# Amazon Cloud Directory Documentation

Amazon Cloud Directory is a cloud-native directory that can store hundreds of millions of application-specific objects with multiple relationships and schemas. Use Cloud Directory when you need a cloud-scale directory to share and control access to hierarchical data between your applications. With Cloud Directory, you can organize application data into multiple hierarchies to support many organizational pivots and relationships across directory information.

- [Developer Guide](/clouddirectory/latest/developerguide/): Describes how to create and manage an Amazon Cloud Directory schema and directory for use with your website or application. Also provides instructions for using the various features through the AWS Directory Service console.
- [API Reference](/clouddirectory/latest/APIReference/): Describes the API operations for Amazon Cloud Directory.
- [Amazon Cloud Directory in the AWS CLI Reference](/cli/latest/reference/clouddirectory/index.html): Describes the Cloud Directory commands in the AWS Command Line Interface.

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