AWS Database Blog
Author: Gene Mays
Gene Mays is a Senior Microsoft Specialist Solutions Architect with expertise in SQL Server. He has worked with SQL Server for over 20 years and has extensive experience in various industries. He has helped many customers architect high availability and disaster recovery solutions for SQL Server as well as orchestrate large-scale migrations in AWS.
Use cross-Region read replicas with Amazon Relational Database Service for SQL Server
April 2026: This post was reviewed and updated to reflect single-AZ Read Replica support. August 2023: This post was reviewed and updated to include section for Transparent Data Encryption. Starting today, you can now create cross-Region read replicas with Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server. This feature gives you the ability to […]
Backup and Restore Strategies for Amazon RDS for SQL Server
Customers have asked for the right solution to safeguard their data on Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server and meet their current Recovery Point Objective (RPO), the maximum acceptable amount of time since the last backup and Recovery Time Objective (RTO), the maximum acceptable delay between the interruption of service and restoration […]
Post-migration steps and best practices for Amazon RDS for SQL Server
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. It provides cost-efficient and resizable capacity while automating time-consuming administration tasks, such as hardware provisioning, database setup, patching, and backups. It frees you to focus on your applications, so you can give them the […]