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The azure to aws vpn tag covers a practical cross-cloud connectivity pattern linking Azure and AWS services. Its featured discussion examines how Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP and FSx for Windows File Server can use Microsoft Entra Domain Services identities across a VPN connection. The architecture supports SMB workloads that still depend on traditional domain services, while clarifying that this is a bridge pattern rather than native Microsoft Entra ID integration with FSx. This tag is relevant to administrators evaluating hybrid identity, enterprise storage, secure Azure-to-AWS networking, and the operational boundaries between modern cloud identity and legacy domain-based file access.
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    AWS FSx + Entra Domain Services for SMB: Cross-Cloud AD Bridge Pattern

    AWS has published a storage architecture showing how Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP and Amazon FSx for Windows File Server can use Microsoft Entra ID identities by joining Microsoft Entra Domain Services across an Azure-to-AWS VPN connection. The practical message is simple but awkward: cloud...
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