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AWS Config Might Save Your Company

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:11:53 +0000

Good news! Your SaaS application (NoseHairRemover.io) went viral on Reddit last month and numbers are through the roof! Investors came spilling in and you have enough runway to last you the next 2 years! If you can keep things trucking you’re only one acquisition away from spending the rest of your life on the beach with your dog.

Hold On There Buddy

Look all of that sounds great and we’re gonna get there one day. But until then, we have a LOT of work to do! So far we’ve been working with a small team of 5 people. It was easy to keep track of what and how everybody was working. Now that we’ve gone viral we have to hire 100 new engineers and we have to do it quickly! How are we going to keep track of all the changes and ensure they follow the company rules?

AWS Database Migration Service - SERVERLESS EDITION!!!

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 11:11:53 +0000

In a previous post we walked through setting up an instance of the AWS Database Migration Service. In that build we used a DMS Replication Instance that we provisioned. At a high level, the implementation looked like this…

Well would you look at that! Our DMS Replication Instance is watching Netflix and playing on his phone! He’s not even working and he’s still costing us a ton of money! Yup, that’s how it works. Even if your instance isn’t actually performing a migration you are still going to be paying the full hourly rate for the server.

AWS Managed Microsoft AD Jamboree

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 11:11:53 +0000

The year is 2097. You wake up and take your Cap’n Crunch nutrition capsule. You slide on your skin tight silver uniform and put on your holo display contact lenses. Before you hop on your hover bike to head to the office (yes in the future we all went RTO in the corporate wars of 2048) you pull up the status of the company Microsoft Active Directory domain. All is well. The display shows 17 years of uptime with no issues. Your boss is happy and grants you an additional 30 credits to your cyber-coin wallet.

AWS Database Migration Service 101

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 11:11:53 +0000

I am definitely not a Database Expert! But, if you are anything like me, your various roles have required you to jump in and out of that world once or twice a year. Enough to get your boots a little muddy. I was recently tasked with standing up an instance of the AWS Database Migration Service at work and I definitely had that brief wave of anxiety hit me.

But……as always, it wasn’t that bad at all once you get into it. The AWS side of things is pretty straight forward and if you come into this with a smidge of DB knowledge I think you’ll find it a rewarding experience. Kind of like an after school special where everybody learned a little bit more about themselves that day.

Using AWS Backup To Automate Windows Server Backups

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 11:11:53 +0000

When I first started working professionally in the computer industry my boss told me something that I will never forget…

I don't care what you do or how you do it as long as you have backups working!!!

While you don’t want to take this TOO literally the core concept stands. Things can go really bad sometimes. But, as long as you have a good backup solution in place you will most likely be able to keep your job.

Using SSM Patch Manager To Automate Windows Server Patching

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:11:53 +0000

Recently at work, I was tasked with automating patching for approximately 10 Windows Servers. We already have a process around patching automation for the (approximately) 900 existing servers we manage. Most of the heavy lifting on these is done using WSUS with the help of the AJ Tek WAM tool. Unfortunately, in this edge case, we won’t be able to use our existing methods. These new server are separated from the bulk of our network for compliance reasons and are also not joined to a domain. So there is no pre-existing centralized group policy.