From servers to workstations, AWS provides the best place to run your Windows workloads. In this session, we'll discuss the ease of deploying Windows workloads on AWS, and architecting for performance, scalability, security, and cost savings. We will explore the use of AWS Directory Service, the Amazon EC2 Run command, and Windows PowerShell to bootstrap your instances for seamless Microsoft Active Directory integration, application installation, and management. We will walk through an architecture that includes Amazon RDS, Amazon EC2, and Amazon WorkSpaces, and discuss the secure relationships among these services. You will learn how you can use native AWS services as well as the tools you are already familiar with to manage your Windows environment.
7. Core network infrastructure
Availability Zone
Availability Zone
Internet
gateway
NAT
gateway
NAT
gateway
VPN
connection
corporate data
center
Amazon
S3
Logging and monitoring platform
Public subnet
Public subnet Private Subnet
Private Subnet
flow logs
Amazon
CloudWatch Logs
Availability Zone
9. Windows identity
Availability Zone
Availability Zone
Internet
gateway
NAT
gateway
Active
Directory Tier
AWS Directory
Service
NAT
gateway
VPN
connection
corporate data
center
AWS IAM
ADFS
ADDC
10. Moving initial Microsoft workloads to AWS
BUILDING IN THE
CLOUD
MIGRATION MAINTENANCESUPERVISION
12. Sample platform
Availability Zone
Availability Zone
Internet
gateway
NAT
gateway
NAT
gateway
VPN
connection
corporate data
center
ADDC
ADFS
AWS IAM
users
Active
Directory Tier
Database
Tier
Web Tier
ELB
IIS
Server
IIS
Server
Amazon
RDS
AWS Directory
Service
13. Administration at scale
REMOTE DESKTOP
ACCESS
REMOTE SCRIPTING
RDGW Amazon
WorkSpaces
CLOUD CONTROL
CENTER
PowerShell
AWS Tools for
Windows
PowerShell
Amazon EC2
Run Command
14. Keeping the platform up to date
IMAGE HYGIENE
PowerShell
DSC Desired state
MONITORINGCONFIGURATION
MANAGEMENT
Amazon
CloudWatchAMI Automation
PATCHING
Patch
management
15. Next steps
HANDS-ON LABS ARCHITECTURE
CENTER
TRAINING AND
CERTIFICATION
AWS TOOLS FOR
WINDOWS
POWERSHELL
18. Related Sessions
Windows on AWS Sessions
• WIN201 - Simplifying Microsoft Architectures with AWS services
• WIN402 - How I learned to embrace DevOps and Configure
Infrastructure at Scale