To launch Microsoft SQL Server using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances with Windows Server, perform the following steps according to your use case. New SQL environment deployments are classified under three categories:

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) supports a self-managed SQL Server. That is, it gives you full control over the setup of the infrastructure and the database environment. Running SQL Server on Amazon EC2 is very similar to running SQL Server on your own server.

Describes the prerequisites, permissions, and configurations that you should consider when preparing to use Microsoft SQL Server on Amazon EC2 instances for your SQL Server workloads.

Jun 18, 2021 · SQL Server on Amazon EC2 offers more efficient control of deployment options and enables customers to fine-tune their Microsoft workload performance with full control. Most importantly you can bring your own licenses (BYOL) on AWS.

Jun 5, 2024 · In this blog post, we will show you how to perform an automated in-place upgrade of your standalone Microsoft SQL Server instances installed on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). This solution supports upgrades to SQL Server 2016, SQL Server 2017, SQL Server 2019, and SQL Server 2022.

Aug 23, 2012 · To get started, simply connect your SQL Server Management Studio to your Amazon RDS for SQL Server database. Click on ‘New Job’, and follow the guided instructions. Easy as that. SQL Server Agent joins the Database Tuning Advisor as an invaluable tool in any SQL Server DBAs kit.

SQL Server on Amazon EC2 • How to start • Spin up an EC2 instance and install from customer media (BYOL) • Spin up an EC2 instance that includes SQL in the Amazon Machine Instance (AMI) • Self-Managed SQL Server • Security, patching & updates • Backups • High Availability • Full SQL Server sysadmin privileges SQL Server

However, SQL Server Express edition lacks the SQL Server Agent service that typically handles automated database operations. This pattern explains how you can use Task Scheduler and Lambda as an alternative for automating database tasks in SQL Server Express edition running on an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance.

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) supports a self-managed SQL Server. That is, it gives you full control over the setup of the infrastructure and the database environment. Running SQL Server on Amazon EC2 is very similar to running SQL Server on your own server.

Feb 25, 2025 · Due to collation and framework restrictions, the recommended way to set up a SQL cluster on AWS—via RDS—was not an option. Instead, we opted for a SQL Failover Cluster running on EC2 Windows Server instances. The AWS reference setup is mostly accurate and helpful, but one crucial tweak was needed to get the cluster up and running.