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hello I'm very a supporting member here
at the AWS office in Cape Town sometimes
customers ask me how do I launch an
Amazon ec2 Microsoft Windows instance
under the free tier I tell them that
it's a straightforward process let me
walk you through that process first you
need to sign in to the AWS management
console as you can see I've already
signed in when you enter the console you
should be on the AWS service page the
first service in the console is compute
and first option and the compute is easy
to choose the ec2 service you should
then enter the ec2 console next select
the region you want to launch your
instance in this option is at the top
right hand corner of the screen for this
example I'm going to choose US East
northern virginia and the create
instance choose the blue launch instance
button step 1 choose your Amy for
Windows amis that are freely eligible
have a black tab indicating the
eligibility for this example I'm going
to select Windows Server 2016
r2 base choose the blue select pattern
step 2 this brings up the page that
lists the different sizes of instances
select the instance label in green free
tier eligible only t2 micro instances
are covered by free tier make sure you
have selected t2 micro instance before
continuing to ensure that you do not
incur any unexpected charges
note that in a 31-day month there are
seven hundred and forty four hours free
tier gives you 750 hours of usage a
month which allows you to run one t2
micro instance 24/7 under the free tier
offer after you select the right
instance choose configure instance
details
pre-configure instance details note that
spots instances are not covered by free
TIA so we will not select the checkbox
for this example or other settings under
configure instance details page do not
affect the instance usage covered by
free Tia and can be configured to your
preference for instance tenancy choose
shared if it choose to have a dedicated
server you will no longer be eligible
for free tier coverage next add storage
you can choose up to 30 gigabytes of
storage for this example I'm going to
choose static gigabytes and the storage
type choose either general-purpose SSD
or magnetic note that only 30 gigabytes
of EBS storage is allocated and free TIA
for your entire AWS account so if you've
launched any other instances using EBS
storage all your EBA storage might not
be covered under free tier and thus
resulting in an unexpected charges next
choose add tags you should choose a
unique name to tag your instance for
more information choose the hyperlink
next choose configure security group
configure security group that allows
only trusted traffic in and out for this
example I'm going to choose my IP option
you can change this in future next
choose review and launch review your
instance and configurations if your
specifications are within the free tier
offer choose launch before the instant
launches a pop-up window appears
regarding your key pair select create a
key pair and download and save this file
in a secure place you will not be able
to download this file again after it's
been created after downloading choose
launch instances again
thanks for watching and happy cloud
computing from all of us here at AWS
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