Microsoft Workloads on AWS

Category: Windows on AWS

How TEKsystems Modernized a University’s Microsoft Workloads on AWS

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 […]

Operating BYOL Windows Server Workloads Effectively on AWS

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 […]

Modernize .NET applications at scale with AWS Transform for .NET

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 […]

Port your .NET Framework applications to Linux with AWS Transform for .NET

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 […]

Containerize your legacy ASP.NET application in a few clicks using AWS Migration Hub Orchestrator

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.

How to use persistent storage with AWS Elastic Beanstalk Windows deployment.

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 […]

Harness Amazon Q Business power with Amazon FSx file server for enterprise search.

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 […]

Running SQL Server Stretch Failover Cluster Instance on Amazon EC2

In this blog post, we explore how to implement Microsoft SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance (FCI) on Stretch Cluster Replication in Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). We are going to use Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) Multi-Attach on io2 volumes with Microsoft Windows Server Storage Replica technology as a shared storage solution across Availability Zones […]

Why organizations around the world are choosing AWS Transform for .NET

AWS Transform for .NET is trusted by Speed, scale, and quality matter in application modernization. In this blog, I explore how AWS Transform for .NET, the first agentic AI experience for modernizing .NET applications at scale, is accelerating the modernization process. You will also learn about the key benefits of using AWS Transform for .NET […]

Compliant and Cost-Effective Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE Implementation on AWS

Learn how HCLTech successfully helped a customer implement Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (D365 CE) on AWS cloud. To gain a deeper understanding into HCLTech’s consultative approach and the insights from this project, we spoke with Karthik Rajan and Anand K Patel, Solutions Architects at HCLTech. We explore key considerations including purchase models, licensing optimization, […]