Amazon AppStream 2.0 agent version |
Changes |
01-17-2024 |
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Adds support for audio out on multi-session fleets
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Adds support for session scripts on multi-session
fleets
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Improves provisioning resilience on multi-session
fleets
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12-07-2023 |
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Adds support for Windows Server 2022
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Improves streaming performance on Windows Server 2019
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Adds AWS CLI v2 support
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Adds keyboard support to switch between applications
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Solves an issue with certificate-based authentication when
Windows session is locked
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Note: Windows Server 2012 R2 reached end of support on October
10th, 2023. For better streaming experience support, upgrade to
Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, or Windows Server
2022.
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09-06-2023 |
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Adds support for multi-session fleets
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Improves instance and session provisioning
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Resolves an issue with copy/paste functionality
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Requires the following software components:
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05-30-2023 |
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05-08-2023 |
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04-13-2023 |
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03-21-2023 |
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Resolves an issue with application freezing
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Resolves an issue with physical smartcard authentication
failure
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Resolves an issue with home folders not working with FIPS
enabled on Windows
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Improves instance provisioning resilience
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Improves performance with physical smartcard logon time for
Windows Server 2019
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10-13-2022 |
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06-20-2022 |
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Adds backwards compatibility for the USB string filter file
location on old images
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Improves instance provisioning resilience
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Improves session connection reliability
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03-14-2022 |
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02-21-2022 |
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Resolves issue with Microsoft OneDrive copying larger
files
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Improves agent robustness on small instance types
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Works with the following software components. For more
information, see AppStream 2.0 Base Image and Managed Image Update
Release Notes.
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Amazon SSM Agent — 3.0.1295.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56 (Windows
Server 2012 R2)
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NICE DCV Virtual Display — 1.0.34.0 (Windows
Server 2016/2019)
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EC2Config service (Windows Server 2012 R2 only)
— 4.9.4500
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12-20-2021 |
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Resolves an issue with the mouse disappearing when using the
native client
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Resolves an issue of storage unmount time for session
termination
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Resolves issues with system crashes on Graphics instances
running Windows Server 2016
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Added support for Windows Server instances when system
cryptography group policy is enabled. For more information, see
System cryptography.
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Added the ability to toggle file system caching
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Works with the following software components. For more
information, see AppStream 2.0 Base Image and Managed Image Update
Release Notes.
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Amazon SSM Agent — 3.0.1295.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56 (Windows
Server 2012 R2)
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NICE DCV Virtual Display — 1.0.34.0 (Windows
Server 2016/2019)
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EC2Config service (Windows Server 2012 R2 only)
— 4.9.4500
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10-19-2021 |
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Resolves an issue preventing users from streaming when the
Microsoft Windows printer service is disabled
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Resolves an issue where language pack installation doesn't
complete successfully
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Resolves an issue with the S3 Home Folder where folders and
files are being changed to all uppercase
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Works with the following software components. For more
information, see AppStream 2.0 Base Image and Managed Image Update
Release Notes.
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Amazon SSM Agent — 3.0.1295.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56 (Windows
Server 2012 R2)
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NICE DCV Virtual Display — 1.0.34.0 (Windows
Server 2016/2019)
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EC2Config service (Windows Server 2012 R2 only)
— 4.9.4500
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08-02-2021 |
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Updated USB driver to include important fixes
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Resolves an issue where the customer’s local machine’s caps
lock state becomes out of sync with the caps lock state of the
remote machine
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Works with the following software components. For more
information, see AppStream 2.0 Base Image and Managed Image Update
Release Notes.
