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Tom Staab, Partner Solutions Architect

August 25, 2016

Getting Started with Microsoft SQL Server 2016 on AWS

Introduction

How to run SQL on AWS New features in SQL Server 2016 Setting up an instance Demo Q&A

How to run SQL Server on AWS

What is Amazon EC2?

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Resizable compute capacity Web-scale cloud computing Virtual machines with full administrative rights License Included and BYOL options available

SQL Server on Amazon EC2

Licensing Options Purchase an Amazon Machine Instance (AMI) that includes Windows and SQL Server Purchase a Windows AMI and install SQL Server yourself (BYOL)

You manage the virtual machine security, storage, network ports, etc. Full SQL Server sysadmin privileges

What is Amazon RDS?

Managed database service Automatic patching, backups, mirroring, etc. Automatic Host Replacement protects you in the event of a hardware failure.

6 database engines to choose from: Amazon Aurora, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, and SQL Server

License-included and BYOL options available

SQL Server on Amazon RDS

Up to 30 databases per instance Optional managed Multi-AZ deployment for high availability Transparent Data Encryption for encryption at rest and the use of

SSL to secure data in transit Native backup and restore for Microsoft SQL Server databases

using full backup files (.bak files)

SQL Server EC2 vs. RDS: Which should I use?

EC2 RDSLicense included BYOL Full control over the instance Automated backups Self-managed AlwaysOn Availability Groups AWS-managed Multi-AZ deployment

Failover / Disaster Recovery

EC2 (custom) Can span availability zones or regions Mirroring AlwaysOn Availability Groups Transaction Log Shipping

RDS (AWS-managed mirroring) Spans Availability Zones Automatic Failover

What about the rest of SQL Server?

Integration Services (SSIS) Reporting Services (SSRS) Analysis Services (SSAS) SQL Agent Service Broker Data Quality Service Master Data Service

What about the rest of SQL Server?

Remember: RDS is a managed database engine. Most tools or drivers (OLE DB, ODBC, or ADO.NET) that

connect to SQL Server can connect to an RDS instance. For example, SSIS running on EC2 or on-premises can

use a connection to an RDS SQL Server (or other engine) instance as long as the network ports are properly configured.

SQL Server 2016

What’s New in 2016

The “biggest leap forward in Microsoft data platform history” Many improvements and new features across Performance, Security, Analytics Next level of operability with cloud and open source

EnterpriseComprehensive datacenter capabilities for mission-critical database, business intelligence, and advanced analytics workloads.

StandardCore data management and business intelligence capabilities for non-critical workloads with minimal IT resources.

ExpressFree edition of SQL Server ideal for development and production for desktop, web and small server applications.

DeveloperFull feature set of SQL Server Enterprise; not for production environments or use with production data.

Enhanced in-memoryOperational analyticsAlways EncryptedQueryStoreR integration

Row-level securityDynamic data maskingTemporalBasic auditingR connectivity

Policy-based managementBasic reporting and analyticsModernized reportsJSON support

Free edition for dev and test

Improved Installation Experience

SQL Server 2016 also has some new installation options, for better performance and automation Selectable option for Instant File Initialization Configurable tempdb deployment Parameterized install with ini file (can use CloudFormation)

Setting up an instance

DevOps with AWS CloudFormation Basic standard in AWS for automating deployment CloudFormation Template

JSON-formatted document which describes a configuration to be deployed in an AWS account

When deployed, refers to a “stack” of resources PowerShell can be slipstreamed into UserData and run at instance bootstrap AWS CloudFormation

How CloudFormation Works

Anatomy of a Template{ "AWSTemplateFormatVersion" : "2010-09-09",

"Description" : "This is my template!",

"Parameters" : {},

"Mappings" : {},

"Conditions" : {},

"Resources" : {},

"Outputs" : {}}

Resources

"Resources" : {

"Logical ID" : {

"Type" : "Resource type",

"Properties" : { Set of properties }

}}

Resources: Example

"Resources" : {

"myEC2Instance" : { "Type" : "AWS::EC2::Instance",

"Properties" : { "ImageId" : "ami-e7ac2790", "InstanceType" : "m3.medium" }

}}

Anatomy of a Template{ "AWSTemplateFormatVersion" : "2010-09-09",

"Description" : "This is my template!",

"Parameters" : {},

"Mappings" : {},

"Conditions" : {},

"Resources" : {},

"Outputs" : {}}

ParametersType

Standard: String, NumberAdvanced: AWS::EC2::KeyPair::KeyName, AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup::Id,AWS::EC2::Subnet::Id, AWS::EC2::VPC::IdLists: CommaDelimitedList, List<Number>,List<AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup::Id>, List<AWS::EC2::Subnet::Id>,List<AWS::EC2::VPC::Id>

Default ValueMasked (NoEcho)Constraints

AllowedValues, AllowedPattern, MinLength, MaxLength, MinValue, MaxValue

Description

Parameters

"Parameters" : {

"KeyPair" : {

"Type" : "AWS::EC2::KeyPair::KeyName",

"Description" : "What will be the machine key you want to use to get the instance password?”

