# Amazon S3 & EC2  Windows based AMI

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/amazon-s3-ec2-windows-based-ami/39612>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [May 29, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/amazon-s3-ec2-windows-based-ami/39612 "2015-05-29T16:19:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Richard\_Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@Richard\_Knox](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Knox)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/amazon-s3-ec2-windows-based-ami/39612/1 "2015-05-29T16:19:47Z")

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Is there currently a way to use Wowza to stream Amazon S3 videos on an Amazon EC2 instance that is Windows based? If so, will performance be an issue? Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Daren\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@Daren\_Johnson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Daren_Johnson)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/amazon-s3-ec2-windows-based-ami/39612/2 "2015-05-31T20:52:18Z")

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Hi,

Yes, but there isn’t a Wowza pre-built Windows AMI. You would need to select an existing Windows based AMI and install Wowza Streaming Engine on that, and then bring your own subscription based license. Once that is all in place you would configure MediaCache as [guided here.](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-scale-video-on-demand-streaming-with-media-cache) Then [configure S3 as a MediaCache source.](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-scale-video-on-demand-streaming-with-media-cache#mediacacheconf_sourcesadds3)

Daren