Amazon Web Services AWS is the leading public cloud platform. In this book you will learn to use Microsoft PowerShell to create host manage and administer workloads using Amazon Web Services. You will learn how to create virtual machines provision storage configure networks and moreall using your preferred Windows scripting language. CIOs everywhere are leading their organizations to the cloud but there are few books available to help. This book focuses on moving Microsoft Windows workloads to the cloud using technologies familiar to enterprise Microsoftbased professionals. The completely revised and expanded Pro PowerShell for Amazon Web Services is written specifically for Windows professionals who already know PowerShell and want to learn to host Windows workloads on Amazon Web Services. The cloud offers information technology workers significant cost savings and agility unimaginable even just a few years ago. Tasks that traditionally took weeks of work costing thousands of dollars can be completed in minutes for a fraction of a penny. New chapters in this second edition cover AWS Lambda Amazon WorkSpaces Amazon AppStream 2.0 AWS Directory Service Amazon WorkDocs and AWS System Manager.What Youll LearnCreate and manage Windows servers on Elastic Compute Cloud EC2Configure and secure networks with Virtual Private Cloud VPCLeverage autoscaling to adjust resources as load changesDeploy and manage SQL Server using the Relational Database Service RDSManage virtual desktops using WorkSpaces and AppStreamLeverage AWS Systems Manager to manage Windows at scale Who This Book Is ForWindows professionals who want to learn more about Amazon Web Services with a focus on running Windows workloads and automated management at scale using PowerShell tools for AWS. The book assumes you have knowledge of Windows and PowerShell but are new to AWS.