Last week Amazon announced that it will be offering Windows based EC2 instances as well as Microsoft SQL server instances later this fall (incidentally I had to look up when ‘fall’ is – apparently it starts 23 September). Their press release obviously talks about hosting ASP.NET applications but it will be interesting to see how other application platforms will behave – obviously now with a Windows license involved there’s going to be additional cost involved but Microsoft have a Windows license aimed squarely at Virtualisation (Microsoft Windows Datacenter edition) which like Adobe ColdFusion Enterprise permits unlimited virtual instances. Of further note will be how Amazon commission new Windows instances given it’s fussy-ness for unique identifiers for machines etc.
To find out more go to aws.amazon.com/windows
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