This is a repackaged software wherein additional charges apply for extended support with a 24 hour response time. This Windows 2016 AMI comes with Active Directory Domain Services Roles pre-loaded and waiting for you to enter your domain information to complete the setup.

Additionally, DNS server and Group Policy Management, as well as Remote Server Administration Tools, have been pre-loaded.

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.