Microsoft Workloads on AWS
Author: Tekena Orugbani
Tekena is a Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services and a technologist of over 20 years, specializing in Microsoft technologies. At AWS, Tekena is focused on helping customers architect, migrate and modernize their Microsoft workloads on the AWS Cloud. Outside work, he enjoys hanging out with his family and watching soccer.
Extend your Active Directory domain to AWS with AWS Managed Microsoft AD (Hybrid Edition)
Introduction Today, we are announcing the general availability of the Hybrid Edition of AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory (AWS Managed Microsoft AD). This new edition lets you extend your existing self-managed Active Directory (AD) domain to AWS Managed Microsoft AD while preserving your current identity and access infrastructure. AWS Managed Microsoft AD (Hybrid […]
Deploy SQL Server Container Clusters using Amazon EKS and Amazon FSx for Windows
Introduction This blog post shows how to deploy a highly available SQL Server instance in a container using Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) with persistent storage backed by Amazon FSx for Windows File Server. Running databases and other stateful workloads in containers has grown significantly over the years. According to the CNCF Annual Survey […]
Enhance security of your AWS app integration with AWS Managed Microsoft AD
In this blog post, I will show you how you can strengthen security when using two-way trusts between your self-managed Microsoft Active Directory and your AWS Managed Microsoft AD for accessing AWS applications. Introduction Customers often want their self-managed Active Directory users to have a seamless authentication and authorization experience when using Amazon Web Services […]
Automate disaster recovery for your self-managed Active Directory on AWS
In this blog post, I will show how you can leverage Amazon Web Services (AWS) for disaster recovery (DR) for your self-managed Microsoft Active Directory (AD). I will also provide an automated solution to help you run on-demand, periodic DR tests of your AD infrastructure as part of your larger business continuity strategy. Introduction Most […]