Microsoft SharePoint Server on AWS
Amazon EC2 running Windows Server is a secure and dependable environment for customers to deploy Microsoft SharePoint quickly and cost effectively. The Microsoft License Mobility through Software Assurance program allows Microsoft volume license customers to use their existing Windows Server applications licenses, including SharePoint Server, on AWS without paying any additional Microsoft licensing fees. Take advantage of the benefits that the AWS Cloud offers such as pay-as-you-go pricing, scalability, and data integrity to run your SharePoint workloads today.
The Get Started section below has more detail about all of the available technologies and resources for Microsoft on AWS, including pricing, documentation, whitepapers, templates and sample code. If you have questions about SharePoint on AWS please visit the FAQ page for more info.
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Benefits of Using SharePoint on AWS
Low Cost
Pay only for cloud resources used.
Scalable
Add 1000s of virtual machines in minutes.
Open and Flexible
Choose development platform and programming model.
Secure
Secure and durable technology platform with industry-recognized certifications and audits.
Fast Deployment Time
Deploy applications without waiting for hardware to arrive.
Highly Available
Highly reliable services and multiple fault-tolerant Availability Zones.
- Quickly Adjust to Business Change: Running SharePoint on the AWS Cloud allows you to add capacity as needed, without long lead time. You can easily scale up, or down, as business demands change. Stay ahead of the curve by adjusting capacity in minutes and hours, not days or weeks.
- No New Hardware to Buy: AWS offers low, pay-as-you-go pricing, which eliminates hardware acquisition costs and allows you to pay only for the capacity you need. We do all of the hardware management, so you can focus on higher-value activities than replacing hard drives.
- Shift Capital Expense to Operating Expense: While reducing both. You no longer need to plan, procure, manage, and depreciate your IT infrastructure. You can replace large up-front expenses with more predictable costs that scale with your business.
- Utilize Existing Skills and Software: Leverage your existing investments in IT skills and software assets, enabling your company to roll out new applications more quickly. The AWS platform is OS and language agnostic, so developers can continue to use .NET and familiar tools such as Visual Studio.
The Microsoft License Mobility through Software Assurance program allows Microsoft
volume licensing customers to move their current on-premises SharePoint Server licenses to AWS without paying additional Microsoft licensing
fees. Learn more at http://aws.amazon.com/windows/mslicensemobility.
Get Started
Microsoft and AWS
Overview of the relationship between the Microsoft and AWS, with technical resources, case studies, videos and more.
Windows on the Amazon Cloud
Learn about pricing on Amazon EC2 for Windows Server and SQL Server, or find out about the Free Tier.
SharePoint Reference Architecture White Paper
General concepts and technical guidance for setting up and running a SharePoint Server farm on AWS.
Security for the Microsoft Applications on AWS White Paper
Guidance, best practices, and available controls and capabilities within the AWS platform to run Windows Server-based applications securely on the AWS cloud.
Tutorial
Tutorial
Deploy a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Server Farm in the AWS Cloud in 6 Simple Steps
This tutorial walks through detailed step by step instructions to launch a SharePoint Server farm as a public facing website on AWS infrastructure.
It is available in two formats, a
written article
and a
video series.
All of the necessary resources are provided, including AWS CloudFormation templates and Windows PowerShell scripts to deploy a fully functional SharePoint Server farm reliably and repeatedly. An advanced implementation guide is also included which provides all of the technical implementation details in the accompanying artifacts. This article builds on the whitepaper Microsoft SharePoint Server on AWS Reference Architecture released in April 2012.
SharePoint on AWS Partners
2nd Watch has developed 2W SharePoint, an enterprise-class, single tenant environment that is fully customizable and allows customers to deploy SharePoint on AWS with one-click.
2nd Watch Landing Page
2nd Watch APN Page
Demo / Test Drive
2W SharePoint Case Study
Smartronix provides end-to-end services for SharePoint environments to develop highly scalable and highly available platforms for collaboration and knowledge management.
Smartronix Landing Page
Smartronix APN Page
Demo / Test Drive
Datapipe is a global managed services company with a single provider solution for managing and securing mission-critical IT services, including a SharePoint as a service offering as a turnkey solution for managing deployments on the AWS platform.
Applied Information Sciences (AIS) is a custom application development and systems integration firm, providing software and systems engineering services to enterprise companies and the U.S. government continually leverages the Microsoft stack, including SharePoint 2010/2013.
AvePoint provides governance and infrastructure management solutions for Microsoft SharePoint, helping more than 10,000 customers including many Fortune 500 companies and government agencies to meet their specific business objectives.
Blue River employs pre-configured templates of the core components that comprise enterprise SharePoint services to facilitate customer implementation. These templates are configured to complement the AWS environment.
Slalom Consulting helps organizations plan and implement cloud-based solutions that leverage infrastructure, platform and software as a service offerings.
Resources
Content
- Whitepapers
- PowerPoint Slide Decks
- Architecture Diagrams
- Upcoming Events
- Recorded Webinars
- Case Studies
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Windows & .NET Developer Center
The Windows & .NET Developer Center contains sample code, documentation, tools, and additional resources to help you build applications on AWS.
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud with Microsoft Windows Guide
Learn How to launch a Windows Server instance on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).
This guide will get you started using Amazon EC2 with the Windows Server operating system, and describe how to configure Windows Powershell to work with the .NET SDK and
includes some code samples to get you started.
Find SharePoint AMIs on AWS Marketplace
Buy and launch SharePoint Foundation AMIs within minutes on the AWS Marketplace.
Amazon’s Corporate IT Deploys SharePoint 2010 to the AWS Cloud White Paper
This paper describes how and why Amazon.com’s corporate IT organization deployed a self-service portal platform for internal
sites that uses Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and a SQL Server 2008 Enterprise storage database to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud.
AWS SDK for .NET
AWS has developed this tool to make it easy for Windows developers to build .NET applications that tap
into the cost-effective, scalable and reliable AWS Cloud.
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