Create Windows EC2 instance and remote desktop to it

CreateWindowsEC2InstanceLogin.ps1

Function Start-Countdown
{   <#
    .SYNOPSIS
        Provide a graphical countdown if you need to pause a script for a period of time
    .PARAMETER Seconds
        Time, in seconds, that the function will pause
    .PARAMETER Messge
        Message you want displayed while waiting
    .EXAMPLE
        Start-Countdown -Seconds 30 -Message Please wait while Active Directory replicates data...
    .NOTES
        Author:            Martin Pugh
        Twitter:           @thesurlyadm1n
        Spiceworks:        Martin9700
        Blog:              www.thesurlyadmin.com

        Changelog:
           2.0             New release uses Write-Progress for graphical display while couting
                           down.
           1.0             Initial Release
    .LINK
        http://community.spiceworks.com/scripts/show/1712-start-countdown
    #>
    Param(
        [Int32]$Seconds = 10,
        [string]$Message = "Pausing for 10 seconds..."
    )
    ForEach ($Count in (1..$Seconds))
    {   Write-Progress -Id 1 -Activity $Message -Status "Waiting for $Seconds seconds, $($Seconds - $Count) left" -PercentComplete (($Count / $Seconds) * 100)
        Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
    }
    Write-Progress -Id 1 -Activity $Message -Status "Completed" -PercentComplete 100 -Completed
}

$instance = (aws ec2 run-instances --image-id ami-5bf72138 --count 1 --instance-type t1.micro --key-name SAVED_KEY --security-groups launch-wizard-1) | Out-String | ConvertFrom-Json

$ipaddress = (aws ec2 describe-instances --query "Reservations[*].Instances[*].PublicIpAddress" --output=text)

Start-Countdown -Seconds (4*60) -Message "Waiting 4 minutes for instance to be ready"

$aws_output = (aws ec2 get-password-data --instance-id $instance.Instances[0].InstanceId --priv-launch-key "C:\path\to\key.pem") | Out-String | ConvertFrom-Json
$aws_output.PasswordData | clip.exe
Write-Host "Password: " +$Password
Write-Host Password copied to clipboard

mstsc.exe /v $ipaddress

pause