title: Share Folder (SMB) from EC2 Instance on AWS to remote machine
body: <p>I am trying to migrate an application to Amazon and need client machines to be able to connect in.  Realistically it seems as though I'll just need to be able to MAP a folder on the EC2 instance (running Windows Server 2008 R2) to the client machines (running Windows 7) and that will be sufficient.  </p>
  
  <p>I've done quite a bit of searching online and came across this entry early on:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://serverfault.com/questions/228468/unable-to-share-data-between-amazon-ec2-instances-for-windows#comment220635_231318">https://serverfault.com/questions/228468/unable-to-share-data-between-amazon-ec2-instances-for-windows#comment220635_231318</a></p>
  
  <p>I have opened the ports on both ends of my test machine and the EC2 server and cannot make a successful connection.  The folder is shared, I've checked and rechecked the permissions, the ports, etc, but to no avail.  Can anyone help point me in the right direction?</p>
  
  <p>Edit:  I've also tried to VPN into the instance, again, to no avail.</p>