Security & identity
AWS Directory Service
- Timebilled
- Bytesbilled
- Callsnot billed
In one line
Every domain controller bills by the hour from creation to deletion, idle or not.
What gets missed
The console shows one directory; the bill counts domain controllers, and Managed Microsoft AD runs at least two. Sharing to another account adds its own hourly charge, and multi-Region replication bills per GB out.
Find it on your bill
Filter Cost Explorer or your Cost and Usage Report by these usage types. A usage type with no region prefix means us-east-1.
MicrosoftAD-DC-UsageSharedMsftAD-UsageSmall-SimpleAD-Usage
Bills the same way
These services turn exactly the same meters, so what you learn here transfers.