Hyper-V Server on Windows Server 2016

Deploy Hyper-V server for Nested Virtualization on AWS. Host multiple Windows OS types, Linux OS types and container nested virtual machines.

Virtualization technologies, or platforms, are more commonly referred to as hypervisors. There are several different hypervisors on the market HyperV is Microsofts version. Some others that are well-known are VMWare ESXi and VSphere, XenServer (Citrix), KVM Open Source Hypervisor, RHEV (Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization), VirtualBox and other types of Virtual Server.

Hyper-V Server Benefits:
Hyper V supports multiple operating systems
Migrate or Repicate VMs on prem to AWS
Provide Disaster Recovery (DR) and backup to your on premises servers
Create isolated DEV/TEST environments to test applications
Replicate VMs from physical sites to provide an offsite backup of your VMs
Run entire Windows Server fail over cluster environments on Hyper-V
Create Windows Server Containers
Security - Secure boot and shielded VM protect against malware and unauthorized access to the VM and its data.

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.