Windows AMI version history - AWS Windows AMI
Monthly AMI updates for 2024 (to date)

Windows AMI version history

The following tables summarize the changes to each release of the AWS Windows AMIs. Note that some changes apply to all AWS Windows AMIs, while others apply to only a subset of these AMIs.

For more information about components included in these AMIs, see the following:

Monthly AMI updates for 2024 (to date)

For more information about Microsoft updates, see Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2024.

Release Changes
2024.04.10
All AMIs

  • Windows Security Updates current to April 9, 2024

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 4.1.551

  • SSM Agent version 3.3.131.0

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2022: CU12

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated January 16, 2024 and earlier will be made private after May 13, 2024, 10 AM Pacific.
2024.03.13
All AMIs

  • Windows Security Updates current to March 12, 2024

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 4.1.530

  • EC2Launch v2 version 2.0.1815

  • SSM Agent version 3.2.2303.0

  • NVIDIA GRID Driver version 538.33

  • NVIDIA Tesla Driver version 474.82

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2019: CU25

Note

To ensure that you always receive valid time from your configured Network Time Protocol (NTP) service, Secure Time Seeding (STS) is disabled on all Windows AMIs from this version forward. Amazon Time Sync Service is the default NTP service for all Windows AMIs that Amazon provides.

 

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated December 13, 2023 and earlier will be made private after April 8, 2024, 10 AM Pacific.
2024.02.14
All AMIs

  • Windows Security Updates current to Febuary 13, 2024

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 4.1.512

  • cfn-init version 2.0.29

  • SSM Agent version 3.2.2222.0

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2022: CU11

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated November 15, 2023 and earlier will be made private after March 11, 2024, 10 AM Pacific.
2024.01.16
All AMIs

  • EC2Launch v2 version 2.0.1739

  • EC2Launch v1 v1 version 1.3.2004617
2024.01.10 (Deprecated)
Note

Due to functional issues with EC2Launch v1 and EC2Launch v2, this AMI version is marked as deprecated. The AMIs are still available for launch, and are described by directly referencing their AMI ID. However, they will no longer appear in search results for public AMIs. We recommend that you use the latest AMI version, dated 2024.01.16.

All AMIs

  • Windows Security Updates current to January 9, 2024

    Note: Due to a known update installation issue, we excluded the standalone Windows update KB5034439 on Windows Server 2022 Core AMIs. The update only applies to Windows installations with a separate WinRE partition. These partitions are not included with our EC2 Windows Server AMIs. For more details, see KB5034439: Windows Recovery Environment update for Azure Stack HCI, version 22H2 and Windows Server 2022: January 9, 2024 in the Microsoft documentation.

  • AWS Tools for PowerShell version 4.1.486

  • EC2Launch v1 v1 version 1.3.2004592

  • EC2Launch v2 version 2.0.1702

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2019: CU24

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated October 11, 2023 and earlier will be made private after February 12th 2024, 10 AM Pacific.

For more information about Microsoft updates, see Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2023.

Release Changes
2023.12.13
All AMIs

  • Windows Security Updates current to December 12, 2023

  • AWS Tools for PowerShell version 4.1.468

  • AMD Radeon Pro Driver version 22.10.01.12

  • NVIDIA GRID Driver version 537.70

  • NVIDIA Tesla Driver version 474.64

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2022: CU10

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated September 13, 2023 and earlier will be made private after January 8th 2024, 10 AM Pacific.
2023.11.15
All AMIs

  • Windows Security Updates current to November 14, 2023

  • AWS Tools for PowerShell version 4.1.447

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2004491

  • SSM Agent version 3.2.1705.0

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2022: CU9

    • SQL_20219: CU23

  • SQL Server GDRs installed:

    • SQL 2017: KB5029376

    • SQL 2016: KB5029186

    • SQL 2014: KB5029185

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated August 10, 2023 and earlier were made private.
2023.10.11
All AMIs

  • Windows Security Updates current to October 10, 2023

  • cfn-init version 2.0.28

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2004438

  • EC2Launch v2 version 2.0.1643

  • SSM version 3.2.1630.0

  • AWS Tools for PowerShell version 4.1.426

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2022: CU8

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated July 12, 2023 and earlier were made private.
2023.09.13
All AMIs

