1) AWS provides reliable and cost-effective options for running Windows and SQL Server workloads on AWS. AWS saw 7x fewer downtime hours compared to Azure between 2018-2019. Using Dedicated Hosts and Availability Zones can reduce SQL Server costs by 75%. 2) AWS supports Windows workloads through a wide range of services available since 2008 and has over 10,000 partners and 10 years of experience. Key services highlighted include EC2, RDS, Systems Manager, License Manager, and migration tools. 3) Migrating old Windows and SQL Server workloads from on-premises to AWS can provide infrastructure cost savings, better server utilization, and reduce risks from end-of

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Ross Hutchings
AWS Head of Sales, Microsoft Platform ANZ
Sepehr Samiei
AWS Senior Architect, Microsoft Platform ANZ
Microsoft on AWS
3rd July 2019

2. Uptime & Reliability
7xFewer downtime hours vs Azure
1/1/18 to 12/31/18 from the public service health dashboards
of the major cloud providers.
SQL Server savings leveraging
Dedicated Hosts & AZ architecture
75%
Choice
Market share
57.7%Of Windows Servers in the Public Cloud
IDC Windows Server Stats August 2018
Better price for performance for SQL
Server vs Azure DB Best & ZK Research November 2018
2x
Performance
11
Experience
Years running Windows workloads
72price reductions
since 2006
Why AWS for Windows Workloads?
Customer focus

3. Customer stories

4. Windows on AWS momentum
CustomerAdoption
2008
Visual Studio Toolkit
Microsoft SCOM plug-in release.
Microsoft SharePoint 2016 (Marketplace)
Microsoft SCVMM Plug-in
SAP instance on AWS 2012
Trusted Advisor checks for
Windows
Hyper-V support in SMS
Windows for Lightsail
Application-consistent Snapshots through VSS
AWS Directory Service
Sessions Manager
Dedicated Host Enhancement Tag-On
EC2 Dedicated Hosts (BYOL)
EC2 Run Command
EC2 Systems Manager
EC2 Dedicated
Instances
(BYOL)
EC2 Windows on Bare Metal/Hyper-V AMI
WS 2008 & SQL Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 1803
Windows Server 2003
Application migration using AWS
SMS
Active Directory Cross VPC Support
AWS License Manager
SQL 2017 AMI AL2/Ubuntu
SQL Server 2008 R2 Amazon RDS adds SQL Server
SQL Server 2017
SQL Server 2012
SQL Server 2008 R2
SQL Server 2016
SQL Server 2008 Upgrade
2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 Today
10K+ Partners
10 Years
.NET Core & PowerShell on AL2/Ubuntu
Windows Deep Learning AMI
.NET Core 2.1 on Linux AMIs
Lambda Support for PowerShell
Core
Amazon ECS for Windows Containers
Amazon EKS for Windows
AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell
.NET SDK
DynamoDB Accelerator SDK for .NET
.NET on Lambda & AWS
CodeBuild
.NET Core 2.1 Support with Lambda & X-Ray
X-Ray .NET SDK
.NET Developer Hub
AWS X-Ray .NET Core Support
CloudWatch AppInsights
.NET Developer Hub

5. Amazon FSx for Windows File Server
Lift and shift your Windows file storage with fully managed windows file servers
Fast and flexible
performance
Native Windows
compatibility
Broad accessibility

6. AWS License Manager
Bring existing third-party software licenses to the AWS cloud to reduce licensing costs

7. Reduce CPU-based licensing costs
with Optimize CPU
SQL Server
Enterprise
with
Software
Assurance
(8 cores)
SQL Server
with
Software
Assurance
(4 cores)
40% Savings

8. The Windows Server & SQL 2008 EOS
countdown is on!
50-60% of On-Premises Microsoft
workloads are running on 2008 versions
No new patches or security updates
means exposure to cyber attacks
SQL Server
2008 and
2008 R2
Windows
Server 2008
and 2008 R2
July 9,
2019
Jan 14,
2020 Risk of non-compliance with regulatory
bodies and new legislation
M i g r a t e t o t h e c l o u d a n d m o d e r n i z e o n y o u r t e r m s

9. SQL Server Compatibility mode

10. Infrastructure
Costs
Server
Utilization
The power of why

11. TSO Logic ingests
millions of data points
about an
environment.
Customers can run
“pivots”— viewing
their IT assets by
drilling down into
different groupings.
Optimisation and Right-Sizing

12. Migration Tools
CloudEndure Migration helps you simplify, expedite, and automate
large-scale migration to AWS through Block Level Replication

13. • New support integration to improve
customer experience
• AWS Support engineers can escalate
directly to Microsoft Support on behalf
of AWS customers
Premier support for AWS customers
running Microsoft workloads

14. Default Tenancy Instances
EC2 Instances
Dedicated Instances Dedicated Hosts
Customer A
Customer B
Customer C
Customer D
Customer E
Customer E
Multi-tenant servers host instances
for multiple customers
AWS determines which host
instances run on
You pay per-instance
Single-tenant servers host instances
dedicated to one AWS account
AWS determines which host
instances run on
You pay per-instance + hourly fee per
region
Single-tenant servers host instances
dedicated to one AWS account
Launch instances to same physical
server through targeted placement
You pay per-host, per-hour
Customer A Customer A

15. Cost savings through AZ architecture
1/2) License Count Optimization
Data Center /
Region
HA DR
Asynch
Miles Apart
Data Center /
Region
On Premises/other Cloud
Region
Availability
Zone
Availability
Zone
Synch
Miles Apart
AWS (SQL on EC2 or RDS)
Low Latency
High Latency

16. Sepehr Samiei
AWS Systems Manager demo