# Creating a hybrid directory
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Before creating a hybrid directory, you must create and successfully pass a directory assessment that verifies connectivity and interoperability with your self-managed Active Directory

## Creating a hybrid directory with your self-managed AD
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Follow these steps to create a hybrid directory with your self-managed AD:

**To create a hybrid directory**

1. Open the Directory Service console for your desired Region.

1. On the **Select directory type** page, choose **AWS Managed Microsoft AD**.

1. Under **Getting started with AWS Managed Microsoft AD**, select **Extend your AD domain with a hybrid directory – new** and then choose **Next**. This directs you to the **Create directory assessment** page.

1. Before you can create a hybrid directory, you must first create and successfully pass a directory assessment. To create a directory assessment, follow the steps in [Creating directory assessments](create_directory_assessment.md). Once you have successfully passed a directory assessment, you can continue with this procedure.

1. Once you have successfully passed a directory assessment, navigate to the **Directories** page.

1. On the **Directories** page, under **Trial hybrid directory assessments** choose an **Assessment ID** with a **Status** of `SUCCESS`. Then select **Create hybrid directory**, which directs you to the assessment details page

1. On the assessment details page confirm this action by selecting **Create hybrid directory**, which opens the **Create hybrid directory using assessment-id** page.

1. On the **Create hybrid directory using assessment-id** page, **Review the self-managed Active Directory information**. After confirming the information, select **Create hybrid directory**.

   After choosing **Create hybrid directory**, AWS runs another directory assessment based on this information to confirm that your self-managed AD configuration is still valid. If the directory assessment passes successfully, then we create the hybrid directory.

1. Choosing **Create hybrid directory** returns you to the **Directories** page.

   1. A green banner will appear once the hybrid directory is created successfully.

   1. A red banner will appear if the hybrid directory creation fails. Clean up hybrid directory creation failures by completing the following:

      1. Delete the failed hybrid directory in the console.

      1. Delete any remaining AWS Reserved OUs in your self-managed AD.

   **More information**
   + [Deleting a hybrid directory](hybrid_directory_delete.md)
   + [Troubleshooting](hybrid_directory_troubleshooting.md)