Microsoft Workloads on AWS

In this blog post, we will extend the analysis of the Optimize CPUs feature provided in a previous publication to other Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances suitable for deployment of Microsoft SQL Server workloads on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud. Amazon EC2 now allows customers to modify an instance’s CPU options to […]

Are you ready to transform your Microsoft workloads with AI-powered modernization and migration capabilities? AWS re:Invent 2025 brings you an extensive lineup of sessions focused on .NET modernization, SQL Server migration, and Windows workload optimization. As we gear up for AWS re:Invent 2025, we’re thrilled to present an extensive lineup of sessions focused on Microsoft […]

In this blog post I show how AWS Fault Injection Service (FIS) can be used to test how your deployed services respond to the loss of access to a Microsoft Active Directory domain controller from the AWS Managed Microsoft AD service. To understand the behaviour of infrastructure deployed in AWS and prove that your configuration […]

Introduction This two-part series equips you with essential knowledge for a successful Windows Server migration to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). Part 1 laid the groundwork by exploring critical licensing decisions and Active Directory integration strategies. Building on that foundation, this post delves into the technical intricacies of preparing your Windows Server instances for […]

This post shows how to implement a hybrid disaster recovery solution by extending your on-premises Microsoft SQL Server Always On Availability Group (AOAG) to SQL Server on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). Introduction Many Organizations need cloud-based disaster recovery solutions that maintain critical on-premises operations while minimizing costs. This post demonstrates how to extend […]

Introduction Today, we are announcing the general availability of the Hybrid Edition of AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory (AWS Managed Microsoft AD). This new edition lets you extend your existing self-managed Active Directory (AD) domain to AWS Managed Microsoft AD while preserving your current identity and access infrastructure. AWS Managed Microsoft AD (Hybrid […]

In this blog post, we will describe how TEKsystems Global Services (TGS) worked with a university to modernize their legacy .NET Framework 3.5 applications to .NET 8 based microservices and Microsoft SQL Server (SQL Server) to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL (Aurora PostgreSQL). TGS is an Amazon Web Services (AWS) premier tier services partner leading digital transformation […]

One way that customers running Microsoft Workloads on Amazon Web Services (AWS) may reduce costs is taking advantage of Bring Your Own License (BYOL) for eligible licenses they own. In this blog post, we are going to share a few practices to help you optimize your operation of BYOL Windows Server workloads on AWS. Introduction […]

In this blog post, we will guide you through the process on performing a snapshot backup using native T-SQL based backup abilities and snapshot technology of Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP (FSxN). This method provide near-instant, consistent backups with negligible I/O, storage and compute capacity impact unlike traditional Microsoft SQL Server backups. Introduction Microsoft SQL […]

Introduction This blog post shows how to deploy a highly available SQL Server instance in a container using Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) with persistent storage backed by Amazon FSx for Windows File Server. Running databases and other stateful workloads in containers has grown significantly over the years. According to the CNCF Annual Survey […]