Microsoft takes aim at making Windows Web easy on Amazon EC2, with four AMI’s

Just Another IIS Blog - Microsoft Web Platform on Amazon EC2

“One thing we often hear from Web developers, especially those who offer Web site design and consulting services, is the need to get a Web site up quickly, which runs fast and gives them total control of the server for maximum flexibility and scalability. Today's post is about the four Microsoft Web Platform Images (AMIs) we offer on the Amazon EC2 platform. These four images allow you to start a blog, stream media or run a web application within minutes - live on the Internet!

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EC2 meets the Microsoft Web Platform

EC2 and the Microsoft Web Platform come together in a really slick way. The four AMIs below give you the latest Microsoft Web Platform stack, including Visual Studio 2010 which was just released today. Each image comes with a complete walkthrough.

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Full Development Server Image

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Media Server Image

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DotNetNuke Image

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Wordpress Image

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I think this is pretty darn cool. That Microsoft, with all the time, effort, hype, etc invested in Azure is still willing to look outside their cloud… Sure, it’s still “Windows” but you and I know that they could very easily turn their backs on cloud/virtual hosting from others and push/force Azure. Instead they seem to understand it’s important to just make it easy for us to develop for Windows, no matter where that Windows is…

 

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