EC2 has changed quite a bit in the last five years, so whether you are new to EC2 or an old hand, it’s worth a look at how to launch your own EC2 instances today My article “Linux Amazon EC2 tutorial: ...

It happens. Thankfully, with the use of Windows PowerShell for AWS, it's easy to get back into your instance. Last week, I was working on a project that required me to set up several Windows-based EC2 ...

Brien Posey, who frequently writes about various techniques for using PowerShell to manage Hyper-V virtual machines, demonstrates how the task automation and configuration management framework can ...

Connect to Amazon EC2 with a private key using PuTTY and Pageant Your email has been sent Nick Hardiman shows you how to set up a secure connection to an Amazon EC2 machine using PuTTY and Pageant to ...

Applying available updates is one of the most critical tasks in keeping the Windows OS healthy. Although security updates seem to receive the most attention, there are various other types of updates.

When Amazon launched the AWS EC2 cloud computing service back in 2006, per-hour billing was a big deal, but that scheme also meant that you’d pay for a full hour even if you only used an instance for ...