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Aws for Windows Self-Study Guide Revised: January 4, 2017 AWS FOR WINDOWS SELF-STUDY GUIDE REVISED: JANUARY 4, 2017 Scott Zimmerman SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT, AMAZON WEB SERVICES Introduction This self-study guide is written for IT professionals, architects, and software deVelopers who are interested in learning how to design, build, and deploy Microsoft workloads on AWS. This guide is organized by various “topic areas”, or workloads, releVant to running Windows on AWS. Each topic area consists of “items”, such as whitepapers, Videos, and hands-on labs. Each item includes a description, a hyperlink to publically-aVailable content, and a time estimate (in minutes). Most of this material could be considered LeVel 200 or 300, but we’ve avoided those labels since many resources span multiple levels. In selecting these items, we have attempted to proVide efficient learning paths and reduce duplication. We expect the content referenced by the items to be updated independently, sometimes without breaking the links in this guide. We are exploring appropriate ways to update this guide as new or improVed content becomes available. The first topic area addresses AWS core service pre-requisites for running Microsoft workloads, then this guide coVers DeVOps and System Administration, Security, ActiVe Directory and Directory Services, SQL Server, SharePoint Sever, Exchange SerVer, Skype for Business SerVer and Lync, SAP, Dynamics CRM, Enterprise Application Migration, Visual Studio and .NET, Web Applications, and AWS Workspaces and AppStream 2.0. It concludes with sections on Microsoft Licensing, Miscellaneous Windows Topics, and an appendix of other resources. Please note that many AWS services are not coVered in this guide. The selected items focus on the essentials to deploy traditional Microsoft stack applications on AWS. Each item includes one of the following content type codes: Lab: Qwiklab.com (account required) WP: Whitepaper QS: Quick Start Doc: Documentation/Tutorial Video: Webinar/re:InVent Blog: Blog post Regarding the time estimates, your mileage will vary. Many items can be browsed in less time than the stated estimates, and in other cases, readers may want to explore or diVe deep. You will notice that the total time of the topic areas are not balanced. This is not to emphasize one oVer another; rather, this simply reflects the aVailability of content. For example, today there are limited training resources about running Dynamics CRM on AWS, and none for Dynamics NAV and AX. We hope to expand the aVailable content to coVer additional topics most important to our customers. Please let us know your priorities. AWS doesn’t currently offer a Microsoft-focused certification, and this guide isn’t focused on certification preparation, but this guide could be a helpful supplement to someone studying for an AWS Associate leVel certification. See this page for more information: https://aws.amazon.com/certification/ If you haVe feedback or questions about this guide, please email [email protected] Good luck with your studies! Page 1 | 9 Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 1 AWS for Windows Essentials: EC2, VPC, EBS ................................................................................................ 2 DeVOps and System Administration ............................................................................................................. 3 Security ......................................................................................................................................................... 4 Active Directory and Directory Service ......................................................................................................... 4 SQL SerVer ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 SharePoint SerVer ......................................................................................................................................... 5 Exchange SerVer ............................................................................................................................................ 6 Skype for Business SerVer and Lync Server ................................................................................................... 6 SAP on Windows ........................................................................................................................................... 6 Dynamics CRM .............................................................................................................................................. 6 Enterprise Application Migration .................................................................................................................. 6 Visual Studio, .NET, Elastic Beanstalk, and Lambda ...................................................................................... 