Amazon EC2 for Microsoft Windows Servers

Provision instances quickly, and scale up or scale down as you need it, while only paying for what you use.

Overview

Using Amazon EC2 with Windows Server is similar to using Amazon EC2 with any other operating system. Amazon EC2 running Windows Server provides seamless integration with existing Amazon EC2 features like Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), Amazon CloudWatch, Elastic Load Balancing, and Elastic IPs. Windows instances are available in multiple Availability Zones in all Regions.

 

 

Amazon EC2 makes it easy to start and manage your Windows-based instances. Amazon EC2 provides you with several pre-configured AMIs that allow you to start running instances in minutes.

AWS offers the best cloud services for running Microsoft workloads. With over twelve years’ experience, AWS offers SMB customers flexible licensing options, greater performance and reliability, enhanced security capabilities, lower TCO, broader and deeper functionality, and a simpler and quicker migration.

Benefits of using EC2 for Windows Servers

Seamless integration with Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), Amazon CloudWatch, Elastic Load Balancing, and Elastic IPs.

The AWS Free Usage Tier includes Amazon EC2 instances running Microsoft Windows Server.

Windows instances are available in multiple Availability Zones in all Regions.

Developing for the Windows Environment

You can manage your Amazon EC2 resources using our web service APIs.

  • AWS SDK for .NET
    Call AWS infrastructure services (e.g., Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon SQS, and more) programmatically, so that you can build and deploy your applications within .NET.
  • Publicly available AMIs
    are pre-bundled with SQL Server Express, Internet Information Services (IIS) and ASP.NET to help you get started quickly.
  • EC2 AMIs run on Windows Server at no additional cost. Many customers use one or more of these AMIs for their Web 2.0 and ASP.NET applications.

To learn more about the resources available to AWS Developers developing in and for Windows-based environments, please visit the AWS Windows and .NET Developer Center.

About Xebia

As an AWS Premier Consulting Partner, Xebia provides technical and business consultancy through migrations, workload implementations, automations and cost management within AWS. Additionally, we give training and managed support for companies who wish to adopt the AWS cloud or simply need a partner for their complex issues around security.

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