It happens. Thankfully, with the use of Windows PowerShell for AWS, it's easy to get back into your instance. Last week, I was working on a project that required me to set up several Windows-based EC2 ...

EC2 has changed quite a bit in the last five years, so whether you are new to EC2 or an old hand, it’s worth a look at how to launch your own EC2 instances today My article “Linux Amazon EC2 tutorial: ...

After earlier detailing needed planning, Brien goes to the next step: an in-place upgrade of the Windows Server OS as it relates to AWS EC2. In my previous blog post in this series, I talked about ...

Applying available updates is one of the most critical tasks in keeping the Windows OS healthy. Although security updates seem to receive the most attention, there are various other types of updates.

As enterprises manage and process large volumes of data in real time, they increasingly turn to in-memory databases to handle those tasks. That is why Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced new EC2 ...

Lots of news from Microsoft as of late, ey? Their new pilot program, The Microsoft Windows Server License Mobility Pilot, allows customers with Enterprise Agreements to migrate their existing Windows ...