AWS for Microsoft workloads

AWS is focused on reducing your licensing needs and complexity by providing flexible licensing options. You can either choose to bring your own licenses (BYOL) to maximize existing investments, or use the pay-as-you-go, license-included (LI) option to eliminate the hassle of managing license compliance.

Software licenses are expensive, and many customers are looking for ways to break free from the restrictive terms and high cost of Microsoft licensing. By replacing your Microsoft-licensed products and applications with open-source alternatives and cloud-based technologies, you can lower costs, harden security, improve price performance, and speed up innovation.

From licensing to infrastructure, AWS is focused on driving down your costs for running Microsoft workloads. For example, customers can save 77% on Windows Server and 45% on SQL Server license costs with AWS Optimization and Licensing Assessment. With AWS Compute Optimizer, customers save up to 25% on infrastructure through rightsizing and up to 74% on licenses through SQL Server edition downgrading recommendations. With Amazon EC2's Optimize CPUs feature, customers can customize CPU options to achieve an average of 50% savings on licenses.

AWS offers the most secure, extensive, and reliable Global Cloud Infrastructure for you to run, optimize, and modernize your Microsoft workloads. Built for security from the ground up, AWS is trusted by millions of customers—including the world’s most security-sensitive organizations across government, healthcare, and financial services.