Tag: SQL Server on AWS

This blog post introduces a new AWS feature that enables point-in-time recovery for SQL Server using EBS snapshots. It offers a detailed walkthrough for creating VSS-integrated snapshots and restoring SQL Server databases using EBS snapshots to simplify database backups and automate point-in-time restore. Introduction Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently introduced support for restoring Microsoft SQL […]

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, […]

AWS is excited to announce our participation as a Platinum sponsor at the PASS Data Community Summit 2024, continuing our commitment to empower organizations with our data and AI services. Our mission is to help businesses migrate, optimize, and modernize Microsoft SQL Server workloads while accelerating innovation, offering unrivaled reliability, security, and cost efficiency—all within […]

A 2024 IDC Infobrief – Running SQL Server Workloads in the Cloud – reports that a clear majority of Microsoft SQL Server users chose AWS as their primary cloud provider when polled. In fact, data shows AWS is the top cloud provider of choice (52%) – more than the next six cloud providers combined. Figure […]

In this blog post, we will demonstrate a simple and effective way to deploy Microsoft SQL Server Always On Availability Group (AG) containers in Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) with DxOperator – SQL Server Operator for Kubernetes. Deploying database workloads in Kubernetes (K8s) is a growing trend. The Cloud Native Foundation’s 2022 Survey showed […]

Let’s face it. End of support (EOS) –three words that can unsettle any IT professional– is the last thing you want to hear about for your mission-critical applications. It creates additional work for you to deal with the upgrades and causes downtime for your end users. The Microsoft Windows Server and SQL Server end of […]

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 […]

In this blog post, we will show you how to automate the process of downgrading from Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise or Standard edition to SQL Server Developer edition to save cost. Introduction Every day, customers benefit from the cost savings, scalability, performance, and ease of management of running SQL Server on AWS. Deploying SQL Server […]

In this blog post, we will show you how to configure AWS Migration Hub Orchestrator using the recently-launched support for transactional log backups to reduce downtime during Microsoft SQL Server database migrations to Amazon Web Services (AWS). Customers worldwide trust AWS to run their mission-critical SQL Server databases. For SQL Server databases that are still […]

Celebrating 15 years of running Microsoft workloads in the cloud, longer than any other major cloud provider Before we wrap up 2023, I wanted to capture some of the highlights of the year—so I reached out to my esteemed colleague, Rajesh Rathod. Rajesh is an Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (Amazon EC2) product leader who has […]