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Basics:
An introduction to Amazon RDS: What is Amazon RDS? What is AWS RDS used for? Why do you want a managed SQL Server or relational database service? Is RDS SaaS? Discover how to get started migrating SQL to the cloud.
Amazon AWS Storage Selection Guide for SQL Server: Which AWS storage options work best for SQL Servers? S3 or Simple Storage Service? Which EBS volume types? Discover how to choose between S3, EBS, EFS and others.
Migrate your on-premise SQL Server to AWS RDS: Learn about licensing, AWS instance types, how to scale, storage limitations, High Availability, Windows Authentication Support, SQL Server and Secure Sockets Layer, Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance program, and much more.
Best practices:
MS SQL Server migration to Amazon RDS Best Practices: Options for migrating SQL Server to AWS RDS. Native backups? How to enable compression and use encrypted storage? Should you use AWS Database migration service (DMS)? How to optimize the change process? Learn the best practices of how to migrate your Microsoft SQL Server to Amazon RDS.
SQL Server on Amazon RDS and security best practices
SQL Server on Amazon RDS High Availability Best Practices: High availability in AWS RDS. What are the Amazon RDS features that can be used to improve the availability of SQL Server? Learn how to enable Multi-AZ, tweak checkpoints to reduce crash recovery times, and more!
