Our support engineers have deep experience with Microsoft technologies on AWS including Amazon EC2, Amazon ECS, Amazon RDS, Amazon Workspaces and others. AWS Support has been successfully supporting our customers who run Microsoft Windows-based EC2 instances in the AWS cloud since 2008 when we first launched Windows Server on EC2. In addition, AWS has released Microsoft-specific technologies that allow users to manage and optimize Windows applications in AWS – such as AWS tools for Windows PowerShell and EC2Rescue for EC2 Windows. Microsoft and AWS have mutual customers running Windows workloads on AWS today, including Dole Foods, Hess Corporation, and Lionsgate. Over the years, AWS and Microsoft have collaborated to make Windows and its associated workloads available in the AWS cloud. AWS is also an authorized license mobility partner. AWS is a Gold Certified member of the Microsoft Partner Network and licensed to sell Microsoft software under the Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA). Customers can also choose to assign multiple Standard Editions licenses to a single server, in order to increase VM density on that server.What is the relationship between Microsoft and Amazon Web Services?Īmazon Web Services and Microsoft have worked together for several years, starting with AWS launching Windows Server based instances in 2008.
And, the Standard Edition is ideal for servers that won’t be highly virtualized, providing two instances per license. The Datacenter Edition licensing is optimized for highly virtualized environments, with unlimited virtualization rights and the flexibility to add or move virtual machines across licensed servers without tracking the VM count on a server.
For example, with Windows Server Standard Edition and Datacenter Edition customers can determine the option that works best for them, based on their virtualization needs. "Microsoft is making these changes based on market conditions and based on the overall increased product value and choice.
I asked a spokesperson what is behind the 28 percent price hike and got this statement: In fact, that's what Microsoft officials are saying when asked about the reason for the price increase in the Datacenter edition with R2. The Datacenter edition does offer users unlimited installations of Windows Server on licensed hosts, which can be cheaper than licensing lots of VMs via the Windows Server 2012 and R2 Standard editions.
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