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SQL Server on AWS has lower TCO, higher performance, and the broadest and deepest capabilities. This SQL Server Amazon Machine Images (AMI) is built by Amazon Web Services (AWS) for use on Amazon EC2, the proven, reliable, and secure place for SQL Server.
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Overview
The SQL Server Amazon Machine Images (AMI) is built, updated, and fully-patched by AWS within five business days of Microsoft's patch Tuesday (the second Tuesday of each month). Launching an instance from this AMI enables you to run the instance as a database server and saves you the effort to install SQL Server software. This AMI comes with following software and drivers including AWS Systems Manager, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell, Network drivers, and Storage drivers.
You can use AWS Launch Wizard to easily size, configure, and deploy SQL Server applications on AWS. Launch Wizard for SQL Server supports both single instance and high availability deployments according to AWS and SQL Server best practices.
Highlights
- Built, updated, and fully-patched by AWS for SQL Server running on EC2.
- Preinstalled with AWS Systems Manager, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell, and various drivers to make your management easier.
- Accelerate SQL Server single instance and high availability deployments with AWS Launch Wizard.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Win2019 10
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This product is free. Subscriptions have no end date and can be canceled anytime.
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Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
|---|---|
EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes | $0.10/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
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Delivery details
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 v4.1.694
- AWS NVMe v1.6.0
- cfn-init v2.0.31
- EC2 Launch v1.3.2005065
- SSM v3.3.1230.0
- Windows Security Updates current to November 12th 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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Customer reviews
Government Administration
Enterprise level SQL server for any corporate environment
Reviewed on Jun 15, 2023
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Microsoft SQL Server 2017 is our primary warehouse RDBMS database for all our needs. We like that deploying and migrating current and existing databases from previous versions was easy. Ability to configure database backups and manage all our servers from a single console, including user management, schema assignments, and security. Built-in SQL query tools simplify working with and executing queries. Records retrieving is relatively easy and sometimes runs pretty well and fast.
What do you dislike about the product?
The overall subscription cost for running this SQL software is a little bit more on the expensive side. (Hey, thats Microsoft :) ) Other less costly and even freeware RDBMs solutions could run just fine if the price is of concern. The maximum memory utilized per instance is only 64GB. That could be a problem if you are running bigger databases and more memory-intensive workloads.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We primarily use Microsoft SQL Server as a database storage for all our GIS maps and several proprietary on-prem finance solutions that require integration with Microsoft Active Directory and Java. Microsoft SQL server solves these problems for us. It was ease to deploy and integrate. Another added benefit was ease of handling database backups on log rotations.
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Paridhi M.
Microsoft sql server 2017
Reviewed on Feb 09, 2023
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
It works fast and the query processing is quick. Great interface
What do you dislike about the product?
I've liked the software. No major issues
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We mostly use it for testing and validations
Shreyansh S.
Good product with room for improvement
Reviewed on Jun 30, 2022
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I have been using Microsoft SQL server for a while and I find it to be much more user-friendly than it's counterparts. The User Experience has been good so far. It was much easier to navigate through than other SQL services.
What do you dislike about the product?
There can be multiple improvements made to make it better. Currently, there are many features lacking like writing procedures and functions. There is also the issue of platform dependency.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Microsoft SQL Server is helping me navigate the daily database usage as many organizations out there are using it. With some improvements, it can really be an excellent product.
Vaibhav Z.
Good But not the Best
Reviewed on Oct 21, 2021
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I'm using the MSSQL server as a secondary database in my daily work. I have used it in the past as well. The main reason for using it is the dependacy of vendor softwares. We have various systems which uses MSSQL as their primary DB. And we are forced to use it
What do you dislike about the product?
Lack of various features, such as programming for Procedures and functions.
Platform dependency
Platform dependency
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
MSSQL is one of the common Databases that big and small organizations are using.