}}

Using Parameters

"Resources" : {

"myEC2Instance" : { "Type" : "AWS::EC2::Instance", "Properties" : { "ImageId" : "ami-e7ac2790", "InstanceType" : "m3.medium", "KeyName": { "Ref": "KeyPair" } } }}

Outputs

"Outputs" : {

"Logical ID" : {

"Value" : "Value to return", "Description" : "Information about the value"

}}

Outputs

"Outputs" : {

"myEC2InstanceId" : {

"Value" : { "Ref" : "myEC2Instance" },

"Description" : "Instance Id of the new EC2 Instance"

}}

Anatomy of a Template{ "AWSTemplateFormatVersion" : "2010-09-09",

"Description" : "This is my template!",

"Parameters" : {},

"Mappings" : {},

"Conditions" : {},

"Resources" : {},

"Outputs" : {}}

Mappings

"Mappings" : {

"Mapping01" : {

"Key01" : { "Value" : "Value01" },

"Key02" : { "Value" : "Value02" },

"Key03" : { "Value" : "Value03" }

}}

Mappings (2)

"RegionMap" : {

"us-east-1" : { "32" : "ami-6411e20d", "64" : "ami-7a11e213" }, "us-west-1" : { "32" : "ami-c9c7978c", "64" : "ami-cfc7978a" }, "eu-west-1" : { "32" : "ami-37c2f643", "64" : "ami-31c2f645" }, "ap-southeast-1" : { "32" : "ami-66f28c34", "64" : "ami-60f28c32" }, "ap-northeast-1" : { "32" : "ami-9c03a89d", "64" : "ami-a003a8a1" }

}

Functions

Currently, you can use intrinsic functions in resource properties, metadata attributes, and update policy attributes.

Fn::GetAttFn::Base64Fn::If (Fn::Equals, Fn::And, Fn::Or, Fn::Not)Fn::FindInMapFn::GetAZsFn::JoinFn::SelectRef

Pseudo Parameters

You can be “aware” of where your stack runs and get some information about the context.

AWS::AccountIdAWS::NotificationARNsAWS::NoValueAWS::RegionAWS::StackIdAWS::StackName

Using Mappings "Resources" : {

"myEC2Instance" : {

"Type" : "AWS::EC2::Instance",

"Properties" : { "ImageId" : { "Fn::FindInMap" : [ "RegionMap", { "Ref" : "AWS::Region" }, "32"]}, "InstanceType" : "m1.small"

}

}

}

Referencing Resources "Resources" : { "mySubnet" : { "Type" : "AWS::EC2::Subnet", ... },

"myEC2Instance" : { "Type" : "AWS::EC2::Instance",

"Properties" : { "ImageId" : "ami-e7ac2790", "InstanceType" : "m1.small", "SubnetId" : { "Ref" : "mySubnet" } } } }

Getting Attributes

"Outputs" : {

"LBDNS" : {

"Value" : { "Fn::GetAtt" : [ "myEC2Instance" , "PublicDnsName" ] },

"Description" : "DNS Name of the Instance"

}}

Demo

ResourcesSQL Server on Amazon EC2https://aws.amazon.com/windows/products/sql/

SQL Server on Amazon RDShttps://aws.amazon.com/rds/sqlserver/

Windows Server on AWShttp://aws.amazon.com/windows/

AWS Windows Case Studieshttp://aws.amazon.com/windows/case-studies/

Microsoft Licensing on AWS http://aws.amazon.com/windows/resources/licensing

EC2 Windows Documentationhttp://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/WindowsGuide/concepts.html

Use Free Tier for a Yearhttp://aws.amazon.com/free/

Resources for Getting Startedhttp://aws.amazon.com/getting-started

AWS Partner Networkhttp://aws.amazon.com/partners

AWS Quick Startshttps://aws.amazon.com/quickstart/

Take a free Test Drivehttp://aws.amazon.com/testdrive/

RDS SQL Documentationhttp://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/CHAP_GettingStarted.CreatingConnecting.SQLServer.html

TrainingVirtual learning labs are available in many Microsoft subjects. Four learning quests are available, or you can choose individual labs. Learn more at aws.amazon.com/windows/resources/training

Creating Amazon EC2 Instances with Microsoft Windows

AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell: Getting Started Using Windows Server Storage Spaces with

Amazon EBS Introduction to Amazon Relational Database

Service Administering Amazon RDS for Microsoft SQL

Server SQL Server in Amazon EC2: Getting Started

Licensing

AWS provides options for licensing SQL Server You can buy from us or bring your own (BYOL) Buy from us by spinning up a license-included instance of EC2 or

RDS, and pay only for what you use (default option) To bring your own, you can use dedicated (single-tenant), or on

multi-tenant with License Mobility through Software Assurance

more information:https://aws.amazon.com/windows/resources/licensing/https://aws.amazon.com/windows/resources/licensemobility/

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Questions & Answers

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