  • Windows Security Updates current to September 12, 2023

  • EC2Launch v2 version 2.0.1580

  • SSM version 3.2.1377.0

  • AWS Tools for PowerShell version 4.1.407

  • AWS NVMe driver version 1.5.0

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2022: CU7

    • SQL_2019: CU22

Windows Server 2012 RTM and Window Server 2012 R2 will reach End of Support (EOS) on October 10, 2023 and will no longer receive regular security updates from Microsoft. On this date, AWS will no longer publish or distribute Windows Server 2012 RTM or Windows Server 2012 R2 AMIs. Existing instances running Windows Server 2012 RTM and Windows Server 2012 R2 will not be impacted. Custom AMIs in your account will also not be impacted. You can continue to use them normally after the EOS date.

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated June 14, 2023 and earlier were made private.
2023.08.10
All AMIs

  • Windows Security Updates current to August 8, 2023

  • AWS Tools for PowerShell version 4.1.383

  • EC2Config version 4.9.5467

  • SSM version 3.1.2282.0

  • AWS ENA version 2.6.0

  • cfn-init version 2.0.26

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2022: CU6

Windows Server 2012 RTM and Window Server 2012 R2 will reach End of Support (EOS) on October 10, 2023 and will no longer receive regular security updates from Microsoft. On this date, AWS will no longer publish or distribute Windows Server 2012 RTM or Windows Server 2012 R2 AMIs. Existing instances running Windows Server 2012 RTM and Windows Server 2012 R2 will not be impacted. Custom AMIs in your account will also not be impacted. You can continue to use them normally after the EOS date.

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated May 10, 2023 and earlier were made private.
2023.07.12
All AMIs

  • Windows Security Updates current to July 11, 2023

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 4.1.366

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2004256

  • EC2Launch v2 version 2.0.1521

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2022: CU5

    • SQL_2019: CU21

.NET Framework 3.5 is now enabled in Windows Server 2012 R2 AMIs due to Microsoft security updates. If these updates are applied before .NET 3.5 is enabled, it is no longer possible to enable the feature. If you prefer to disable .NET 3.5, you can do so through Server Manager or dism commands.

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated April 12, 2023 and earlier were made private.
2023.06.14
All AMIs

  • Windows Security Updates current to June 13, 2023

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 4.1.346

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2022: CU4

The AWS Tools for Windows installation package has been deprecated, and no longer appears as an installed program in Windows AMIs provided by AWS. The AWSPowerShell Module is now installed at C:\ProgramFiles\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\AWSPowerShell. The .NET SDK remains located at C:\ProgramFiles (x86)\AWS SDK for .NET. For more information see the blog announcement.

Windows Server 2012 RTM and Windows Server 2012 R2 will reach End of Support (EOS) on October 10, 2023 and will no longer receive regular security updates from Microsoft. On this date, AWS will no longer publish or distribute Windows Server 2012 RTM or Windows Server 2012 R2 AMIs. Existing RTM/R2 instances and custom AMIs in your account will not be impacted, and you can continue to use them after the EOS date.

For more information about Microsoft End of Support on AWS, including upgrade and import options, as well as a full list of AMIs that will no longer be published or distributed on October 10, 2023, see the End of Support for Microsoft Products FAQ.

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated March 15, 2023 and earlier were made private.
2023.05.10
All AMIs

  • Windows Security Updates current to May 9, 2023

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.2072

  • EC2Launch v2 version 2.0.1303

  • cfn-init version 2.0.25

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2022: CU3

    • SQL_2019: CU20

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated February 15, 2023 and earlier were made private.
2023.04.12
All AMIs

  • Windows Security Updates current to April 11, 2023

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.2035

  • AWS NVMe driver version 1.4.2

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2022: CU 2

  • SSM version 3.1.2144.0

Windows Server 2016, 2019, and 2022

  • Intel 82599 VF driver version 2.1.249.0

Windows Server 2012 R2

  • Intel 82599 VF driver version 1.2.317.0

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated January 19, 2023 and earlier were made private.
2023.03.15
All AMIs

