Document history - AWS Prescriptive Guidance

Document history

The following table describes significant changes to this guide. If you want to be notified about future updates, you can subscribe to an RSS feed.

ChangeDescriptionDate

Updated section

Added information about Amazon EBS Multi-Attach with persistent reservations and other options for deploying FCIs on AWS to the Always On Failover Cluster Instances section.

April 1, 2024

Updated information

Updated the decision matrix for SQL Server 2022.

March 18, 2024

Updated information

Updated the decision matrix to reflect that Amazon RDS Custom now supports TDE.

November 16, 2023

Added section

Added information about AWS Migration Hub Orchestrator.

June 29, 2023

Removed section

Removed information about CloudEndure Migration, which is being discontinued. AWS Application Migration Service is the primary migration service recommended for lift-and-shift migrations to the AWS Cloud.

September 23, 2022

Updated section

Added more information to the decision matrix.

August 3, 2022

Added and updated sections

Added information about migrating SQL Server databases to Amazon RDS Custom and using Babelfish to migrate SQL Server databases to Aurora PostgreSQL. Updated the decision matrix with the latest information.

July 29, 2022

Corrected text

Corrected the CLR information in the decision matrix.

June 21, 2022

Updated section

Updated the CloudEndure Migration section with the latest information about product availability.

May 10, 2022

Removed section

Removed information about Amazon RDS for VMware, which is no longer supported.

April 19, 2022

Added section

Added information about AWS Launch Wizard for SQL Server.

July 15, 2021

Added decision matrix

In the Choosing between Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS section, provided a side-by-side comparison of SQL Server support.

June 28, 2021

Updated log shipping information

In the Log shipping section, clarified that log shipping on Amazon RDS for SQL Server requires custom scripts.

March 25, 2021

Initial publication

October 9, 2020