Step 5: View and add a Windows Server and SQL Server on Amazon EC2 estimate

In this step of the tutorial, you see a total monthly cost for all four workloads.

In the AWS Pricing Calculator console, choose Add to my estimate to be directed to your My estimate page. On your My estimate page, you can view your annual total. Here, you have the option to choose Save and share to generate a public URL for your estimate.

At this point, you successfully estimated workload costs for Windows Server License Included (LI) and SQL Server Bring Your Own License (BYOL) licensing. You can clone your existing estimate to generate an estimate for the LI option for SQL Server.

1. In the My Estimate section, select the check box of the service you want to duplicate. Then, choose Duplicate.

2. Choose the Edit icon on the duplicate version of the estimate.

3. For the Estimate details description, enter Workload_LI.

4. Keep the Region as is.

5. In the Licensing and tenancy recommendation section, keep the Windows Server and SQL Server check boxes cleared.

   

6. For the SQL Server section, review and adjust the machine specifications.

7. Review the new monthly cost estimate and aggregated monthly costs.

8. Choose Save.

On the My Estimate page, you can now compare the price under both the licensing options. In this example, the shared tenancy with Windows LI and SQL Server BYOL option is approximately half of the cost of shared tenancy with Windows LI and SQL Server LI.

We offer several cost saving programs that can lower the price of running your Windows workloads on Amazon Web Services. For more information, choose Learn more.

You now completed the tutorial for using the Microsoft Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server to generate a pricing estimate.