  • Windows Security Updates current to March 14, 2023

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1998

  • EC2Config version 4.9.5288

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2004052

  • EC2Launch v2 version 2.0.1245

  • cfn-init version 2.0.24

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2022: CU 1

    • SQL_2019: CU 19

  • SQL Server GDRs installed:

    • SQL_2017: KB5021126

    • SQL_2016: KB5021129

    • SQL_2014: KB5021045

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated December 28, 2022 and earlier were made private.
2023.02.15
All AMIs

  • Windows Security Updates current to February 14, 2023

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1958

  • AWS PV version 8.4.3

New Windows AMIs

  • TPM-Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2019_Enterprise

  • TPM-Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2019_Standard

  • TPM-Windows_Server-2022-English-Full-SQL_2022_Enterprise

  • TPM-Windows_Server-2022-English-Full-SQL_2022_Standard

New Windows AMIs with Microsoft SQL Server with support for NitroTPM and UEFI Secure Boot have been released. The images include Windows Server 2019 or Windows Server 2022 with SQL Server 2019 or SQL Server 2022. Each SQL Server version is available in Standard and Enterprise editions.

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated November 21, 2022 and earlier were made private.
2023.01.19
All AMIs

  • cfn-init version 2.0.21

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated October 27, 2022 and earlier were made private.
2023.01.11
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to January 10, 2023

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1919

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2003975

  • EC2Launch v2 version 2.0.1121

For more information about Microsoft updates, see Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2022.

Release Changes
2022.12.28
Windows Server 2016 and 2019 AMIs

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2003975
2022.12.14
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to December 13th, 2022

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1886

  • EC2Config version 4.9.5103

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2003961

  • EC2Launch v2 version 2.0.1082

  • SSM version 3.1.1856.0

  • cfn-init version 2.0.19
2022.11.21
New Windows AMIs

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2022_Enterprise

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2022_Express

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2022_Standard

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2022_Web

  • Windows_Server-2019-Japanese-Full-SQL_2022_Enterprise

  • Windows_Server-2019-Japanese-Full-SQL_2022_Standard

  • Windows_Server-2019-Japanese-Full-SQL_2022_Web

  • Windows_Server-2022-English-Full-SQL_2022_Enterprise

  • Windows_Server-2022-English-Full-SQL_2022_Express

  • Windows_Server-2022-English-Full-SQL_2022_Standard

  • Windows_Server-2022-English-Full-SQL_2022_Web

  • Windows_Server-2022-Japanese-Full-SQL_2022_Enterprise

  • Windows_Server-2022-Japanese-Full-SQL_2022_Standard

  • Windows_Server-2022-Japanese-Full-SQL_2022_Web

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated August 10, 2022 and earlier were made private.
2022.11.17
All AMIs

  • EC2Config version 4.9.5064.

This is an out of band release for images that use EC2Config as the default launch agent. This includes all Windows Server 2012 RTM and Windows Server 2012 R2 AMIs. This release updates EC2Config to the latest version to improve support for our newest EC2 instance types.
2022.11.10
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to November 8th, 2022

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1846

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2003923

  • EC2Launch v2 version 2.0.1011

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2019: CU 18

    • SQL_2017: CU 31

  • cfn-init version 2.0.18
2022.10.27
All AMIs

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated July 13, 2022 and earlier were made private.
2022.10.12
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to October 11th, 2022

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1809

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2003857

  • SSM version 3.1.1732.0

  • cfn-init version 2.0.16
2022.09.14
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to September 13th, 2022

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1772

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2003824

  • SQL Server CU installed:

    • SQL_2019: CU17

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated June 15, 2022 and earlier were made private.
2022.08.10
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to August 9th, 2022

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1737

  • cfn-init version 2.0.15

  • SSM version 3.1.1634.0 (only AMIs that include EC2Launch v1 v1 or v2)

  • SQL Server CU installed:

    • SQL_2017: CU30

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated May 25, 2022 and earlier were made private.
2022.07.13
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to July 12th, 2022

