Microsoft Workloads on AWS

Category: Windows on AWS

Monitor Microsoft SharePoint Server using HAQM CloudWatch Application Insights

Introduction In this blog post, I will demonstrate how to configure HAQM CloudWatch Application Insights for a Microsoft SharePoint farm. Management and governance are important aspects of any workload, whether it is running on-premises or in the AWS Cloud. In this context, management refers to performing defined actions, either automated or manual, to make sure […]

Providing self-service multi-account access to AWS Managed Microsoft AD

Introduction In this blog post, I will show you how to selectively share a central AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory (AWS Managed Microsoft AD) directory across your multi-account environment through a self-service model using AWS Service Catalog. In a large and growing AWS Organizations environment with decentralized teams, you want to remove as […]

Modernizing .NET Applications to Microservices using AWS Migration Hub Refactor Spaces

In this blog, we’ll dive into how to effectively use AWS Migration Hub Refactor Spaces for modernizing legacy .NET Framework monolithic applications to a microservices based architecture. Refactoring can bring many benefits, but may come with challenges such as compatibility issues, addressing existing technical debt, and integration with modern systems. However, with the right approach, it’s possible to […]

How to generate TLS certificates for a highly available Remote Desktop Gateway Farm

Introduction In this blog post, I am going to show you how to generate, import, test, and troubleshoot a properly created Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificate for a Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) farm. Secure management of your HAQM Elastic Compute Cloud (HAQM EC2) instances for Microsoft Windows Server is a top priority for any […]

Driving cost optimization and modernization of Microsoft workloads on AWS with SoftServe’s application modernization platform

In this blog post, you will learn how SoftServe’s comprehensive assessment strategy, combined with a platform-focused approach, is effectively driving cost optimization and modernization of Microsoft workloads on HAQM Web Services (AWS) for their enterprise customers. Founded in 1993, SoftServe is an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner that helps enterprises solve complex business challenges and […]

Caylent: Helping customers modernize Microsoft SQL Server with purpose-built databases on AWS

“We couldn’t afford to stay on our database platform. But we couldn’t afford the expense of modernizing our data tier either.” This is what Handerson Dutra, Senior Data Architect at Caylent, an AWS Partner, shared with us in a recent conversation about database modernization. “This is a common conundrum with our customers” he added. We […]

Automate rotating IAM credentials for SQL Server backups to HAQM S3

In this blog post, we will look at how to automate the rotation of the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) credentials synchronized with Microsoft SQL Server credentials to meet password rotation requirements. Solution overview The IAM Access key and Secret access key are used to create a SQL Server credential; therefore, to rotate the […]

Year in review 2023: AWS for Microsoft workloads

Year in review 2023: AWS for Microsoft workloads

Celebrating 15 years of running Microsoft workloads in the cloud, longer than any other major cloud provider Before we wrap up 2023, I wanted to capture some of the highlights of the year—so I reached out to my esteemed colleague, Rajesh Rathod. Rajesh is an HAQM Elastic Cloud Compute (HAQM EC2) product leader who has […]

How to manually downgrade SQL Server Enterprise edition to Developer edition on AWS and save on licensing costs

In this blog post, we will show you how to downgrade Microsoft SQL Server instances from Enterprise edition to Developer edition on HAQM Elastic Compute Cloud (HAQM EC2) instances. This post is especially useful if there are a single digit number of SQL Server instances to be downgraded. In our next blog post, we will […]