Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading public cloud platform. In this book you will learn to
use Microsoft PowerShell to create host manage and administer workloads using Amazon Web
Services. You will learn how to create virtual machines provision storage configure networks
and more-all using your preferred Windows scripting language. CIOs everywhere are leading their
organizations to the cloud but there are few books available to help. This book focuses on
moving Microsoft Windows workloads to the cloud using technologies familiar to enterprise
Microsoft-based professionals. The completely revised and expanded Pro PowerShell for Amazon
Web Services is written specifically for Windows professionals who already know PowerShell and
want to learn to host Windows workloads on Amazon Web Services. The cloud offers information
technology workers significant cost savings and agility unimaginable even just a few years ago.
Tasks that traditionally took weeks of work costing thousands of dollars can be completed in
minutes for a fraction of a penny. New chapters in this second edition cover: AWS Lambda
Amazon WorkSpaces Amazon AppStream 2.0 AWS Directory Service Amazon WorkDocs and AWS System
Manager. What You'll Learn Create and manage Windows servers on Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
Configure and secure networks with Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Leverage autoscaling to adjust
resources as load changes Deploy and manage SQL Server using the Relational Database Service
(RDS) Manage virtual desktops using WorkSpaces and AppStream Leverage AWS Systems Manager to
manage Windows at scale Who This Book Is ForWindows professionals who want to learn more about
Amazon Web Services with a focus on running Windows workloads and automated management at
scale using PowerShell tools for AWS. The book assumes you have knowledge of Windows and
PowerShell but are new to AWS.
