EC2 Instance Cloning - Windows Server

Question

Is it possible to clone a EC2 instance data and everything existing but for Windows EC2 instance (not Linux)?

Does any license needs to be included/transferred?

Can same user (Admin) and password be used for the new instance?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Yes it is possible. First, you need to create an image from your current instance. This can be done in the instance console, just like the image below.

After that, go to the side menu, and under Images click on AMIs and wait for your newly created image to change it's status from pending to available. Now, go to the launch image menu, and on the sidebar, click on My AMIs and choose the image you just created. After that, just follow the normal process.