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Amazon SSM Agent — 3.0.1295.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56 (Windows
Server 2012 R2)
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NICE DCV Virtual Display — 1.0.34.0 (Windows
Server 2016/2019)
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EC2Config service (Windows Server 2012 R2 only)
— 4.9.4419.0
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07-01-2021 |
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06-25-2021 |
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Resolved various networking issues
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Resolved an issue where local group policies were
overridden
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Resolved an issue where files were failing to be created if
they were contained in parent directories that did not exist
after attempting to fetch from OneDrive and Google cloud
storage
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Resolved an issue where session scripts failed to run at the
end of a session
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Added support for webcam redirection in the web client
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05-17-2021 |
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Enables real-time audio-video (AV) feature by default
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Fixes an output of the Image Assistant CLI command to be valid
JSON
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Fixes an issue causing instance provisioning failures due to
internal timeouts
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Amazon SSM Agent, Amazon WDDM Hook Driver, and EC2Config
service versions remain the same as the previous agent version
release
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03-04-2021 |
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Resolves issues with smart card authentication that cause
connection failures. The connection failures occur when users
close and reopen a streaming session multiple times
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Resolves an issue that causes right-click menu items in
Microsoft Office applications to be unavailable
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Resolves an issue that causes multiple storage connector
processes for OneDrive and Google Drive to appear in Task
Manager
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Resolves an issue that prevents files larger than 2 GB from
being downloaded from Google Drive
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Resolves an intermittent issue that causes provisioning delays
for AppStream 2.0 fleet instances that are joined to a Microsoft
Active Directory domain
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 3.0.431.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service (Windows Server 2012 R2 only)
— 4.9.4279.0
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12-17-2020 |
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Resolves an issue that causes the application settings
persistence VHD file to not download to the AppStream 2.0 fleet
streaming instance
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Resolves an issue that causes local printer redirection to
stop working during AppStream 2.0 streaming sessions. This issue might
occur when Microsoft KB4571694 is installed on the AppStream 2.0 image
builder or fleet streaming instance
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Resolves an issue that causes the Image Assistant
update-default-profile command line interface
(CLI) operation to return an error when attempting to reference
a local Microsoft Windows user as the source for the default
user profile
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Resolves an issue that prevents AppStream 2.0 fleet instances from
provisioning when the system cryptography is set to use
FIPS-compliant algorithms
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Resolves an issue that prevents icons from appearing on users'
local computer taskbar during streaming sessions in native
application mode
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Adds support for files shared by Microsoft SharePoint to the
OneDrive for Business persistent storage connector
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.3.1319.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service (Windows Server 2012 R2 only)
— 4.9.4222.0
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01-04-2021 |
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12-17-2020 |
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Resolves an issue that causes the application settings
persistence VHD file to not download to the AppStream 2.0 fleet
streaming instance
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Resolves an issue that causes local printer redirection to
stop working during AppStream 2.0 streaming sessions. This issue might
occur when Microsoft KB4571694 is installed on the AppStream 2.0 image
builder or fleet streaming instance
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Resolves an issue that causes the Image Assistant
update-default-profile command line interface
(CLI) operation to return an error when attempting to reference
a local Microsoft Windows user as the source for the default
user profile
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Resolves an issue that prevents AppStream 2.0 fleet instances from
provisioning when the system cryptography is set to use
FIPS-compliant algorithms
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Resolves an issue that prevents icons from appearing on users'
local computer taskbar during streaming sessions in native
application mode
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Adds support for files shared by Microsoft SharePoint to the
OneDrive for Business persistent storage connector
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.3.1319.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service (Windows Server 2012 R2 only)
— 4.9.4222.0
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10-08-2020 |
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Resolves an issue that causes users to receive an internal
error notification when they connect to AppStream 2.0 streaming
sessions
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Resolves an issue that causes intermittent copy and paste
failures during AppStream 2.0 streaming sessions
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Resolves an issue that causes application icons to not appear
on the taskbar during AppStream 2.0 streaming sessions in native
application mode
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Resolves an issue that causes the application catalog to
appear empty when users reconnect to AppStream 2.0 after an idle
disconnect
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Improves the download speed between AppStream 2.0 home folders and
AppStream 2.0 fleet instances
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 3.0.161.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service (Windows Server 2012R2 only) —
4.9.4222.0
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09-01-2020 |
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Resolves an issue that causes Graphics Design instances to not
display the correct resolution
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Resolves an issue that causes a white screen when using the
AppStream 2.0 client in native application mode to stream Microsoft
Remote Desktop
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Resolves an issue that causes a streaming application to
freeze when minimized. This issue occurs when using the AppStream 2.0
client in native application mode
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.3.1319.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service (Windows Server 2012R2 only) —
4.9.4222.0
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07-30-2020 |
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Adds support for printer redirection to the AppStream 2.0 client for
Windows
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Resolves an issue that causes file downloads for files greater
than 5 GB to stop, and then fail
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Improves clipboard performance when using Microsoft Office
