Synchronizing Active directory on AWS instance with Azure Active Directory Connect

you need :

An instance on Amazon Web Services with Windows OS
Install the AD DS role in that server
you Microsoft Azure Subscription

  Logon to the Azure Management Portal 

    Open the Active Directory configuration area

Click on Default Directory

                 
               Click Users
             Click Add User ADConnectUser and click Next (you can give any name for the user)

            Enter the following information for the new user.

          Click Next
          Click on CREATE button to get a temporary password

         Click Complete.

Copy the email address of the new user and password. Save it in a notepad.

Open Settings tab from the left pane of Azure management portal

Click on Administration Tab and Click Add

Put the email address of the ADConnectuser and select your subscription.

Click Complete

Logon to your portal as ADConnectuser (your user id) using the email address and temp password.
Change the password at first logon.  

SignOut from the portal without any activity.


Connect to your AWS instance which has the AD DS role installed.

Open the azure management portal and login with the account that you began the lab with. Download the Azure AD connect package.

Launch the installation for "AzureADConnect.msi".

Enter your Microsoft Azure credentials of the new user and click next

Next, Enter the Active Directory credentials of you admin account and click next

Review and Click install

Once the initial Sync is completed you can go Azure management portal, click on Active directory and go to User tab.

you can find all the users created in the local directory.