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1706

  • cfn-init version 2.0.12

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2003691

  • EC2Launch v2 version 2.0.863

  • SQL Server GDRs installed:

    • SQL_2019: KB5014353

    • SQL_2017: KB5014553

    • SQL_2016: KB5014355

    • SQL_2014: KB5014164

Windows Server version 20H2 will reach end-of-support on August 9, 2022. Existing instances and custom images owned by your account that are based on Windows Server version 20H2 will not be impacted. If you would like to retain access to Windows Server version 20H2, create a custom image in your account prior to August 9, 2022. All public versions of the following images will be made private on the end-of-support date.

  • Windows_Server-20H2-English-Core-Base

  • Windows_Server-20H2-English-Core-ContainersLatest

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated April 13, 2022 and earlier were made private.
2022.06.15
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to June 14th, 2022

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1678

  • AWS NVMe version 1.4.1

  • EC2Config version 4.9.4588

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2003639

  • SSM version 3.1.1188.0

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is reaching end-of-support on July 12th, 2022. All public versions of the following images have been made private. Existing instances and custom images owned by your account that are based on Windows Server images containing SQL Server 2012 will not be impacted.

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2012_SP4_Enterprise-*

  • Windows_Server-2012-RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2012_SP4_Enterprise-*

  • Windows_Server-2012-RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2012_SP4_Express-*

  • Windows_Server-2012-RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2012_SP4_Standard-*

  • Windows_Server-2012-RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2012_SP4_Web-*

  • Windows_Server-2012-RTM-Japanese-64Bit-SQL_2012_SP4_Express-*

  • Windows_Server-2012-RTM-Japanese-64Bit-SQL_2012_SP4_Standard-*

  • Windows_Server-2012-RTM-Japanese-64Bit-SQL_2012_SP4_Web-*

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-64Bit-SQL_2012_SP4_Enterprise-*

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2012_SP4_Standard-*

For more information on Windows Server product lifecycles, please consult the following Microsoft documentation and AWS Microsoft FAQ:
2022.05.25
All AMIs

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated February 10, 2022 and earlier were made private.
2022.05.11
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to May 10th, 2022

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1643

  • AWS PV version 8.4.2

  • AWS ENA version 2.4.0

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2019: CU 16

    • SQL_2017: CU 29
2022.05.05
New Windows AMIs

New Windows AMIs with support for NitroTPM and UEFI Secure Boot have been released. These images feature EC2Launch v2 as the default launch agent. They are available to launch on any instance type that supports NitroTPM and UEFI boot mode.

  • TPM-Windows_Server-2022-English-Core-Base-2022.05.05

  • TPM-Windows_Server-2022-English-Full-Base-2022.05.05

  • TPM-Windows_Server-2019-English-Core-Base-2022.05.05

  • TPM-Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-Base-2022.05.05

  • TPM-Windows_Server-2016-English-Core-Base-2022.05.05

  • TPM-Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-Base-2022.05.05

2022.04.13
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to April 12th, 2022

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1620

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated January 21, 2022 and earlier were made private.

After June 2022, we will no longer release updated versions of the following images that include SQL Server 2016 SP2. SQL Server SP3 AMIs are available and will continue to be updated and released monthly.

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Web

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Standard

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Express

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Enterprise

  • Windows_Server-2016-Korean-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Standard

  • Windows_Server-2016-Japanese-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Web

  • Windows_Server-2016-Japanese-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Standard

  • Windows_Server-2016-Japanese-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Express

  • Windows_Server-2016-Japanese-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Enterprise

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Web

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Standard

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Express

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Enterprise

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Core-SQL_2016_SP2_Web

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Core-SQL_2016_SP2_Standard

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Core-SQL_2016_SP2_Express

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Core-SQL_2016_SP2_Enterprise

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-Japanese-64Bit-SQL_2016_SP2_Web

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-Japanese-64Bit-SQL_2016_SP2_Standard

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-Japanese-64Bit-SQL_2016_SP2_Express

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-Japanese-64Bit-SQL_2016_SP2_Enterprise

