AWS re:Invent 2016

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SVR306: Serverless Computing Patterns at Expedia Dec 25, 2016

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In the middle of 2015, Expedia started using AWS Lambda for serverless computing. We built boilerplate templates in Node.js, Java, and Python so development teams could build and deploy serverless applications into AWS. Currently, we have 300 AWS Lambda functions processing 40 million invocations per day.

SVR402: Operating Your Production API Dec 25, 2016

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In this session, you learn how to monitor and manage your serverless APIs in production. We show you how to set up Amazon CloudWatch alarms, interpret CloudWatch logs for Amazon API Gateway and AWS Lambda, and automate common maintenance and management tasks on your service.

WIN201: Simplifying Microsoft Architectures with AWS services Dec 25, 2016

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Learn how to architect fully available and scalable Microsoft solutions and environments in AWS. Find out how Microsoft solutions can leverage various AWS services to achieve more resiliency, replace unnecessary complexity, simplify architecture, provide scalability, introduce DevOps concepts, automation and repeatability. Plan authentication and authorization, various hybrid scenarios with other cloud environment and on premise solutions/infrastructure. Learn about common architecture patterns for Active Directory and business productivity solutions like SharePoint, Exchange and Skype for Business, also common scenarios for SQL deployments and System Center.

WIN203: How Pitney Bowes is transforming their business in the cloud Dec 25, 2016

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Pitney Bowes is reinventing its business based on a SaaS and a cloud-based model to deliver services for their clients globally centered on the Pitney Bowes Commerce Cloud. The

WIN204: How to move 1,000 VMs and Biz Critical Apps to AWS in 6 months. Methodology and lessons learned from Edwards Lifesciences Dec 25, 2016

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Edwards Lifesciences partners with clinicians to develop innovative technologies in the areas of structural heart disease and critical care monitoring to help patients live longer, healthier and more productive lives. The Edwards Lifesciences IT team recently embarked on a journey to move many of their business critical corporate IT applications to AWS to better support the Edwards Lifesciences mission to help patients worldwide. In this session, the Edwards Lifesciences team would like to propose a different approach for Corporate IT teams to consider with respect to the cloud that can help fulfill key business outcomes while transforming IT infrastructure quickly… and safely! An approach that starts with business critical applications to take full advantage of the scale and growth that were key requirements for the team. It worked for us and created a new vibe in our IT organization which we are currently enjoying.

WIN205: NEW LAUNCH! Amazon EC2 Systems Manager for Hybrid Cloud Management at Scale Dec 25, 2016

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Today, we are announcing EC2 Systems Manager. Amazon EC2 Systems Manager is a management service that helps you automatically collect software inventory, apply OS patches, create system images, and configure Windows and Linux operating systems. These capabilities help you define and track system configurations, prevent drift, and maintain software compliance of your EC2 and on-premises configurations. This session provides an overview of these newly announced services and how they work together within the larger AWS ecosystem to provide comprehensive management capabilities.

WIN301: Bring Microsoft Applications to AWS to Save Money and Stay License Compliant using PowerShell, Windows KMS, and Dedicated Hosts Dec 25, 2016

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Running Microsoft workloads on AWS is easy and can save you money. This session will cover how to bring your own Microsoft licenses to AWS, and then demonstrate using PowerShell to import your Windows Server image from Vmware or Hyper-V, configure Windows KMS with your license key, and launch an EC2 Dedicated Host. We will discuss ways you can use AWS Config rules to manage license compliance.

WIN304: Design, Deploy, and Optimize Microsoft SharePoint on AWS Dec 25, 2016

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AWS can help you rapidly deploy and scale your Microsoft SharePoint environment to help you collaborate more efficiently and cost-effectively. This session reviews architectural considerations for building a SharePoint deployment on AWS, best practices to ensure optimal performance, how to leverage multiple Availability Zones for high availability and disaster recovery, and how to integrate with Microsoft Active Directory. We will also look at new Quick Start guides, AWS CloudFormation templates, and other tools that dramatically reduce the time to deployment.

WIN306: Design, Deploy, and Optimize Microsoft SQL Server on AWS Dec 25, 2016

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This session goes deep on best practices and considerations for running Microsoft SQL Server on AWS. We cover best practices for deploying SQL Server, how to choose between Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS, and ways to optimize the performance of your SQL Server deployment for different application types. We review in detail how to provision and monitor your SQL Server databases, and how to manage scalability, performance, availability, security, and backup and recovery in both Amazon RDS and Amazon EC2. In addition, we cover how you can set up a disaster recovery solution between an on-premises SQL Server environment and AWS, using native SQL Server features like log shipping, replication, and AlwaysOn Availability Groups.

WIN307: Searching Inside Video at Petabyte Scale Using Spot Dec 25, 2016

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Video is a 'last-mile problem' for search technology. Unlike webpages, documents, and email, content in videos has traditionally been impossible to search. Recent advances in automated speech and text recognition, however, let businesses and universities search inside video assets as easily as inside textual content. In this session, you'll learn how Panopto is using AWS to solve the video-search problem at scale, while saving over 50% in operating costs by taking advantage of Spot instances. We discuss the cross-platform architecture that combines Windows and Linux to provide cost-effective video processing and search indexing. We also dive deep into scaling Spot elastically based on user demand, handling fallback situations when instances are revoked, and using the Spot bidding process to optimize cost structure. Finally, we discuss future plans to reduce operating costs even further through Spot fleets and grid processing.

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