How to launch AWS EC2 Instance (Windows)

Hello!

Today we will be launching a Windows EC2 instance using the AWS management console.

Step 1

• Log in to the AWS account
• Navigate to the EC2 dashboard
• Click on Launch instance

Step 2

Here you will be required to input some details and make some selections.

• Specify Instance name
• Select a Windows AMI

Step 3

This is where you select your RAM, CPU, Hard disk etc

• Select the t2 micro (it's within the free tier)

Step 4

• Select an existing key pair or create a new one. For this purpose, we will create a new key pair
• Click Create new Key pair
• Specify the Key pair name
• Select the **.pem **key type

Your new keypair has been created

Step 5

Here a default VPC, Security group and storage has been selected
Leave everything else as default for now.

Step 6

Here is a summary of our instance

• Select launch instance

Our instance has been launched successfully,

• Click view all instance

Step 7

Our instance is running

Now let's connect to our instance

• Click on Connect

*Step 8 *

• Select RDP Client (Remote Desktop Protocol Client)

• Download the RDP file
  Now we need our key pair so click on Get password

Step 9

We need to upload the key pair we created earlier

• Upload the keypair
• Click on decrypt

Now our password is available for use after decryption

Step 10

• Launch the RDP client we downloaded earlier

• Click on Connect
• Enter the password we generated

Click yes

Yes! We have successfully connected to our Windows instance Now our Windows environment is ready

The Windows instance has been deployed successfully.
Now we can perform different Windows activities on it.

Remember to delete the EC2 we just created after this project to avoid being charged.