Amazon EC2 running Microsoft Windows Server is a fast and dependable environment for deploying applications using the Microsoft Web Platform. The NVIDIA GRID GPU Driver AMI on Amazon EC2 allows application developers to run NVIDIA GeForce-optimized Microsoft Windows DirectX games and Windows applications on AWS's high-performance, reliable, cost-effective, cloud computing platform. To begin streaming games and applications, developers should install TeamViewer http://www.teamviewer.com on the AMI and local client. Or, if you have the capability to write your own streaming application, you can apply to get developer access to the GRID SDK at https://developer.nvidia.com/grid-app-game-streaming. Frequently Asked Questions about GRID can also be found here at: https://developer.nvidia.com/sites/default/files/akamai/gamedev/GRID/grid22/GRID-SDK-FAQ.pdf

Please note: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 are reaching end of support on October 10th 2023. These images will be removed from AWS Marketplace by October 10th, and you will no longer be able to access license included AMIs provided by Amazon after this date. Custom AMIs you own and active EC2 instances will not be impacted, but we recommend upgrading your current workloads. Please review the end of support FAQ here: https://aws.amazon.com/windows/faq/#eos-microsoft-products. Amazon EC2 running Microsoft Windows Server is a fast and dependable environment for deploying applications using the Microsoft Web Platform. Amazon EC2 enables you to run any compatible Windows-based solution on AWS' high-performance, reliable, cost-effective, cloud computing platform. Common Windows use cases include Enterprise Windows-based application hosting, website and web-service hosting, data processing, media transcoding, distributed testing, ASP.NET application hosting, and any other application requiring Windows software.