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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Type | Cost |
|---|---|
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 v4.1.694
- 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
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Usage instructions
Please visit this following page for more information on using Windows: http://aws.amazon.com/windows/
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Customer reviews
very good product
not letting you to pick an instance name
presenting us an issue since its not letting us pick the instance name, it defaults to 'MSSQLSERVER'. couldn't find help for this issue anywhere, we can't install a new instance since the installation media is not available on the server.