Spinning up new VMs on a whim has little impact in on-premises environments, but it can mean added charges in the cloud. Using AWS instance reports can help organizations keep an eye on those costs and control VM sprawl.
If you've ever managed Microsoft Exchange, then you're already familiar with the concept of mobile device mailbox policies. The difference is AWS' mobile policies tend to be simpler than Microsoft's.
There are a number of options available to organizations that want to host corporate e-mail in the cloud, including this managed e-mail and calendaring service for Amazon Web Services customers.
Now that you've set up the Amazon S3 bucket for your video transcoding project, it's time to actually convert the video. That's often easier said than done.
The first step in using AWS to convert a video into a different format is configuring the required S3 bucket. Brien walks you through the process.
In IT, conventional wisdom is that security certificates tend to be expensive. That's not the case when it comes to Amazon Web Services, however.
It's one thing to set up a simple application container, and another to be able to actually use containers in the real world. To do that, you'll need to know how to push a Docker image to AWS.
In this installment, Brien shows you what an AWS container looks like once it's up and running, and how to manage it.
AWS lets users create and manage containers through a graphical console -- perfect for those unused to working with containers or the Docker command-line environment.
The Simple Email Service can handle a variety of needs, but if you want to send mass e-mails to addresses outside of your domain, be prepared to make your case to AWS.
With service providers aggressively targeting spam, DIY bulk messaging -- for legitimate e-mails, of course -- can often be more trouble than it's worth. Fortunately, AWS has a solution.
Unlike EC2, Lightsail instances come with very low-cost, flat-rate pricing. But before signing up, there are a few issues to keep in mind.
Creating a placement group in AWS to cope with latency issues is easy enough, but there are several important caveats and limitations to keep in mind.
While there isn't a right or wrong way to copy files to an AWS instance, some methods are easier and more secure than others. Brien's technique of choice involves the RDP client.
Now that you've laid the groundwork for linking Visual Studio to AWS, it's time to begin putting together the various pieces to access S3.
In the first of this two-part series, Brien lays the groundwork for gaining access to S3 using the AWS Toolkit for Microsoft Visual Studio.
While basic permissions are relatively easy to set for AWS storage buckets, sometimes you need more granular control over permissions. Here's where bucket policies come in.
AWS subscribers can now associate their corporate domain name with their Chime account, making it easier for organizations to give employees access to the cloud-based UC service.
The biggest barrier to deploying virtual desktops has always been the infrastructure costs. Luckily, AWS offers a solution for those who want to use virtual desktops but don't have the budget for it.
Left unchecked, the spread of uncategorized AWS accounts in a company can turn into a policy nightmare. Here's how to establish some oversight using service control policies.