Create a Windows Instance using AWS EC2.

So if you ever want to have a windows computer in the cloud.How would you set it up.

We shall use Remote Desktop Client to log into our instance in this article.

Step 1: Log into your AWS Account and search for EC2 service.

Step 2: Click the orange "launch instance" button.

Step 3: Fill in the name of your instance, say "testInstance".

• Create a key pair and download it.

• Add name of key pair and click "Create key pair".This will download the key pair file to your computer.

Step 4: Now head over to the bottom and click "Launch Instance"

Success message for launch instance.

Step 5: Click on the instance link and it should lead you to the Instance page.

Step 6: Click the "connect" button.

Step 7: Choose Connect with "RDP Client" and download the remote desktop file.

Step 8: Double click the downloaded rdp file to launch your local RDP Client in my case Remmina on ubuntu.

• Copy and paste the public DNS into the input and Click Enter.

• Click Yes to Accept certificate.
  

• Next, we need to enter the fields for username and password.

• Go back to AWS console and copy the username provided usually "Administrator" then click the get password button.

• Upload your key pair that was downloaded to your pc.

• Choose key pair.
• Click decrypt key.

Step 9: Copy the password into the RDP client.

Step 10: Click "ok" or "Connect" depending on your client.

Voila! We have set up a Windows Instance and logged into it.