Why should you migrate your Windows workloads to AWS?

With Flexible licensing options, you get the most options in the cloud for using new and existing Microsoft software licenses on AWS.

Navigate disruption and drive positive business outcomes with cloud migration

This whitepaper highlights how by moving your Windows workloads to AWS, you can realize a 98% reduction in unplanned downtime, 71% faster deployment, and 26% higher developer productivity.

Access to AWS Identity Services

With AWS Identity Services, you can manage identities and permissions at scale, while providing flexible options for where and how you manage your employee, partner, and customer information.

Use Amazon FSx for Windows File Server for file storage, accessible over SMB

Use Amazon FSx for Windows File Server for fully managed, highly reliable, and scalable file storage that is accessible over the industry-standard Server Message Block (SMB) protocol.

Why you should migrate your Windows workloads with AWS (and how we can help)

Learn more about why you should migrate your Windows workloads with AWS and how we can help.

Contact us to start your migration journey today!

Fill out this form so we can contact you for more details on the AWS Migration Acceleration Program for Windows.

How does AWS help you migrate?

AWS can help you assess your cloud readiness before you migrate, migrate Windows Server and SQL Server workloads with AWS programs, and then optimize your Microsoft workloads after you migrate.

Microsoft Workloads on AWS

How to lift-and-shift, refactor, or even modernize your Windows workloads.

What's the migration process for Microsoft workloads?

The migration process for Microsoft workloads includes Microsoft Active Directory, SQL, .NET, Microsoft SQL Server, Windows desktop-as-a-service, and all supported versions of Windows Server.

Migrating Windows Workloads to AWS

Review the different options you can use to migrate your Windows workloads to AWS in this video.

AWS re:Invent 2020: Migrating Microsoft workloads to AWS

Watch the AWS re:Invent 2020 Breakout session on common migration patterns for Microsoft workloads.

AWS Prescriptive guidance on migrating Microsoft workloads to AWS

Learn about the options, tools, and best practices for migrating Microsoft workloads to AWS in the AWS Prescriptive Guidance Library.

What migration service is recommended?

For lift-and-shift (rehost) migrations, it's a best practice to use AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN) as the primary migration service.

Quick start guide

See this guide for information on first time AWS MGN setup.

How to migrate on-premises workloads with AWS MGN

This tutorial teaches you how to use AWS MGN to migrate a content management system platform (CMS) that's running on an on-premises environment to the AWS Cloud.

How to use VM Import/Export

Use VM Import/Export to migrate applications and workloads to Amazon EC2, copy your VM image catalog to Amazon EC2, or create a repository of VM images for backup and disaster recovery.

Available VM Import/Export processes

Learn more about processes for eligible resources that you can use to import into and export out of the AWS Cloud.