KeyCore advices on moving Microsoft workloads to AWS
Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) offers a variety of advantages when running Microsoft Windows Server instances on AWS.
Amazon EC2 offers your business scalability, cost-efficiency, and security, essential for meeting the needs of clients in industries like media, financial services, and life sciences.
The pay-as-you-go pricing model, high availability, and global reach allow you to deliver tailored solutions that optimize costs and meet stringent security and compliance requirements. Integration with the AWS ecosystem and flexible licensing options further enhance the value of EC2 as a valuable resource for your business.
KeyCore also offers a service where we provide a complete Managed Service for all your AWS workloads, allowing your company to focus more on business logic and application development instead of worrying about the underlying infrastructure.
Learn more about our service at KeyCore Managed Services
- EC2 allows you to choose instance types and sizes that match the performance and capacity requirements of your Windows applications.
- Auto Scaling helps you maintain application availability and allows you to dynamically scale your Windows server capacity up or down according to conditions you define.
- You can use On-Demand Instances, Reserved Instances, or Spot Instances to optimize costs.
- The AWS Cost Explorer and Budgets tools can help you monitor and manage your expenditures.
- AWS provides pre-configured Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) for Windows Server, which helps in quick deployments.
- EC2 instances can be easily managed via the AWS Management Console, AWS Command Line Interface, or SDKs.
- EC2 instances seamlessly integrate with other AWS services like S3, RDS, and CloudWatch for storage, database, and monitoring solutions respectively.
- Advanced DevOps, Data & Analytics, and IoT applications can be easily built by integrating EC2 with services like AWS Lambda, AWS IoT Core, and AWS Data Pipeline.
- AWS provides several built-in security features like Security Groups, Network Access Control Lists (ACLs), and Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) to isolate your Windows instances.
- You can also use AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) to set permissions and policies.
- AWS supports various compliance programs which can be beneficial, especially for lifesciences and FSI verticals which often require adherence to regulatory standards.
- AWS offers managed services like AWS Systems Manager for operational insights or AWS Managed Microsoft AD for directory services.
- 24/7 premium support is available from AWS, along with a wide range of online resources and third-party tools.
- EC2 instances can be launched in multiple Availability Zones, thereby increasing the fault tolerance of your applications.
- EC2 supports various backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies to safeguard your data.
If you want to know more about Microsoft workloads on AWS:
And a link to our blog on reducing licensing cost on moving Microsoft workloads to AWS:
Optimering af licenser reducerer omkostninger
Vil du vide mere?
Kontakt os i dag for at høre mere om, hvordan vi kan hjælpe dig med at transformere din virksomhed
News & insights
Summary of AWS blogs for the week of monday Mon Apr 07
Summary of AWS Blog posts for the week of Mon Apr 07 2025
Summary of AWS blogs for the week of monday Mon Mar 31
Summary of AWS Blog posts for the week of Mon Mar 31 2025
Summary of AWS blogs for the week of monday Mon Mar 10
Summary of AWS Blog posts for the week of Mon Mar 10 2025