Category: Windows on AWS

Introduction This two-part series equips you with essential knowledge for a successful Windows Server migration to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). Part 1 laid the groundwork by exploring critical licensing decisions and Active Directory integration strategies. Building on that foundation, this post delves into the technical intricacies of preparing your Windows Server instances for […]

This post shows how to implement a hybrid disaster recovery solution by extending your on-premises Microsoft SQL Server Always On Availability Group (AOAG) to SQL Server on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). Introduction Many Organizations need cloud-based disaster recovery solutions that maintain critical on-premises operations while minimizing costs. This post demonstrates how to extend […]

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 […]

In this blog post, we will describe how TEKsystems Global Services (TGS) worked with a university to modernize their legacy .NET Framework 3.5 applications to .NET 8 based microservices and Microsoft SQL Server (SQL Server) to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL (Aurora PostgreSQL). TGS is an Amazon Web Services (AWS) premier tier services partner leading digital transformation […]

One way that customers running Microsoft Workloads on Amazon Web Services (AWS) may reduce costs is taking advantage of Bring Your Own License (BYOL) for eligible licenses they own. In this blog post, we are going to share a few practices to help you optimize your operation of BYOL Windows Server workloads on AWS. Introduction […]

Introduction This blog post will walk you through a sample transformation using the new AWS Transform for .NET web experience. You’ll learn how to set up your environment, configure connections, execute the transformation process, and analyze results. Organizations running .NET Framework applications face growing challenges with licensing costs, scalability, and security while continuing to rely […]

Recently, we announced the general availability of AWS Transform for .NET, the first agentic AI service for modernizing .NET applications at scale. With AWS Transform for .NET, you can accelerate modernization of .NET Framework applications to cross-platform .NET by up to 4x. Since .NET 8 and later are cross-platform, you can run your .NET 8 […]

In this blog post, we will cover how to containerize and deploy an ASP.NET application running on an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) for Microsoft Windows Server instance to Amazon ECS on AWS Fargate using AWS Migration Hub Orchestrator.

Introduction This blog post demonstrates how to use Amazon FSx for Windows File Server(FSxW) as persistent SMB storage for Windows applications running on AWS Elastic Beanstalk. The solution addresses common challenges with configuring persistent storage and enables direct access to SMB shares within AWS Elastic Beanstalk Windows environments while maintaining application performance, flexibility, and security […]

Introduction In today’s business landscape, organizations look for ways to extract insights from their growing data assets and rely on their file server infrastructure to store, manage, and share critical data. The volume and complexity of data creates challenges to maximize its value. Companies need a new strategy to overcome these obstacles. Amazon Q Business […]