2016 plug-ins
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.3.1319.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service (Windows Server 2012R2 only) —
4.9.4222.0
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05-27-2020 |
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Resolves an issue that prevents some applications from being
resized, moved, or maximized when users stream in native
application mode using the AppStream 2.0 client for Windows
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Resolves an intermittent issue with downloading utility
software. The issue may prevent image builders and fleet
instances from being provisioned
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Resolves an intermittent issue with certain language settings
that may prevent image builders and fleet instances from being
provisioned
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.3.701.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service (Windows Server 2012R2 only) —
4.9.3519.0
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04-20-2020 |
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Resolves an issue that causes streaming sessions to fail when
session scripts are run
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Improves performance when IAM roles are used
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.3.701.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service (Windows Server 2012R2 only) —
4.9.3519.0
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02-19-2020 |
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Adds support for native application mode. For more
information, see Native Application
Mode
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Adds support for the Desktop stream
view
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Improves interprocess communication between AppStream 2.0
components
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Resolves an issue that caused streaming instances to fail to
be provisioned
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.3.701.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service (Windows Server 2012R2 only) —
4.9.3519.0
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01-13-2020 |
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For persistent storage with Google Drive for G Suite,
Team Drives have been renamed to
Shared Drives
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Resolves an issue that causes slow provisioning for streaming
instances in Active Directory environments that have many
users
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Resolves an issue with accessing applications from the
application switcher when the fleet user is an
administrator
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.3.701.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service (Windows Server 2012R2 only) —
4.9.3519.0
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11-13-2019 |
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AppStream 2.0 assemblies are now signed, including executables and
installer packages
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.3.701.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service — 4.9.3519.0
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10-08-2019 |
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09-23-2019 |
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Resolves an issue that occurs when launching applications that
start child processes
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Resolves an issue with directory traversal
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Resolves an issue that causes the AppStream 2.0 agent to stop
functioning, which prevents interaction with applications
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.3.701.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service — 4.9.3519.0
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09-03-2019 |
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Adds support for applying IAM roles to AppStream 2.0 streaming
instances. For more information, see Using an IAM Role to Grant Permissions to Applications and Scripts Running on AppStream 2.0 Streaming Instances
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Adds support for specifying tags when creating AppStream 2.0 images
programmatically with a command line interface
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Modifies the AppStream 2.0 storage connector to bypass the system
proxy server when mounting storage
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Resolves an issue that prevented .lnk files from being
specified in Image Assistant
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.3.612.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service — 4.9.3429
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08-08-2019 |
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Adds support for AppStream 2.0 file system redirection. For more
information, see Enable File System Redirection for
Your AppStream 2.0 Users
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Adds support for three new locales: English-United Kingdom
(en-GB), English-Canada (en-CA), and English-Australia
(en-AU)
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.3.612.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service — 4.9.3429
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07-26-2019 |
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Adds support for creating and managing AppStream 2.0 images
programmatically with a command line interface. For more
information, see Create Your AppStream 2.0 Image Programmatically by Using the Image Assistant CLI Operations.
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Image creation is no longer blocked when automatic Windows
updates are enabled on an image builder. However, a message
notifies administrators that automatic Windows updates will be
disabled on the fleet in this case (that is, automatic Windows
updates won't be enabled on fleet instances).
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Disables Windows updates when a fleet instance starts
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Users in the Administrators group are no longer disabled when
an image builder instance starts
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Users in the Administrators group are now disabled rather than
deleted when an image builder instance starts
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Resolves an issue that prevents the streaming resolution from
resizing when network connections change
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Resolves a race condition that prevents the streaming
resolution from resizing when application settings persistence
is enabled
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.3.612.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service — 4.9.3429
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06-19-2019 |
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Adds support for Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019
base images
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AppStream 2.0 session scripts are now terminated after the configured
timeout is exceeded
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Resolves an issue where streaming instances may not be
provisioned if the locale is changed
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Includes a change to block image creation when automatic
Windows updates are enabled on an image builder
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Resolves an issue where streaming instances may take a long
time to stop if the storage connector mount fails
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.3.612.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service — 4.9.3429
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05-07-2019 |
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Adds support for subscribing to AppStream 2.0 usage reports. For more
information, see AppStream 2.0 Usage Reports.
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Adds support for configuring the amount of time that users can
be idle (inactive) before they are disconnected from their
streaming session. For more information, see "Create a Fleet" in
Create an AppStream 2.0 Fleet and Stack.
