If it’s good enough for all of them, it’s good enough for us, right? So, let’s see what steps are involved in setting up our own Instance (AWS’ term for a virtual server). They now provide streaming services for Netflix and a whole list of other big name clients. The most complicated of the three is the last, as it involves a decent amount of set up, and choosing a provider from the vast market of cloud services can be daunting.īut this got us thinking… What’s involved in setting up FileMaker Server on Amazon Web Services (AWS)? After all, they are one of the biggest players out there and reported to be among the most reliable.

Set up your own FMS using one of the many cloud services availableĮach of these options has their pros and cons, but they’re all viable solutions, depending on the needs of the users/organization.

Utilize one of the many FileMaker hosting providers in the marketplace.

Purchase FMS and a dedicated computer (Mac or PC) to run it on and host locally.

īut then comes the question, how and where to host? Using FileMaker Server (FMS) provides more flexibility, security, functionality, backups, better performance. We’ve been working with a client recently who wants to host the FileMaker solution we’ve built for them on FileMaker Server - Hooray! We couldn’t agree more.

SIGNING UP AND SETTING UP SECURITY CREDENTIALS

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