Moving an older Windows Server domain controller from an early EC2 virtualization stack to Nitro may require PV, ENA, and NVMe driver work. Unlike an ordinary member server, a DC also carries AD DS, SYSVOL, FSMO, DSRM, and System State recovery requirements.

The following process assumes two domain controllers. Hostnames, volumes, and regions are examples; validate the exact Windows version, instance generation, and current AWS packages before execution.