hands-on lab

Create Your First Amazon EC2 Instance (Windows)

Difficulty: Beginner

Duration: Up to 1 hour and 15 minutes

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Description

Amazon EC2 allows you to launch different types of cloud instances and pay for them with a pay-per-use approach. With Amazon EC2 you can create new servers in a few minutes and use different images (AMI) to personalize them. AWS provides several Microsoft Windows Server AMIs that enable you to run almost any compatible Windows-based solution. You can use Windows-based applications, websites, and web-services written in .NET, for data processing, media transcoding, and any other task requiring Windows software.

By completing this Hands-on Lab, you will be able to launch and access your first Amazon EC2 instance running Microsoft Windows Server.

Lab Objectives

Upon completion of this Lab you will be able to:

Use the AWS Management Console to create an EC2 instance using the Windows operating system
Use the AWS Management Console to work with EC2 Key Pairs
Access the EC2 instance using Remote Desktop

Lab Prerequisites

You should be familiar with:

Some familiarity with Windows and Remote Desktop Connection is helpful but not required
Some familiarity with the AWS Management Console is helpful but not required