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Established in 2010, Easy Cloud began with the goal of helping small to medium businesses migrate to G Suite (formerly Google Apps) for email and operations, Wordpress for websites, and Untangle for security.

In more recent years, we have evolved and entered the DevOps space by utilizing emerging cloud technologies such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.

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How do I use CloudFront to serve a static website hosted on Amazon S3?

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I want to host a static website on an Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket. Then, I want to serve my website through an Amazon CloudFront distribution. How can I do that? Short Description To serve a static website hosted on Amazon S3, you can deploy a CloudFront distribution using one of these configurations: Using a REST API endpoint as the origin with access restricted by an origin access identity (OAI)Using a website endpoint as the origin with anonymous (public) access allowedUsing a website endpoint as the origin with access restricted by a Referer header For more information on the two endpoint types, see Key Differences Between the Amazon Website and the REST API Endpoint. Resolution Follow the steps to configure a CloudFront distribution with the S3 endpoint type that you want to use as the origin: Using a REST API endpoint as the origin with access restricted by an OAI Use the Amazon S3 console to create a bucket and to upload your website files.… Read more

The Next Evolution in AWS Single Sign-On

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Efficiently managing user identities at scale requires new solutions that connect the multiple identity sources that many organizations use today. Customers want to establish a single identity and access strategy across their own apps, 3rd party apps (SaaS), and AWS cloud environments. Today we announced the next evolution of AWS Single Sign-On, enabling enterprises that use Azure AD to leverage their existing identity store with AWS Single Sign-On.… Read more

New – Savings Plans for AWS Compute Services

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I first wrote about EC2 Reserved Instances a decade ago! Since I wrote that post, our customers have saved billions of dollars by using Reserved Instances to commit to usage of a specific instance type and operating system within an AWS region. Over the years we have enhanced the Reserved Instance model to make it easier for you to take advantage of the RI discount.… Read more

Why Customers Are Moving Their Windows Desktops to the Cloud with Amazon WorkSpaces

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With an estimated 50% of businesses still running Windows 7, migrating those millions of desktops and laptops to Windows 10 remains a top priority for businesses globally. The impetus, of course, is the end of mainstream support for Windows 7 coming up in January 2020, which may make Windows 7 PCs more vulnerable to malware, ransomware, and other types of security issues unless specific action is taken.… Read more