creating a VM in AWS EC2

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Dear IT Pro TV:

I have read an article or a YouTube Video on how to create a VM (Virtual Machine) in AWS EC 2 an amazon Instance (EC2) where you can create a virtual lab like installing Windows Server 2016. I am doing both the MTA (WIndows Server Fundamentals) and also the MCSA Windows Server 2016 before the deadline, my original plan or goal was to do the 3 MCSA :

MCSA Windows Server 2016 (3 exams)
MCSA SQL (3 Exams)
MCSA Web Application ( 2 or 3 exams)

a total of 8 or 9 exams, in less than 2 months is probably impossible now, plus I don't have any experience or background in programming like C# language, which I needed for the MCSA Web Application, which I really wanted to get, but now I decided not to pursue it not enough time, I should of done it over the summer, but due to Covid-19, lost one of my part-time job due to Covid-19, finding and moving into a new apt, just made things a bit hard to settle in into my new apt and among other things, So I decided to pursue the MCSA WIndows Server 2016, instead since I already invested money and time in this cert why not try to get it. Doing 3 exams rather than 8 exams is probably possible.

Study Resources

1. IT Pro TV
2. Testout/LabSim
3. Oreilly Learning
4. Packt Publishing
5. YouTube (VTC) its free here
6. Mindhub for the practice exams ( its a bit cheaper here)

Any comments or suggestions on how I would start the VM's in AWS EC2?

Thanks

Dan Loyer

@Daniel-Loyer,

You'll have to get use to different terminology used in "cloud" for the same thing. For example, in AWS, a VM = EC2 Instance. Also, of course in AWS speak, Start a VM is "Launch an EC2 Instance." It's all very confusing, I still have troubles keeping up between vendors. So in Azure and Google --they're different as well. sigh

There's help is many ways to get this started. You can check in our Courses under AWS to see how to do it in our shows. Also, you can also find AWS documentation online.