Running Microsoft Workloads on AWS (2018)

2h 14mIntermediate2018-04-03

Authors

Brien Posey

Author, Speaker, Microsoft MVP

Course details

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been running Microsoft workloads-the majority of workloads for enterprise customers-since 2006. This course provides guidance for successfully running Microsoft workloads after a migration to the Amazon cloud. Instructor Brien Posey teaches you how to create Windows EC2 instances, creating a native cloud-based Active Directory environment, join an instance to a Cloud AD, and manage resources with Amazon Lightsail.

Learning objectives
Creating infrastructure components
Uploading and downloading data
Creating EC2 instances
Connecting to an instance
Changing the instance type
Attaching storage volumes
Creating and joining a Cloud Active Directory
Deploying applications
Using Lightsail

Skills covered

Office 365Amazon Web Services (AWS)AmazonCloud ServicesCloud PlatformsCloud ComputingMicrosoftOne-Off

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you should know

1. Create Infrastructure Components

03 - Creating a security group
04 - Create an S3 storage bucket
05 - Explore an S3 bucket
06 - Uploading and downloading data
07 - Tags
08 - Install AWS CLI

2. EC2 Instances

09 - Create a key pair
10 - Create an EC2 instance
11 - View an instance
12 - Name an instance
13 - Change an instance state
14 - Configure Termination Protection

3. Interact with an Instance

15 - Retrieve an instance password
16 - Connect to an instance
17 - Share local resources with the instance
18 - Change the instance type
19 - Create a new storage volume
20 - Attach a storage volume
21 - Attach a new network interface

4. Active Directory

22 - Create a Microsoft Active Directory on AWS
23 - Join an EC2 instance to a Cloud Active Directory
24 - Manually join a Cloud Active Directory
25 - Log into the Cloud AD environment
26 - Install the AD DS and AD LDS tools
27 - Create Cloud AD users and groups

5. Application Deployment

28 - Copy application binaries to a Windows instance
29 - Use an ISO file for application installation
30 - Install applications from a physical DVD
31 - Using the AWS Marketplace

6. Lightsail

32 - Lightsail advantages and limitations
33 - Create a Lightsail instance
34 - Connect to a Lightsail instance
35 - Manage network resources
36 - Manage storage resources
37 - Manage snapshots

Conclusion

38 - Next steps