This document discusses running Windows workloads on AWS. It highlights that customers love running Windows on AWS and discusses various options for migrating Windows workloads to AWS, including re-platforming, re-hosting, or re-factoring applications. It also covers licensing options for Windows and SQL Server on AWS and services that support Windows workloads like EC2, RDS, ECS, EKS, FSx and Directory Services.

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AWS Windows Workloads
Webinar
Angel Leon
Public Sector Solutions Architect
Amazon Web Services
Jorge Hernandez
Public Sector Solutions Architect
Amazon Web Services

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Windows on AWS is a love story

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Love our customers

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Customers love running windows on AWS
Note: Includes Windows instances deployed in the public
cloudIaaS market during 2017 Source: IDC estimates, 2018
IDC, Windows Server Operating Environment Market Update, Doc # US44217118, Aug 2018
https://d1.awsstatic.com/analyst-reports/IDC_Slide_WindowsonAWS_JM181015.pdf

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Customers love running windows on AWS

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Rising Action
AWS works backwards from the customer’s goals. What problem are they
trying to solve?
Legacy monolith .NET applications use Entity Framework that binds the app to SQL.
Re-platform/Re-host/Re-factor
Licensing Dilemma
License-Included instances (CAL not required, Pay-as-you-go, No upgrade fees)
BYOL – License Mobility + Software Assurance or Dedicated Hosts
Challenge your current environment to adopt a cloud native approach.
Use SSM to manage Windows Servers.
Why use a domain-joined web server (slowdown autoscaling)

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Love Triangle
.NET Core
.NET Core is a free and open-source managed computer
software framework for the Windows, Linux, and macOS
operating systems .NET Core fully supports C#
SQL Server on Linux
Starting with SQL Server 2017, SQL Server runs on Linux. It's
the same SQL Server database engine, with many similar
features and services regardless of your operating system.
Serverless

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How does it all come together?

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.NET developer experience launches this year
AWS Lambda Support for
.NET Core & PowerShell
Cloud Development Kit
(CDK) for .NET
EC2 AMIs for .NET Core
BUILD DEPLOY RUN
PowerShell tool of choice Package best practices Deploy and run .NET faster

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Flexible options for Microsoft licenses in the AWS
cloud
1. Flexible pay-as-you-go
licensing choices
2. Bring your license mobility
benefits to AWS
3. Bring licenses to AWS without
paying software assurance
Dedicated options for
licenses not eligible for
License Mobility
Default tenancy
for License Mobility eligible
products with
Software Assurance
AWS licensing
Buy license-included
instances from AWS
(Windows Server, SQL
Server)
Bring licenses to AWS
https://aws.amazon.com/windows/resources/licensing/

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• AWS manages licensing
compliance
• Supports current and many
legacy versions
• Windows Server Client Access
Licenses (CALs) are not
required
Buy license included instances from AWS

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Bring your own licenses to AWS (BYOL)
• Take advantage of the
efficiencies of the cloud while
still purchasing perpetual
licenses
• Extend the lifecycle of your
investments without additional
hardware costs
• Expedite your migration to the
cloud with existing VMs

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SQL Server Upgrade Tool (2008 to 2016)
AnnouncingSQLServer
UpgradeTool
https://tinyurl.com/sqlserverupgrade
Automated Side by Side Streamlined

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Amazon Relational Database Service
(Amazon RDS) for SQL Server supports
always on availability groups
Amazon RDS
for Multi-AZ Deployments
AlwaysOn
Less Downtime
(auto failover to standby)
High Performance
(compared to mirroring)
Reduce Costs

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SQL Server on Linux
SAVE EVEN MORE WITH RI’S
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
m5.2xl c5.2xl r5.2xl
Windows with SQL STD
20% lower cost
Priceperhour
Choice:
Ubuntu, RHEL,
Amazon Linux
2
Standardization across
one operating system

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Enabling developers at every step
.NET Developer Center
aws.amazon.com/net
Develop Learn
Connect

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Flexibility to enforce license
usage
aws.amazon.com/license-manager
AWS License Manager
Leverage native
AWS Services
Manage licenses across hybrid
environments

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License Manager enables hybrid IT licensing
Define rules for your licensed
software from Microsoft,
Oracle, IBM, SAP, and others
Choose a license counting
type: vCPU, physical cores,
physical sockets, or number
of instances
Choose whether to
enforce a license limit
At-a-glance summary of
licenses and usage limits
See whether or not limits
are enforced
License Manager helps manage usage limits
Windows Server on AWS
IBM DB2 on AWS
Oracle Database on AWS
On-premises SQL Server
Across cloud and on-premises

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Amazon CloudWatch Application
Insights for .NET and SQL Server
aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/getting-started
Machine learning based
anomaly detection for
metrics and logs
Visualize root cause with
CloudWatch Automatic
Dashboards
Improved
customer experience

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Let me show you how!

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Application migration using AWS SMS
Pre-built launch
templates
Faster migrations
Centralized
management

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Azure to AWS Migration Tool

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AWS leadership in containers
CNCF Survey: https://www.cncf.io/blog/2018/08/29/cncf-survey-use-of-cloud-native-technologies-in-production-has-grown-over-200-percent/
63%
51%Amazon
ECS and
Amazon EKS

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Extending container management for Windows
Amazon EKS
Support forWindows
Flexibility—Linux, Windows
Docker, Kubernetes

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Amazon FSx for Windows File Server
aws.amazon.com/fsx/windows
Windows native for fully
compatible Windows File
System experience
Secure and compliant
including PCI-DSS,
ISO, and HIPAA
No hardware or software
to manage
Up to 10s of GB/s
throughput with sub-
millisecond latencies

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Proven AWS Directory
Services to support your
strategy
Preserves SSO
High compatibility
Richest set of features
Only cloud to use
actualAD
Only cloud that
preserves SSO
Most features of
all managedAD
Users don’t have to
sign in separately
Set up directory in
under 2 min
Broadest range of
AD aware apps

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Hibernate EC2 instances for Windows
Pre-warmed instances with your apps pre-configured
Support forWindows Server environments coming soon!
Scale faster with
warm instances
No need to modify
existing applications
Just like opening and
closing your laptop

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Why Windows on AWS?

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and many more…
Perform a migration assessment
aws.amazon.com/whatsnew
https://tinyurl.com/AWSMicrosoftWorkloads
Learn more at aws.amazon.com/windows/
windows-study-guide
Deep DiveYouTube Sessions: To-Dos
Learn more

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Thank you!
Angel Leon
Public Sector Solutions Architect
Amazon Web Services
Jorge Hernandez
Public Sector Solutions Architect
Amazon Web Services