Running Microsoft Workloads on AWS

3h 6mIntermediate2024-06-12

Authors

Brien Posey

Author, Speaker, Microsoft MVP

Course details

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been running Microsoft workloads since 2006, though the mechanisms for doing so have evolved significantly since that time. This course provides guidance for successfully running Microsoft workloads on the Amazon cloud. Instructor Brien Posey teaches you how to use various Amazon AWS Services, with a special emphasis on Windows and other Microsoft software. Get an introduction to management tools like the AWS console. Learn about AWS virtual networking, running Windows on a cloud virtual machine, managing a Windows instance, and managing Active Directory. Brien also shows you how to create an FSx Windows file server and how to install and deploy applications.

Skills covered

S3Amazon EC2Operations ManagementAmazon Web Services (AWS)AmazonCloud ServicesProject ManagementCloud PlatformsCloud ComputingBusiness Analysis and StrategyOne-Off

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Windows workloads running on AWS

1. An Introduction to the Management Tools

02 - The AWS console
03 - Create a service account
04 - Install the AWS CLI
05 - Accessing AWS through PowerShell

2. AWS Virtual Networking

06 - Creating a VPC
07 - Defining subnets
08 - Creating an internet gateway
09 - Modify the routing table
10 - Creating elastic IPs

3. Running Windows on a Cloud VM

11 - Create a key pair
12 - Create a security group
13 - Create an EC2 instance
14 - Assign an elastic IP to an instance
15 - Tag your instance
16 - Name an instance
17 - Change an instance state
18 - Configure termination protection

4. Manage a Windows Instance

19 - Retrieve an instance password
20 - Connect to an instance with RDP
21 - Share local resources with the instance
22 - Check an instance's performance
23 - Resize an instance
24 - Create a new storage volume
25 - Attach a storage volume
26 - Attach a new network interface
27 - Create and restore instance snapshots

5. Managed Active Directory

28 - Create a managed AD forest
29 - Create a domain joined instance
30 - Manually join a cloud Active Directory
31 - Log into the cloud AD environment
32 - Install AD Management Tools
33 - Create cloud AD users and groups

6. FSx File Servers

34 - Create an FSx Windows file server
35 - Attaching to an SMB file share
36 - Configuring file share permissions

7. Application Deployment

37 - Copy application binaries to an instance
38 - Using an application ISO file
39 - Install applications from a physical DVD
40 - Using the AMI catalog
41 - Using the AWS Marketplace

Conclusion

42 - Next steps