Microsoft Workloads on AWS
Category: Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service
Containerize SQL Server workloads with Amazon EKS and DH2i
In this blog post, we will show you a simple and effective way to deploy Microsoft SQL Server Always On availability group containers in Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) with DH2i. Business-critical workloads running on SQL Server make high availability a key consideration when deploying on AWS. The challenge is that Kubernetes has a […]
How to upgrade and modernize Microsoft Windows Server 2012 with Windows containers on AWS
This blog post is the third in a four-part series on how to upgrade Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2. The focus of this series is to provide options to handle the upcoming end-of-support event in October. Part 1 overviews the end-of-support dilemma, plus how to perform an in-place, manual upgrade along with an insight […]
Know your AWS options for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 End of Support
As Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 reach end of support (EOS) on October 10, 2023, it presents a unique opportunity for organizations to enhance Windows Server workloads in the cloud. In this blog post, we will walk through the common pathways AWS designed to help address the Windows Server end-of-support challenge by migrating, optimizing and modernizing these workloads, enabling you to take full advantage of the cloud and propel business innovations.
Port legacy VB.NET applications to .NET 6.0 with Porting Assistant for .NET
Since its release in 2002, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) has been a popular choice for software developers creating Windows-based applications. With the release of .NET 6.0, some exciting changes are available for developers. This version of .NET boasts some amazing features that are sure to make your applications faster, more reliable, and easier to maintain. […]
Using SMB CSI Driver on Amazon EKS Windows nodes
Back in 2020, we first published a blog post on how Windows pods on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Services (Amazon EKS) could access Amazon FSx for Windows File Server as persistent storage. This was accomplished by using AWS Systems Manager to automate the domain join. In the background, a feature from SMB protocol called “SMB Global […]
Containerizing legacy ASP.NET applications using AWS App2Container (A2C)
Every day, companies are running legacy applications on top of highly scalable container architectures such as Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Services (Amazon EKS). This is because legacy applications, many of them Windows-based, can be difficult for companies to manage and often need a heavy infrastructure lift to maintain. Because many […]
To get the most from open source software, run it where it works best
Given the incredibly rich open source ecosystem, many companies have decided to make open source software integral to how they build and run applications. Deciding to use open source software like MySQL or Apache Kafka, however, isn’t the same as effectively running it. As such, the current question isn’t whether to use open source software, but rather how […]