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Tag: Windows on AWS

AWS Partner Webinar Series- September and October

The AWS Partner Webinar Series is a selection of live and recorded online presentations that cover a broad range of topics at varying technical levels and scale. Each webinar is hosted by an AWS Solutions Architect and an AWS Competency Partner who has successfully helped customers evaluate and implement the tools, techniques, and technologies of […]

AWS Microsoft Workloads Competency Now Includes Database Solutions

The AWS Partner Network (APN) is excited to announce updates to the AWS Microsoft Workloads Competency, as well as introduce the latest wave of talented APN Partners with Microsoft Workloads Competency status! This Competency has been updated to provide our customers with an easy way of finding skilled APN Partners to match their Windows workload […]

Supporting Customers as They Migrate Microsoft SQL Server Workloads to AWS

A guest post by Datavail, an AWS Partner Network (APN) Consulting Partner and an AWS Microsoft Workloads Competency Partner specializing in database solutions.   Through the AWS Competency Program, we’ve been validated by AWS for our proven expertise in offering applications and database solutions built on the Microsoft SQL Server platform on AWS. This includes […]

Citrix Customers – Bring Your Own Windows Client Licenses for Use on AWS

By Andrew Kloman, Partner Solutions Architect at AWS Citrix customers, did you know that you can bring your own Microsoft Windows client licenses and use them on Amazon Web Services (AWS)? This includes deploying Windows 10 on AWS for your Citrix XenDesktop deployments. Within the Studio console, Citrix XenDesktop supports the desktop deployment model called […]

New AWS Solutions Training Available for Partners: AWS for Windows and Big Data & Analytics

We’re excited to announce that we’re expanding AWS Solutions Training with new topics and more ways for you to get training. AWS Solutions Training was previously available to APN Consulting Partners as an instructor-led workshop. We now offer training in both instructor-led and online, self-paced formats. New AWS Solutions Training: AWS for Windows This 4-hour […]

AWS for Windows – Upcoming Opportunities to Learn and Engage

Hundreds of thousands of companies choose AWS to run their Windows workloads for reasons that include the breadth of services we offer, our highly available architecture, security and compliance, and last but not least, our partner ecosystem. We are now offering prospective and existing APN Partners several ways to learn more about the opportunity to […]

Technical Bootcamp for Partners: AWS for Windows

Are you a Standard-tier or higher APN Consulting Partner, interested in learning how to help customers run Windows Server workloads in AWS? AWS is running a series of Level 200-300 technical bootcamps for APN Consulting Partners. The goal of this training is to help you prepare to work with new and existing customers who are […]

Amazon EC2 Now Supports Microsoft SQL Server 2016

Microsoft SQL Server on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) enables you to take advantage of the scale, performance, and elasticity of AWS. With Amazon EC2 support for SQL Server 2016, released by Microsoft on June 1, 2016, you can benefit from the high-availability, advanced analytics, and security features of SQL Server 2016, while leveraging […]

New AWS for Windows qwikLABS and New Training Page

Amazon Web Services (AWS) helps you build, scale, and manage Microsoft applications in the cloud quickly, easily, more securely, and cost-effectively. Customers get value in running Microsoft applications on AWS in a myriad of ways – from meeting compliance requirements, to improving their security posture, becoming more agile, and reducing costs, just to name a […]

2016 AWS Partner Summit Singapore – Recap

Last Friday, the AWS ASEAN partner team hosted the AWS Partner Summit – Singapore. The event was intended to provide partners with valuable insight into key trends on AWS, and to help partners to connect with both one another and with AWS team members. I was fortunate enough to be a part of the event, and had a great […]