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Microsoft SQL Server Developer Edition now available through Amazon Launch Wizard

Posted on: Jan 7, 2026

Amazon Launch Wizard now offers a guided approach to sizing, configuring, and deploying Windows Server EC2 instances with Microsoft SQL Server Developer Edition installed from your own media. Amazon Launch Wizard for SQL Server Developer Edition allows you to simplify launching cost-effective and full-featured SQL Server instances on Amazon EC2, making it ideal for developers building non-production and test database environments.

This feature is ideal for customers who also have existing non-production databases running SQL Server Enterprise Edition or SQL Server Standard Edition, as migrating the non-production databases to SQL Server Developer Edition will reduce SQL license costs while maintaining feature parity.

This feature is available in Amazon Web Services China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet, and the Amazon Web Services China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD.

To learn more, see the Amazon Launch Wizard for SQL Server.