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2016_SP2_Web

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2016_SP2_Standard

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2016_SP2_Express

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2016_SP2_Enterprise
2022.03.09
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to March 8th, 2022

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1583

  • AWS ENA version 2.2.3 (reverted due to potential performance degradation on 6th generation EC2 instances)

  • EC2Config version 4.9.4556

  • SSM version 3.1.1045.0

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2019: CU 15

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated December 12, 2021 and earlier were made private.
2022.02.10
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to February 8th, 2022

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1546

  • cfn-init version 2.0.10

  • EC2Config version 4.9.4536

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2003498

  • EC2Launch v2 version 2.0.698

  • SSM version 3.1.804.0

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2017: CU 28

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated November 16, 2021 and earlier were made private.
2022.01.19
All AMIs

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated October 13, 2021 and earlier were made private.
2022.01.12
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to January 11th, 2022

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1511

  • AWS PV version 8.4.1

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2019: CU 14

For more information about Microsoft updates, see Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2021.

Release Changes
2021.12.15
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to December 14th, 2021

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1494

  • AWS NVMe version 1.4.0

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2017: CU 27

    • SQL_2019: CU 13

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated September 15, 2021 and earlier were made private.
2021.11.16
Windows Server 2022 and EC2Launch v1V2-* AMIs

  • EC2Launch v2 version 2.0.674

Windows Server 2004 reached End-of-support on December 14, 2021. All public versions of the following images have been made private. Existing instances and custom images owned by your account that are based on Windows Server 2004 will not be impacted.

  • Windows_Server-2004-English-Core-Base

  • Windows_Server-2004-English-Core-ContainersLatest
2021.11.10
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to November 9th, 2021

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1451

  • AWS ENA version 2.2.4

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2017: CU 26

New Windows AMIs

  • Windows_Server-2022-Japanese-Full-SQL_2019_Enterprise-2021.11.10

  • Windows_Server-2022-Japanese-Full-SQL_2019_Standard-2021.11.10

  • Windows_Server-2022-Japanese-Full-SQL_2019_Web-2021.11.10

  • Windows_Server-2022-Japanese-Full-SQL_2017_Enterprise-2021.11.10

  • Windows_Server-2022-Japanese-Full-SQL_2017_Standard-2021.11.10

  • Windows_Server-2022-Japanese-Full-SQL_2017_Web-2021.11.10
2021.10.13
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to October 12, 2021

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1421

  • SSM version 3.1.338.0

Windows Server 2022 and EC2Launch v1V2_Preview AMIs

  • EC2Launch v2 version 2.0.651

Windows Server 2012 RTM and R2 AMIs

  • EC2Config version 4.9.4508

New Windows AMIs

  • Windows_Server-2022-English-Full-SQL_2019_Enterprise-2021.10.13

  • Windows_Server-2022-English-Full-SQL_2019_Standard-2021.10.13

  • Windows_Server-2022-English-Full-SQL_2019_Web-2021.10.13

  • Windows_Server-2022-English-Full-SQL_2019_Express-2021.10.13

  • Windows_Server-2022-English-Full-SQL_2017_Enterprise-2021.10.13

  • Windows_Server-2022-English-Full-SQL_2017_Standard-2021.10.13

  • Windows_Server-2022-English-Full-SQL_2017_Web-2021.10.13

  • Windows_Server-2022-English-Full-SQL_2017_Express-2021.10.13

New EC2Launch v2 AMIs

The following AMIs with EC2Launch v2 long-term support are now available. The following AMIs include EC2Launch v1 v2 as the default launch agent and will be updated with new versions each month.

  • EC2Launch v1V2-Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-Base-2021.10.13

  • EC2Launch v1V2-Windows_Server-2019-English-Core-Base-2021.10.13

  • EC2Launch v1V2-Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-ContainersLatest-2021.10.13

  • EC2Launch v1V2-Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-Base-2021.10.13

  • EC2Launch v1V2-Windows_Server-2016-English-Core-Base-2021.10.13

  • EC2Launch v1V2-Windows_Server-2012_R2_RTM-English-Full-Base-2021.10.13

  • EC2Launch v1V2-Windows_Server-2012_RTM-English-Full-Base-2021.10.13

EC2Launch v1V2_Preview AMIs are discontinued, and will not be updated with new versions. However, earlier versions will continue to be available until January 2022. Existing images and custom images based on EC2Launch v1V2_Preview AMIs will not be impacted, and you can continue to use them in your account. We recommend that you use the new EC2Launch v2 AMIs going forward to receive security and software updates.

