https://docs.appeon.com/pb2019r2/appeon_license_user_guide/ch01s02.html 

Hi. Thanks again to everyone who responded, I appreciate the input. I did have a revision to my original question/post. I mentioned that developers would be using Win10 instances within Amazon EC2. Instead of Win10, we were also given the option to use Windows Server 2016 instead. Do you recommend using the PB IDE within Windows Server 2016? I noticed within the installation guide for 2019R2, it only mentions Windows Server 2016 for runtime (not the IDE).

I also did a quick look across the developer forum looking for reported issues. The only one I noticed so far was that there was a resize event issue with Windows Server 2016 (but didn't happen on Win10). 

Here's the Install Guide link:

https://docs.appeon.com/pb2019r2/installation_guide_for_pb/ch01s01.html

Any advice would be recommended. Wanted to relay any guidance to our Sys Admin folks.

Thanks,

Jason

This is the code you can apply in the datawindow's "other" event, to get around the scrolling bug when working on remote:

CONSTANT uint WM_MOUSEWHEEL = 522

CHOOSE CASE message.number
	CASE WM_MOUSEWHEEL
		// v1 and v2, mjl, 13/04/20: Since win8 and w10 totally ignore the mouse settings when working remotely, I've re-introduced the code to scroll:
		// First check the user isn't "zooming" by using CTRL+mouseWheel:
		IF KeyDown( keyControl!) then
			RETURN 0
		END IF
		// v1 and v2, mjl, 19/05/20: shouldn't scroll when there's only one row:
		if this.rowcount() = 1 then
			message.processed = true // has to be the last command before doing the RETURN 0
			RETURN 0
		end if

		CONSTANT uint SPI_GETWHEELSCROLLLINES = 104
		CONSTANT Long WM_VSCROLL = 277
		CONSTANT Long SB_LINEDOWN = 1
		CONSTANT Long SB_LINEUP = 0
		
		int li_WheelMouseLine, li_index
		int li_lines

		// external: Function boolean SystemParametersInfoW(uint wActon, uint wParam, REF int pvParam, uint fUpdateProfile) Library "USER32.DLL"
		SystemParametersInfoW(SPI_GETWHEELSCROLLLINES, 0, ref li_WheelMouseLine, 0)
		li_lines = IntHigh(wParam) / 120
		this.SetRedraw(false)
		IF li_lines > 0 THEN
			FOR li_index = 1 TO li_WheelMouseLine
				Send(Handle(THIS), WM_VSCROLL, SB_LINEUP,0)
			NEXT
		ELSE
			FOR li_index = 1 TO li_WheelMouseLine
				Send(Handle(THIS), WM_VSCROLL, SB_LINEDOWN,0)
			NEXT
		END IF
		this.SetRedraw(true) // has to be before setting message.processed = true, if not it makes the message.processed = true to NOT work
		message.processed = true // has to be the last command before doing the RETURN 0
		RETURN 0
END CHOOSE

RETURN 0

regards.

Hi Jason;

  FWIW: I have been using EC2 instances for running PowerServer for the past 8 years with no issues. During that time, I have also installed PB 2017 & 2019 into a EC2 instance as well and run them with no issues either. EC2 remote access is via RDP. RDP is used by many PB developers these pandemic days to work remotely with the PB IDE. So I do not see any major issues for you using this platform from my experience with EC2's.

HTH

Regards ... Chris

Armeen,

Thanks for the quick response and the advice. We'll have a better idea after testing, but first wanted to check and make sure no know gotchas with EC2.

Thanks again,

Jason

Hi Jason, It should work, but since we haven't tested it so we cannot list it.  If you find it doesn't work, I would recommend considering deploying with PowerServer 2021.  PowerServer 2021 gives you a desktop cloud app, supports all PB features, and can be deployed with leading cloud providers (AWS, Azure, etc.) or even serverless (e.g. AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, etc.).  https://www.appeon.com/bundles/powerbuilder-cloudpro