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Resolves an issue with using Amazon S3 buckets for home folder and
application settings persistence with an Amazon S3 virtual private
gateway
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Includes a change to block image creation when automatic
Windows updates are enabled on an image builder
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Resolves an issue with persistent storage drives (home
folders, OneDrive, and Google Drive) intermittently disappearing
from the My Files dialog box
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.3.542.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service — 4.9.3289
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04-02-2019 |
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Resolves an issue with session scripts and storage connector
mounting
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Resolves a minor issue with instance provisioning
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.3.344.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service — 4.9.3067
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03-07-2019 |
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Adds support for gestures on touch-enabled iPads, Android
tablets, and Windows devices
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Resolves an issue with switching users in an image builder
instance
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Resolves an intermittent issue with instance
reservations
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.3.344.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service — 4.9.3067
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01-22-2019 |
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Adds support for using on-instance session scripts to run your
own custom scripts when specific events occur in users'
streaming sessions
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Adds support for adding tags to the following AppStream 2.0 resource
types during resource creation: image builders, images, fleets,
and stacks
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Includes a fix removing storage connector log files from the
application settings persistence Virtual Hard Disk (VHD)
file
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Prevents image creation when the display language is changed
from English and the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)
version is earlier than 1.16.36. For more information, see
"Special Considerations for Japanese Language Settings" in Configure Default Regional Settings
for Your AppStream 2.0 Users.
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.3.344.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service — 4.9.3067
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01-08-2019 |
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12-19-2018 |
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12-17-2018 |
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The AppStream 2.0 client now supports a multiple-monitor experience
for streaming instances that use a Graphics Design instance
type
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Resolves an issue with the temporary drive being visible on
fleet instances that use a Graphics Desktop or Memory Optimized
instance type
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.2.619.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service — 4.9.2644
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12-04-2018 |
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Adds support for using a Japanese keyboard with web clients
that run on Windows
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Adds support for using the AppStream 2.0 dynamic application
framework APIs to build a dynamic app provider
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Resolves an issue with streaming the same session concurrently
on multiple tabs or browsers
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Includes a fix to make home folders, Google Drive, and
OneDrive read-only until mounting is completed
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Improves the mount time for home folders that are stored on
fleet instances connected to an Amazon S3 VPC endpoint
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.2.619.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service — 4.9.2644
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11-14-2018 |
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Adds support for launching streaming sessions using the AppStream 2.0
Windows client
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Resolves an issue with opening applications that use
environment variables for the fleet user name
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.2.619.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service — 4.9.2644
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10-30-2018 |
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Resolves an issue with mounting home folders that are larger
than 1 GB when application settings persistence is
enabled
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Resolves an issue with image creation when IPv6 is
disabled
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Session information is now provided as environment variables
within streaming instances
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.2.619.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service — 4.9.2644
|
10-24-2018 |
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Includes a fix to display more than 1,000 files in the Amazon S3
home folders directory
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.2.619.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service — 4.9.2644
|
10-01-2018 |
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Improves the performance of application settings
persistence
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Includes a fix to unhide all drives on a fleet instance,
except Drive C and Drive D, during user streaming sessions that
are launched from the instance
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Resolves an issue with accessing minimized application
subwindows from the application switcher
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.2.619.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service — 4.9.2644
|
08-29-2018 |
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Adds support for application settings persistence
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Resolves an issue with copying and pasting large amounts of
data between applications within an AppStream 2.0 streaming session
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Resolves an issue with accessing unresponsive applications
from the application switcher
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.2.619.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
-
EC2Config service — 4.9.2644
|
07-26-2018 |
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Adds support for OneDrive persistent storage
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Resolves an issue with saving Visio files to home folders and
Google Drive
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.2.619.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service — 4.9.2644
|
06-19-2018 |
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06-06-2018 |
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05-31-2018 |
|
05-21-2018 |
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Adds support for administrative controls for data
transfer
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Adds support for the Safari browser on macOS X
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.2.392.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.56
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EC2Config service — 4.9.2586
|
03-19-2018 |
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01-24-2018 |
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12-07-2017 |
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Resolves issues with using ALT key combinations
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Resolves an issue with file uploads from local computers to
streaming sessions
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Works with these software components:
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Amazon SSM Agent — 2.2.93.0
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Amazon WDDM Hook Driver — 1.0.0.21
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EC2Config service — 4.9.2218.0
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