Remote Exams
Since the pandemic doing certification exams remotely has become convenient and a great option for test takers on most technical certifications such as those from Amazon Web Services (AWS). I…
Certificate expiry when using Azure AD to federate with AWS SSO
I must have set up Azure AD to federate into AWS SSO about 3 years ago, as my certificate is about to expire. I received the following helpful email from…
Microsoft Windows License Included on AWS
For Windows EC2 instances on AWS depending on your licensing arrangements you can either purchase from AWS or bring your own license (BYOL). This post will consider how license included…
Updating AWS Control Tower Landing Zone to version 2.8
A new version of Landing Zone settings within AWS Control Tower was released on February 12th 2022. My current version is 2.7, so I'm going to upgrade. In the Control…
Getting started with Amazon Connect
I've been having a look at Amazon Connect recently and decided to document the initial setup process. I've created a brand new Connect OU and Connect AWS Account inside my…
Setting up Control Tower on an Existing AWS Organization
I had an existing AWS Organizations account structure already configured, with a number of OUs in place and also Service Control Policies, together with SSO configured to Azure AD. In…
Accessing S3 privately via a VPN
Prior to re:invent 2020 the only way to access S3 privately via a VPN was to have an EC2 instance running a proxy server to direct the traffic. That's no…
macOS on AWS – costs and tearing it down!
In my previous post I described setting up a macOS instance. Apple licensing means that the dedicated host has to run for at least 24 hours, and if you try…
Apple macOS on AWS
I was very interested to hear that Amazon Web Services are now offering Mac Mini's as part of their EC2 cloud computing service. There's quite a bit in common with…
Adding a different Organization’s account (or standalone account) to AWS SSO
I've recently started using AWS SSO with my lab Master AWS Account with Azure AD as the IdP and it's making my life a lot easier! But .. I wanted…