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Use our calculator to understand why AWS is the best, most cost-efficient cloud for Windows workloads.

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More Windows Server instances
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More regions with multiple availability zones (20 vs. 8)
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Fewer downtime hours in 2018*
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Higher performance for SQL Server on Windows
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More services offering encryption

* Based on downtime hours from 1/1/18 to 12/31/18 pulled directly from the public service health dashboards of the major cloud providers.

For most organizations, Windows workloads are business critical and require a robust, secure cloud infrastructure. AWS understands that moving your Windows workloads to the cloud is about prioritizing overall business outcomes over short-term licensing gains. With the strong price-performance and high availability of AWS, you can innovate faster while providing better experiences and lower risks.

Use the calculator and see for yourself that customers pay less to run high performing Windows workloads on AWS than on Microsoft Azure. When you are ready to migrate, AWS will help you accelerate your cloud journey with programs and services like the AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP), the AWS Server Migration Service and the AWS Database Migration Service

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Customers pay less to run their Windows workloads on AWS than on Microsoft Azure. Here are the real-world numbers to prove it.

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Licensing

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AWS License Manager makes it easier to manage your software licenses from software vendors, such as Microsoft across AWS and on-premises environments. The AWS License Manager dashboard helps you gain control and visibility of all your licenses and reduces the risk of non-compliance, misreporting, and additional costs due to licensing overages.
Using Amazon license included instances allows you access to fully compliant Microsoft software licenses with no upfront costs or long-term investments. You can choose from Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) with Windows Server or with Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server pre-installed.

Beginning October 1, 2019, on-premises licenses purchased without Software Assurance and mobility rights cannot be deployed with dedicated hosted cloud services.¹
AWS License Manager can help to manage, discover, and report your software license usage, simplifying the management of your Amazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts software licenses. In License Manager, administrators can specify their Dedicated Host management preferences for host allocation and host capacity utilization.

Select which version will run your workloads:

BYOL Use the software you already own. Make the software you already own continue to deliver return on investments. Migrate your supported versions of Windows Server and SQL Server to AWS.

SA/SPLA Use licensing agreements to extend your cloud adoption. Use SA or purchase directly from Amazon with SPLA to deploy the newest technologies into world-class infrastructure at AWS.

BYOL - Bring Your Own License
SA - Software Assurance
SPLA - Service Provider License Agreement

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AWS has 2x the price/performance advantage over the next-largest cloud provider when customers compare workload costs for storage, compute, networking, and more.²
AWS has unmatched experience helping thousands of organizations migrate their Windows workloads to the cloud using a combination of unique tools and industry expertise.³

Independent testing proves that SQL Server on AWS consistently has 2-3x better price/performance compared to the next-largest cloud provider.³
gate.io enables you to migrate your databases to AWS with minimal downtime. AWS has migrated more than 160,000 databases and counting.

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- Operating System Windows Server Datacenter 2019 SA
- SQL Server Edition SQL Server STD 2019 SA (server)
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- Memory 128 GB
- Storage E20: 512 GB
- Network (Egress) 100 GB/month
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- Region North America
- Area West US

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[1] ZK Research. Comparing SQL Server Deployments on Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services.. November 2018. Accessed online at: Comparing SQL Server Deployments.
[2] IDC. Fostering Business and Organizational Transformation to Generate Business Value with Amazon Web Services. Doc #US43535718. February 2018. Accessed online Accessed online here.
[3] Microsoft. Commercial Licensing reference guide for Windows Server 2016. Accessed online at: Windows Server 2016.
[4] Amazon. Discover, procure, and deploy Linux on AWS. https://aws.amazon.com/mp/linux/.
[5] Microsoft. SQL Server 2017 Licensing Datasheet. Accessed online at: SQL Server 2017.