7 Web Applications .......................................................................................................................................... 8 AWS Workspaces and AppStream 2.0 .......................................................................................................... 8 Microsoft Licensing on AWS ......................................................................................................................... 8 Miscellaneous Microsoft Topics.................................................................................................................... 9 Appendix: Resources ..................................................................................................................................... 9 AWS for Windows Essentials: EC2, VPC, EBS Type Notes and Links Mins. Lab Creating Amazon EC2 Instances with Microsoft Windows 25 https://qwiklabs.com/focuses/2549 Lab Introduction to Amazon Virtual PriVate Cloud (VPC) with Windows SerVer 25 https://qwiklabs.com/focuses/2929 WP AWS Storage SerVices OVerView 30 https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/Storage/AWS%20Storage%20Services%20 Whitepaper-V9.pdf Video Deep DiVe on Amazon Elastic Block Store 61 https://www.youtube.com/watch?V=1AHmTmCkdp8 Page 2 | 9 DevOps and System Administration Type Notes and Links Mins. WP Introduction to DevOps on AWS 30 https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/AWS_DeVOps.pdf Video AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell https://www.youtube.com/watch?V=0- 50 cnBy5AoWk Doc AWS Management Portal for VMware VCenter 30 https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/Vcenter-portal/ Video Benefit from DeVOps When MoVing to AWS for Windows 55 https://www.youtube.com/watch?V=S0VjKvJHi6s Video EC2 Systems Manager for Hybrid Cloud Management 52 https://www.youtube.com/watch?V=2ZqmRSIqQ6Q&t=765s Video How I learned to embrace DeVOps and Configure Infrastructure at Scale 49 https://www.youtube.com/watch?V=L5TglwWI5Yo Video Manage InVentory, Patching, and System Images for Your Hybrid Cloud 49 https://www.youtube.com/watch?V=Eal9K0aGLYI WP Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Simple Systems Manager (SSM) 30 https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/whitepaper-ec2-ssm.pdf QS Remote Desktop Gateway on the AWS Cloud 60 https://aws.amazon.com/quickstart/architecture/rd-gateway/ QS Windows PowerShell DSC on the AWS Cloud 120 https://aws.amazon.com/quickstart/architecture/powershell-dsc/ Lab AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell: Getting Started 50 https://qwiklabs.com/focuses/2545 Lab Using Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration in AWS 60 https://qwiklabs.com/focuses/2861 Lab Using the AWS Management Pack for Microsoft System Center 85 https://qwiklabs.com/focuses/2608 Lab Using AWS Systems Manager for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine 85 Manager https://qwiklabs.com/focuses/2811 Video Best Practices: OpsWorks for Windows on AWS 60 https://www.youtube.com/watch?V=TFBo-mIHryw WP Using Amazon Web Services and DFS Replication for Disaster RecoVery of File 30 Servers https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/implementing-windows-file-serVer- disaster-recoVery.pdf Page 3 | 9 Security Type Notes and Links Mins. WP AWS Security Best Practices 65 https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/Security/AWS_Security_Best_Practices.pdf Video Automated GoVernance of Your AWS Resources 50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?V=2P2I7HlrFtA Video Mastering Access Control Policies 57 https://www.youtube.com/watch?V=Rkr5enrsMks Video AWS Security Roadshow - IAM Recommended Practices 39 https://www.youtube.com/watch?V=R-PyVnhxx-U Video Running, Configuring, and Securing Windows Workloads 62 https://www.youtube.com/watch?V=zXHmHFtA0kc WP Securing the Microsoft Platform on Amazon Web SerVices 30 https://d3ulk6ur3a3ha.cloudfront.net/whitepapers/aws-microsoft-platform- security.pdf WP Single Sign-on to Amazon EC2-based .NET Applications 90 https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/ec2-adfs-howto.pdf Active Directory and Directory Service Type Notes and Links Mins. Video Active Directory on AWS https://www.youtube.com/watch?V=oK_IkNTUPGw 42 Video Architecting Microsoft Workloads on AWS 44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?V=iZowS9gwhW4 Video Best Practices for Integrating ActiVe Directory with AWS Workloads 38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?V=Iu-CpNFMELs WP Managing Your Microsoft Windows SerVer Fleet with AWS Directory Service 30 https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/simpledomainjoin.pdf QS Active Directory Domain Services on the AWS Cloud 60 https://aws.amazon.com/quickstart/architecture/actiVe-directory-ds/ QS Web Application Proxy on AWS 90 https://aws.amazon.com/quickstart/architecture/wap-adfs/
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