Windows Server 2004 will reach End-of-support on December 14, 2021. All public versions of the following images will be made private on December 14, 2021. Existing instances and custom images owned by your account that are based on Windows Server 2004 will not be impacted. If you want to retain access to Windows Server 2004, create a custom image in your account prior to December 14th.

  • Windows_Server-2004-English-Core-Base

  • Windows_Server-2004-English-Core-ContainersLatest

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated July 14, 2021 and earlier were made private.
2021.09.15
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to September 14, 2021

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1398

  • SSM version 3.1.282.0

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2019: CU12

    • SQL_2017: CU 25

Windows Server 2022 and EC2Launch v1V2_Preview AMIs

  • EC2Launch v2 version 2.0.592

Windows Server 2012 RTM and R2 AMIs

  • EC2Config version 4.9.4500

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated June 9, 2021 and earlier were made private.
2021.09.01
New Windows AMIs

  • Windows_Server-2022-English-Full-Base-2021.08.25

  • Windows_Server-2022-English-Full-ContainersLatest-2021.08.25

  • Windows_Server-2022-English-Core-Base-2021.08.25

  • Windows_Server-2022-English-Core-ContainersLatest-2021.08.25

  • Windows_Server-2022-Chinese_Simplified-Full-Base-2021.08.25

  • Windows_Server-2022-Chinese_Traditional-Full-Base-2021.08.25

  • Windows_Server-2022-Czech-Full-Base-2021.08.25

  • Windows_Server-2022-Dutch-Full-Base-2021.08.25

  • Windows_Server-2022-French-Full-Base-2021.08.25

  • Windows_Server-2022-German-Full-Base-2021.08.25

  • Windows_Server-2022-Hungarian-Full-Base-2021.08.25

  • Windows_Server-2022-Italian-Full-Base-2021.08.25

  • Windows_Server-2022-Japanese-Full-Base-2021.08.25

  • Windows_Server-2022-Korean-Full-Base-2021.08.25

  • Windows_Server-2022-Polish-Full-Base-2021.08.25

  • Windows_Server-2022-Portuguese_Brazil-Full-Base-2021.08.25

  • Windows_Server-2022-Portuguese_Portugal-Full-Base-2021.08.25

  • Windows_Server-2022-Russian-Full-Base-2021.08.25

  • Windows_Server-2022-Spanish-Full-Base-2021.08.25

  • Windows_Server-2022-Swedish-Full-Base-2021.08.25

  • Windows_Server-2022-Turkish-Full-Base-2021.08.25

Windows Server 2022 AMIs include EC2Launch v2 by default. For more information, see EC2Launch v2 overview.

EC2Launch v1V2_Preview AMIs

  • EC2Launch v2 version 2.0.592

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated May 12, 2021 and earlier were made private.
2021.08.11
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to August 10th, 2021

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.13571

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2003411

  • SSM version 3.0.1181.0

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2019: CU11

EC2Launch v1V2_Preview AMIs

  • EC2Launch v2 version 2.0.548

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated April 14, 2021 and earlier were made private.
2021.07.14
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to July 13th, 2021

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1350

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2003364

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2017: CU24
2021.07.07
All AMIs

Out-of-band AMI release that applies the July out-of-band security update recently released by Microsoft as an additional mitigation to CVE-34527.

Note

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\PointAndPrint is not defined on Windows AMIs provided by AWS, which is the default state.

For more information, see:

Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated March 10, 2021 and earlier were made private.
2021.06.09
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to June 8th, 2021

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1326

  • SSM version 3.0.1124.0

Windows Server 2012RTM/2012 R2 AMIs

  • EC2Config version 4.9.4419
2021.05.12
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to May 11th, 2021

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1302

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2003312

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2019: CU10

  • Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated February 10, 2021 and earlier were made private.

