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    Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Base

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    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 compatible Windows-based solutions on AWS' high-performance, reliable, cost-effective, cloud computing platform.
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    Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Base

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    Overview

    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.

    Highlights

    • Amazon EC2 makes it easy to start and manage your Windows-based instances.
    • Amazon EC2 running Windows Server provides seamless integration with existing Amazon EC2 features like Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), Amazon CloudWatch, Elastic-Load Balancing, and Elastic IPs.
    • You can manage your Amazon EC2 resources using our web service APIs. We provide the AWS SDK for .NET that enables you to call AWS infrastructure services.

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    Delivery method

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    64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

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    Operating system
    Win2016 10

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    Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Base

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    EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes
    $0.10/per GB/month of provisioned storage

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    64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

    Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

    An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.

    Version release notes

    Changes:

    • AWSPowerShell v4..667
    • ENA v2.8.0
    • SSM v3.3.859.0
    • Windows Security Updates current to October 8th 2024

    Additional details

    Usage instructions

    Please visit this following page for more information on using Windows: http://aws.amazon.com/windows/ 

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    Mohit V.

    Reduced footprint with increased productivity

    Reviewed on Aug 16, 2023
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    Windows Server 2016 Core, a streamlined variant of the Windows Server OS, offering several benefits compared to the GUI installation. A notable advantage is its reduced attack surface: by fewer components and services, it diminishes the potential entry points for cyber threats.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    No GUI: Windows Server Core lacks a graphical interface, complicating tasks for GUI-oriented admins.
    Learning Curve: Requires command-line expertise, a challenge for novices.
    Setup Complexity is another challenge.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    This inherently enhances security, making it particularly valuable for internet-facing servers. Furthermore, the leaner design contributes to reduced maintenance demands. The need for updates and patches is minimized, simplifying the patching process and decreasing downtime.
    Hospital & Health Care

    As Windows admin and user in Production environment, I can share my feedback

    Reviewed on Nov 17, 2021
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    It's has updated powershell versions and also in Hyper v Microsoft included the Hot add options. And also in Pam facilities and also Refs file system
    What do you dislike about the product?
    Nothing much in windows server 2016, after 2008 server all server operating system are good but version wise it has different futures
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    Core usage is less in organization but still we faced basic issues like ii's prerequisites and dot net issues but those are not manjor issues we noticed for our production
    Program Development

    nice service for big companies

    Reviewed on Oct 12, 2021
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    i love Active directory because that is a very big tool that allows the use a lot of applications with it and login to the app via AD credentials. not only that it is helping when you have a print server and etc...you can manage all users via AD and give accordingly permission to use their instance
    What do you dislike about the product?
    we need patch it very often that is not good buy we must for security reasson
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    many problems with SSO and other applications and regarding users as well
    Recommendations to others considering the product:
    sure that is must OS if you have a normal company and need administer all users
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