Specialized Amazon Windows AMIs - Amazon Windows AMIs
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Specialized Amazon Windows AMIs

You can use specialized Amazon Windows AMIs to create instances for your database and compliance hardening use cases as follows.

SQL Server AMIs

Some Amazon Windows AMIs include an edition of Microsoft SQL Server (SQL Enterprise Edition, SQL Server Standard, SQL Server Express, or SQL Server Web). Launching an instance from a Windows AMI with Microsoft SQL Server enables you to run the instance as a database server. Alternatively, you can launch an instance from any Windows AMI and then install the database software that you need on the instance.

To discover available SQL Server license-included AMIs, see Find a SQL Server license-included AMI in the Microsoft SQL Server on Amazon EC2 User Guide.

STIG Hardened AMIs

STIG Hardened EC2 Windows Server AMIs are pre-configured with over 160 required security settings to help ensure that the instances that you launch follow the latest guidelines for STIG compliance. For more information, see STIG Hardened AmazonWindows Server AMIs.