Windows Cloud Now – 15 minute guide to Windows, IIS and ASP.NET with Amazon’s EC2

BillS IIS Blog Posts - How to Run Windows, IIS and ASP.NET in the Cloud on Amazon EC2 (in 15 mins)

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The purpose of this post is to provide a quick walkthrough of how to setup your own EC2 account and run Windows and IIS in about 15 mins.  Amazon’s approach to cloud computing will be familiar to anyone who is already running Windows Server themselves, as it essentially offers Administrative access to virtual server instances running on Amazon’s infrastructure.  Once you’ve created your first instance of Windows server in EC2, you can log on to your Amazon-based Windows Server via Remote Desktop and install software and manage the server the same way you would if it was running in your home or office.  Amazon just released their EC2 Web Console, which makes deploying new instances of Windows Server, and connecting to them, very easy.

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If you want to “Cloud Now” and would like, are are more comfortable with, a more traditional virtual machine like environment, then Amazon EC2 and this guide is for you…

 

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