Administrative Center, PowerShell support, Active Directory recycle bin, group managed service accounts, and schema extensions for POSIX and Microsoft applications."

AWS Managed Microsoft AD supports multi factor authentication and can be configured following the steps in below doc.
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/directoryservice/latest/admin-guide/ms_ad_mfa.html

Please respond if you are using AWS Managed Microsoft AD and still not seeing option for MFA.

Answer

Thanks. I am using using AWS Managed Microsoft AD, but I finally figured out the answer. I needed to search for the AWS portal "Directory Services" instead of getting the directory informaiton from the "Workspaces" portal. Thanks again.

Workspaces Directory has not Multi-Factor authenicaiton option

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