Brien demonstrates the process of upgrading AWS EC2 instances running Windows Server 2012 R2 to newer OSes.

After earlier detailing needed planning, Brien goes to the next step: an in-place upgrade of the Windows Server OS as it relates to AWS EC2.

The tools have been updated for the new Windows Server 2012 R2 instance. Amazon EC2 pricing is listed at this page.

Amazon provides a VM Import/Export tool that will let organizations import an existing Windows Server 2012 R2 instance into the Amazon EC2 service. However, that imported instance must use a license ...

In Monday's blog post, Amazon cited IDC figures showing that AWS hosts nearly twice as many Windows Server instances in the cloud as Microsoft Azure.

Microsoft makes competitive move against Amazon EC2 Microsoft bolstered Windows Azure with several new capabilities today, including the ability to run Windows Server instances on Azure ...

It happens. Thankfully, with the use of Windows PowerShell for AWS, it's easy to get back into your instance.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is dropping the price of Windows On-Demand EC2 instances up to 26 percent, which is another clear sign of the price wars in the cloud computing market.