AWS NVMe Windows driver version history - Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
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AWS NVMe Windows driver version history

The following table shows which AWS NVMe drivers run on each version of Windows Server on Amazon EC2.

Windows Server version AWS NVMe driver version
Windows Server 2025 latest version
Windows Server 2022 latest version
Windows Server 2019 latest version
Windows Server 2016 latest version
Windows Server 2012 R2 version 1.5.1 and earlier
Windows Server 2012 version 1.5.1 and earlier
Windows Server 2008 R2 version 1.3.2 and earlier
Windows Server 2008 version 1.3.2 and earlier

The following table describes the released versions of the AWS NVMe driver.

Package version Driver version Details Release date

1.6.0

 1.6.0

  • Updated the install script to use PnPUtil.

  • Updated ebsnvme-id.exe to use NVMe IOCTL.

Note

The AWSNVMe 1.6.0 installation will fail on Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2. Only AWSNVMe 1.5.1 and earlier versions are supported on Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2.

 25 October 2024

1.5.1

 1.5.0

Fixed the install script to create a folder for the ebsnvme-id tool if it is not present.

 17 November 2023

1.5.0

 1.5.0

Added support for Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) persistent reservations for instances running Windows Server 2016 and later. The ebsnvme-id tool (ebsnvme-id.exe) is now installed by default.

 31 August 2023

1.4.2

 1.4.2 Fixed a bug where the AWS NVMe driver did not support instance store volumes on D3 instances. 16 March 2023

1.4.1

 1.4.1

Reports Namespace Preferred Write Granularity (NPGW) for EBS volumes that support this optional NVMe feature. For more information, see section 8.25, "Improving Performance through I/O Size and Alignment Adherence," in the NVMe Base Specification, version 1.4.

 20 May 2022

1.4.0

 1.4.0

  • Added support for IOCTLs that allow applications to interact with NVMe devices. This support allows applications to get IdentifyController, IdentifyNamespace, and NameSpace list from the NVMe device. For more information, see Protocol-specific queries in the Microsoft documentation.

  • AWSNVMe 1.4.0 installation on Windows Server 2008 R2 will fail. AWSNVMe version 1.3.2 and earlier are supported on Windows Server 2008 R2.

  • The 1.4.0 driver version and the latest ebsnvme-id tool (ebsnvme-id.exe) are combined in a single package. This combination allows you to install both driver and tool from a single package. For more details, see AWS NVMe drivers.

  • Bug fixes and reliability improvements.

 23 November 2021

1.3.2

 1.3.2 Fixed issue with modifying EBS volumes actively processing IO, which may result in data corruption. Customers who do not modify online EBS volumes (for example, resizing or changing type) are not impacted.

10 September 2019
1.3.1 1.3.1 Reliability Improvements. 21 May 2019
1.3.0 1.3.0 Device optimization improvements. 31 August 2018
1.2.0 1.2.0 Performance and reliability improvements for AWS NVMe devices on all supported instances, including bare metal instances. 13 June 2018
>1.0.0 >1.0.0 AWS NVMe driver for supported instance types running Windows Server. 12 February 2018

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To subscribe to EC2 notifications from the console

  1. Open the Amazon SNS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/sns/v3/home.

  2. In the navigation bar, change the Region to US East (N. Virginia), if necessary. You must select this Region because the SNS notifications that you are subscribing to are in this Region.

  3. In the navigation pane, choose Subscriptions.

  4. Choose Create subscription.

  5. In the Create subscription dialog box, do the following:

    1. For TopicARN, copy the following Amazon Resource Name (ARN):

      arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:801119661308:ec2-windows-drivers

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    3. For Endpoint, type an email address that you can use to receive the notifications.

    4. Choose Create subscription.

  6. You'll receive a confirmation email. Open the email and follow the directions to complete your subscription.

Whenever new EC2 Windows drivers are released, we send notifications to subscribers. If you no longer want to receive these notifications, use the following procedure to unsubscribe.

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  1. Open the Amazon SNS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/sns/v3/home.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Subscriptions.

  3. Select the checkbox for the subscription and then choose Actions, Delete subscriptions. When prompted for confirmation, choose Delete.

To subscribe to EC2 notifications using the AWS CLI

To subscribe to EC2 notifications with the AWS CLI, use the following command. 

aws sns subscribe --topic-arn arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:801119661308:ec2-windows-drivers --protocol email --notification-endpoint YourUserName@YourDomainName.ext
To subscribe to EC2 notifications using AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

To subscribe to EC2 notifications with AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell, use the following command. 

Connect-SNSNotification -TopicArn 'arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:801119661308:ec2-windows-drivers' -Protocol email -Region us-east-1 -Endpoint 'YourUserName@YourDomainName.ext'