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Asked: 2010-10-14 14:13:35 +0800 CST

Windows desktop (XP, Vista or Win7) EC2 AMI for QA testing

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I need to perform QA testing for Windows based applications on a Windows desktop client and I would like to know if EC2 supports Windows images that are NOT server based (e.g. Server 2003). I have searched and found many posts that suggest that Amazon does not have desktop clients on their roadmap, but nothing definitive from Amazon themselves.

If EC2 does not support desktop installations of Windows, is there a service out that that does?

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    I would suspect the answer will be no, because Amazon S3 has to use SPLA licensing for their windows installs and Desktop OS's are not available on SPLA. I would suggest some sort of local virtualisation and an MSDN licence.

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  2. Bit late to this, but google 'hens teeth cross browser' they provide community Windows AMIs but only in US east region.

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  3. What you can do is to run VMware Workstation on a Windows/Linux machine (dedicated server). Your users can log into the Vmwares via VNC. This way you keep the test machines itself undre your control.

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  4. try these guys http://www.flexiant.com/

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