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# FSx for Windows Servers

* Provides **fully managed Microsoft Windows file servers**, backed by a **fully native Windows file system**.<br>

* Supports a **broad set of enterprise Windows workloads with fully managed file storage** built on Microsoft Windows Server.<br>

* **FSx works with Microsoft Active Directory (AD) to integrate** with your existing Microsoft Windows environments.
  * AD is the **Microsoft directory service used to store information about objects on the network** and make this information easy for administrators and users to find and use.

* Has **native support for Windows file system (NTFS) features and for the industry-standard Server Message Block (SMB) protocol** to access file storage over a network.<br>

* **Offers file systems with two levels of availability and durability:**<br>
  * **Single-AZ file systems:**
    * Ensure **high availability within a single Availability Zone (AZ)** by automatically detecting and addressing component failures.<br>
  * **Multi-AZ file systems:**
    * Provide **high availability and failover support across multiple Availability Zones by provisioning and maintaining a standby file server in a separate Availability Zone within an AWS Region**.


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