Microsoft Workloads on AWS
Author: Yogi Barot
Yogi Barot is WorldWide Microsoft Tech leader leading Microsoft Technical field community at AWS. Part of her role, she is leading community for technical enablement and supporting customers migrate and modernize Microsoft workload to AWS. Yogi has 26 years of experience working with different Microsoft technologies, her specialty is in SQL Server and different database technologies. Yogi has in depth AWS knowledge and expertise in running Microsoft workload on AWS.
Microsoft workloads on AWS: Your complete re:Invent 2025 guide
Are you ready to transform your Microsoft workloads with AI-powered modernization and migration capabilities? AWS re:Invent 2025 brings you an extensive lineup of sessions focused on .NET modernization, SQL Server migration, and Windows workload optimization. As we gear up for AWS re:Invent 2025, we’re thrilled to present an extensive lineup of sessions focused on Microsoft […]
How to automate an in-place upgrade of SQL Server on Amazon EC2
In this blog post, we will show you how to perform an automated in-place upgrade of your standalone Microsoft SQL Server instances installed on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). This solution supports upgrades to SQL Server 2016, SQL Server 2017, SQL Server 2019, and SQL Server 2022. Introduction As new versions of SQL Server […]
Migrate SQL Server database from Azure SQL Managed Instance to AWS
Did you know you can migrate a Microsoft SQL Server database from an Azure SQL Managed Instance to SQL Server on Amazon Web Services (AWS) using a COPY_ONLY backup from Azure SQL Managed Instance? Using this method is straightforward, as it copies/moves all objects in a database and it supports all editions. However, keep in […]
Top 10 recommendations to optimize your Windows Server workloads on AWS
In this blog post, we will share the top 10 recommendations to help you lower your costs and improve performance when running your Windows Server workloads on AWS. The first step you can take is select the right Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance family, size, and licensing option for your workloads. Different instance […]
What’s new in SQL Server 2022 on AWS?
Customers running SQL Server on AWS have enjoyed running their workloads with higher reliability and performance, lowered total cost of ownership (TCO), flexible licensing options, and using the broad and deep capabilities of AWS, all while leveraging greater security and identity services. Microsoft released SQL Server 2022 for general availability (GA) on November 16th 2022, […]
Top 10 recommendations to optimize costs with your SQL Server workloads on AWS
The high cost of Microsoft licenses for SQL Server, especially SQL Server Enterprise edition, is a point of concern for many customers planning their migration of SQL Server workloads to AWS. In this blog post, I will discuss 10 things you can do to save money with your SQL Server workloads on AWS. You have […]
How to set up high availability for SQL Server at DR site that was restored using AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
In an earlier post, I talked about how to set up a disaster recovery (DR) solution for SQL Server Always On availability groups (AG) deployed on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) platform to another AWS Region. In this follow-on post, I will show you how to set up High Availability (HA) for SQL Server […]
How to set up disaster recovery for SQL Server Always On Availability Groups using AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
Traditional disaster recovery methods for Microsoft SQL Server require duplication of infrastructure, operating systems, licensing and other third-party applications, rendering it a highly expensive IT project – even prohibitively expensive for some organizations. AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS) provides organizations with a more modern approach to protecting Microsoft SQL Server environments: cloud-based disaster recovery […]