AWS Launch Wizard

AWS Launch Wizard makes it easy for you to deploy third-party applications on AWS. When you input the application requirements, Launch Wizard recommends the right AWS resources, and then deploys the selected resources for a production-ready application. This reduces the time spent in provisioning and configuring your key applications.

AWS Launch Wizard recommends appropriate AWS resources, including EC2 instance types and EBS volumes, to match your application requirements and presents you a cost estimate. You have the ability to modify the recommended resource selections and get an updated cost assessment.

AWS Launch Wizard provides you with reusable AWS CloudFormation code templates. These templates can serve as a baseline for your subsequent application deployments. You can save time by reusing these code templates to deploy your applications programmatically, instead of creating them each time you deploy a new application.

Resources deployed by AWS Launch Wizard are based on the AWS Well-Architected Framework and application best practices. This means applications deployed using AWS Launch Wizard adhere to AWS best practices, and are optimized for security, reliability, performance efficiency, and cost savings.

With AWS Launch Wizard you can specify your application’s components ranging from SQL Server node settings and AMIs to Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Active Directory (AD), and EC2 instances to effortlessly create a production-ready deployment.

AWS Launch Wizard helps customers choose the right SAP certified EC2 instances based on their performance specifications. Launch Wizard then deploys and configures the instances to run HANA and Netweaver based SAP applications on HANA. You can also use Launch Wizard to automate the deployment and configuration of Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP. This enables high availability setups using SAP HANA Host Auto Failover. AWS Launch Wizard supports automated deployment of SAP S/4HANA, BW/4HANA, SAP S/4HANA Foundations, and SAP Web Dispatcher running on HANA or ASE databases.

When trying out new configurations for development and test, you can quickly create proof-of-concept (POC) deployments. This helps accelerate roll outs for new production-ready deployments.

AWS Launch Wizard enables you to connect your deployments to your on-premises Active Directory through AWS Direct Connect. This is ideal if you choose not to run Active Directory on AWS.