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Asked: 2010-12-13 09:51:47 +0800 CST

Is it possible to run Windows Server 2008 R2 on Amazon EC2?

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Is it possible to run Windows Server 2008 R2 on Amazon EC2? Is it possible to upload your own images of operating systems to Amazon EC2?

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    Launched!

    http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2011/03/16/introducing-support-for-windows-server-2008-r2-on-amazon-ec2/

    We are pleased to announce that we have added support for Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server Standard 2008 R2.

    Windows Server 2008 R2 includes many exciting new features, such as support for IIS 7.5, additional Active Directory features, new management tools, and performance improvements when deployed on Amazon EC2.

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  2. To my big surprise, Windows 2008 R2 is not yet supported, see this forum post

    Plus, you can not upload your own Windows images (license issue, I think it works for Linux).

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  3. This forum post from an Amazon employee (on January 13 2011) says that there is still no date announced for Server 2008 R2 AMIs.

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