Google Cloud Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory Alternatives (January 2026)

Google Cloud Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory

Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory documentation  |  Managed Microsoft AD Documentation  |  Google Cloud

https://cloud.googl.com/managed-microsoft-ad/docs/

Use a highly available, hardened service running an actual Microsoft Active Directory (AD), managed by Google Cloud.

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Microsoft Entra Domain Services (Azure AD DS) | Microsoft Azure
https://azure.microsof
.com/en-us/products/microsoft-entra-ds/

Manage, deploy, and patch your domain controllers in the cloud with Microsoft Entra Domain Services (formerly Azure Active Directory Domain Services).

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Active Directory – AWS Directory Service – AWS
https://aws.amazo
.com/directoryservice/

Connect Active Directory to AWS resources or set up a new directory on AWS for your directory-aware workloads.

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Identity and Access Management  |  Google Cloud
https://cloud.googl
.com/security/products/iam/

Identity and Access Management (IAM) gives admins fine-grained access control and visibility for centrally managing enterprise cloud resources

4.
Certificate Authority Service | Google Cloud
https://cloud.googl
.com/security/products/certificate-authority-service/

Simplify the deployment, management, and security of private certificate authorities (CAs) without managing infrastructure.

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Data Catalog documentation  |  Data Catalog Documentation  |  Google Cloud
https://cloud.googl
.com/data-catalog/docs/

Data Catalog is a fully managed and scalable metadata management service that allows organizations to quickly discover, manage and understand all their data in Google Cloud.

6.
Memorystore: in-memory Redis compatible data store | Google Cloud
https://cloud.googl
.com/memorystore/

A fully managed in-memory service for Redis and Memcached that offers sub millisecond data access, scalability, and high availability.

7.
Secret Manager | Google Cloud
https://cloud.googl
.com/security/products/secret-manager/

Securely store API keys, passwords, certificates, and other sensitive data with Google Cloud’s Secret Manager.

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Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) | Google Cloud
https://cloud.googl
.com/kubernetes-engine/

GKE is the industry's first fully managed Kubernetes service with full Kubernetes API, 4-way autoscaling, release channels, and multi-cluster support.

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Azure API Apps – API service | Microsoft Azure
https://azure.microsof
.com/en-us/products/app-service/api/

Azure API Apps give you the tools to develop, host, secure, and share REST APIs in your organization or with the world.