Running Microsoft Workloads on AWS

Learn how to run Microsoft workloads in the Amazon cloud. Find out how to set up Windows EC2 instances, create and join a Cloud Active Directory, and manage resources with Lightsail.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know

1. Create Infrastructure Components

• Creating a security group
• Create an S3 storage bucket
• Explore an S3 bucket
• Uploading and downloading data
• Tags
• Install AWS CLI

2. EC2 Instances

• Create a key pair
• Create an EC2 instance
• View an instance
• Name an instance
• Change an instance state
• Configure Termination Protection

3. Interact with an Instance

• Retrieve an instance password
• Connect to an instance
• Share local resources with the instance
• Change the instance type
• Create a new storage volume
• Attach a storage volume
• Attach a new network interface

4. Active Directory

• Create a Microsoft Active Directory on AWS
• Join an EC2 instance to a Cloud Active Directory
• Manually join a Cloud Active Directory
• Log into the Cloud AD environment
• Install the AD DS and AD LDS tools
• Create Cloud AD users and groups

5. Application Deployment

• Copy application binaries to a Windows instance
• Use an ISO file for application installation
• Install applications from a physical DVD
• Using the AWS Marketplace

6. Lightsail

• Lightsail advantages and limitations
• Create a Lightsail instance
• Connect to a Lightsail instance
• Manage network resources
• Manage storage resources
• Manage snapshots

Conclusion

• Next steps