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  • Simply pay the normal AWS fee for Windows Server instances (on-demand, spot, reserved). These fees are typically more than same-sized instances of other operating systems (https://aws.amazon.com/windows/resources/licensing/#launch).
  • Provision an AWS Dedicated Host (https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/dedicated-hosts/) and use the existing Cornell Microsoft licensing (http://www.it.cornell.edu/services/software_licensing/available/windows.cfm). This is because the existing Cornell Microsoft licensing is limited to computers “owned” by Cornell. Microsoft considers instances running Windows software running on Cornell-provisioned AWS Dedicated Hosts as “owned” by Cornell (not so for instances running elsewhere on AWS). https://aws.amazon.com/windows/resources/licensing/#dedicated
  • Dedicated Instances are a separate AWS offering. While our campus Windows Server license does work with Dedicated Instances, please note that there is a $2/hr (~$1500/mo) charge for running any number of Dedicated Instances, per-account, per-region (not including the cost of the instances themselves)Due to changes in the license terms, no use of the campus Windows Server license is allowed at AWS.

SQL Server

Microsoft Office

  • Our campus Microsoft Office license cannot be used in any shared server environment at AWS. In short, this means that only instances launched on a Dedicated Host are able to use the license. For example, AWS EC2, AppStream, or WorkSpaces are not viable targets for the license.
  • The online version of O365 (https://www.office.com) may be a suitable replacement for the full, local installation and is fully license compliant from EC2, AppStream, and WorkSpaces.

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