Microsoft Workloads on AWS
Category: Networking & Content Delivery
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 Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances for Microsoft Windows Server is a top priority for any […]
Designing private network connectivity between AWS and Microsoft Azure
In this blog post, I will share some available architectures for building private network connectivity between Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS). There are many scenarios where an organization might need secure networking connectivity between AWS and Azure. Some customers running workloads in Azure choose the AWS Cloud as their strategic long-term cloud platform, […]
It’s end of support time again. Are your Microsoft Windows Servers secure?
With the upcoming end of support for Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 on October 10, 2023, and the ongoing challenges faced by those on Windows Server 2008/2008 R2, many organizations find themselves in a delicate position. Transitioning away from these older versions isn’t always straightforward. Some organizations are running third-party software that is not yet […]
How to build an automated C# code documentation generator using AWS DevOps
In this blog post, we will show you how to create a documentation solution on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud that automatically generates and publishes a technical documentation website for a .NET project, based on source code comments, API definitions, and Markdown documents included in the project. Having a technical documentation website improves developer […]
Deploying Microsoft Always On VPN on AWS
In this blog post, I will detail how to create a cost-effective, secure, and resilient VPN remote access architecture on AWS. With the increasing number of full-time remote employees and a mobile workforce, the requirement for remote access has moved from a nice-to-have feature to one that can have a significant financial impact in the […]
Reduce failover times for SQL Server on Amazon EC2 instance using Network Load Balancer
This blog post will show you how to use AWS’ Network Load Balancer (NLB) to reduce outage time for legacy clients in response to a SQL Server Always On availability group failover A popular option to achieve SQL Server high availability (HA) is to implement SQL Server multi-subnet clustering for Always-On availability groups (AO-AG) across […]
How to run Microsoft Exchange Server on AWS using Amazon EC2
I’ve been asked, “Is it possible to run Microsoft Exchange on AWS?” Yes, it is. In this two-part blog series, I will walk you through two common architectures for running Microsoft Exchange on AWS. In this first post, I cover the architecture of running Microsoft Exchange on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Windows instances and […]
How Arcadia.io is Responding to COVID-19 with AWS
For nearly two decades, Arcadia has specialized in the integration and normalization of health care data from a wide array of electronic health record (EHR) platforms, then enriching these sources with insurance claims and operational data, and using that data to enable customers to drive improvements in patient care quality, practice efficiency, and financial performance. […]
How MyTeam11 cut costs by 80% by moving a Windows-based application to Amazon EC2
In the United States, our passionate sports fans debate which is the bigger (and better) sporting event: the Super Bowl for football, or the World Series for baseball? But as sizable fan bases go, it’s hard to beat cricket. With an estimated 2.5 billion enthusiasts worldwide, many of which live in India, cricket reigns supreme. […]
How Pacific Magazines changed cloud providers to improve performance, increase scale, and drive innovation with AWS
Pacific Magazines (“Pacific”), the home of leading publications like marie claire, allrecipes.com, and Better Homes and Gardens, is in the middle of a transformation. The company has been seeking to move from simply publishing great content, as important as that is, to also enabling their employees to develop bold ideas. To achieve this, since 2016 […]