Microsoft Workloads on AWS

In this blog post, I will show you how you can strengthen security when using two-way trusts between your self-managed Microsoft Active Directory and your AWS Managed Microsoft AD for accessing AWS applications. Introduction Customers often want their self-managed Active Directory users to have a seamless authentication and authorization experience when using Amazon Web Services […]

Introduction In this blog post, I am going to show you how easy it is to deploy a secure infrastructure to manage your Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances for Microsoft Windows Server through the automation provided by AWS Launch Wizard. AWS Launch Wizard offers a guided way of sizing, configuring, and deploying AWS […]

In this blog post we will explore several scenarios where combining AWS Managed Microsoft AD and Active Roles can streamline and accelerate your AWS workload implementations. Many organizations rely on Microsoft Active Directory (AD) to manage identities and access controls, and extending AD infrastructure to the cloud is a common goal. This need often arises […]

In this blog, I will be covering how to set up a resource domain configuration for Amazon WorkSpaces using a one-way trust in Microsoft Active Directory. With this configuration you will deploy your Amazon WorkSpaces compute resources in one domain, while leveraging users from your trusted domain to log onto the Workspace. This is useful […]

In this blog post, we will cover how to retrieve billing info manually for Microsoft workloads running in your Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts. This is helpful when reviewing your existing Microsoft licensing and for long-term cost modeling with your Microsoft license investment in your AWS environment. Introduction When you’re running Microsoft Windows workloads on […]

A 2024 IDC Infobrief – Running SQL Server Workloads in the Cloud – reports that a clear majority of Microsoft SQL Server users chose AWS as their primary cloud provider when polled. In fact, data shows AWS is the top cloud provider of choice (52%) – more than the next six cloud providers combined. Figure […]

In this blog post, I will share details on the new AWS Launch Wizard application programming interface (APIs) that allow programmatic deployment for Microsoft SQL Server workloads. This new API release helps you integrate AWS Launch Wizard with existing deployment tools. Introduction The AWS Launch Wizard service guides customers through the sizing, configuration, and deployment […]

In this blog post, I will show you how to use the myApplications dashboard in the AWS Management Console. Using a sample .NET application, I will demonstrate how you can manage costs, monitor, and optimize your Microsoft workloads with this new dashboard. Introduction Assume you are a web application owner and it’s your team’s responsibility […]

In this blog post, I will demonstrate a solution for managing the Active Directory domain membership for a dynamic fleet of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Windows instances using AWS Systems Manager Automation. Using Systems Manager Automation, you can dynamically automate domain join and unjoin activities with Microsoft Active Directory (AD) for your Amazon […]

In this blog post, we will show how to reduce the administrative burden of enabling Amazon CloudWatch memory metric monitoring on Windows Server EC2 instances using AWS Systems Manager automation. Once enabled, we will show how memory monitoring benefits downstream services like AWS Compute Optimizer to provide accurate cost savings recommendations. Monitoring is an important […]