Windows Server 2012RTM/2012 R2 AMIs

  • EC2Config version 4.9.4381

  • SSM version 3.0.529.0

NVIDIA GPU AMIs

  • GRID version 462.31

  • Tesla version 462.31

Radeon GPU AMIs

  • Radeon version 20.10.25.04
2021.04.14
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to April 13th, 2021

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1280

  • AWS PV version 8.4.0

  • cfn-init version 2.0.6. This package includes Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable version 14.28.29913.0 as a dependency.

  • AWS ENA version 2.2.3

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2003284

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2017: CU23

  • Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated January 13, 2021 and earlier were made private.

  • Note

    Windows Server 1909 reaches End of Support on May 11, 2021. All public versions of the following images will be made private on May 11th, 2021. Existing instances and custom images owned by your account that are based on Windows Server 1909 will not be impacted. To retain access to Windows Server 1909, create a custom image in your account prior to May 11, 2021.

    • Windows_Server-1909-English-Core-Base

    • Windows_Server-1909-English-Core-ContainersLatest

EC2Launch v1V2_Preview AMIs

  • EC2Launch v2 version 2.0.285
2021.03.11
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to March 9th, 2021

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1248

  • cfn-init version 2.0.5. This package includes Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable version 14.28.29910.0 as a dependency.

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2003236

  • SSM Agent version 3.0.529.0

  • NVIDIA GRID version 461.33

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL 2016_SP2: CU16

    • SQL 2019: CU9

  • KB4577586 update for the removal of Adobe Flash Player installed on all applicable images (Adobe Flash player is not enabled by default on all images).

Note

Amazon Root CAs have been added to the Trusted Root Certification Authorities certificate store on all AMIs. For more information, see https://www.amazontrust.com/repository/#rootcas.

Windows Server 2016 and 2019 AMIs

  • Updated from default .NET framework versions to version 4.8.

Windows Server 2012RTM/2012 R2 AMIs

  • EC2Config version 4.9.4326

  • SSM Agent version 3.0.431.0
2021.02.10
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to February 9th, 2021

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1224

  • NVIDIA GRID version 461.09

Beginning in March 2021, Windows AMIs provided by AWS include Amazon Root CAs in the certificate store to minimize potential disruption from the upcoming S3 and CloudFront certificate migration, which is scheduled for March 23rd, 2021. For more information, see the following:

Additionally, AWS will apply "update for Removal of Adobe Flash Player" (KB4577586) to all Windows AMIs in March to remove the built-in Adobe Flash player, which ended support on December 31, 2020. If your use case requires the built-in Adobe Flash player, we recommend creating a custom image based on AMIs with version 2021.02.10 or earlier. For more information on the End of Support of Adobe Flash Player, see:

EC2Launch v1V2_Preview AMIs

  • EC2Launch v2 version 2.0.207

New Windows AMIs

  • Windows_Server-2016-Japanese-Full-SQL_2019_Enterprise-2021.02.10

  • Windows_Server-2016-Japanese-Full-SQL_2019_Standard-2021.02.10

  • Windows_Server-2016-Japanese-Full-SQL_2019_Web-2021.02.10

  • Windows_Server-2019-Japanese-Full-SQL_2019_Enterprise-2021.02.10

  • Windows_Server-2019-Japanese-Full-SQL_2019_Standard-2021.02.10

  • Windows_Server-2019-Japanese-Full-SQL_2019_Web-2021.02.10

2021.01.13
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to January 12th, 2021

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1204

  • AWS ENA version 2.2.2

  • EC2Launch v1 v1 version 1.3.2003210

Windows Server SAC/2019/2016 AMIs

  • SSM Agent version 3.0.431.0

For more information about Microsoft updates, see Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2020.

Release Changes
2020.12.09
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to December 8th, 2020

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1181

  • All SQL Server Enterprise, Standard, and Web AMIs now include SQL Server installation media at C:\SQLServerSetup

  • EC2Launch v1 v1 version 1.3.2003189

  • Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated September 9, 2020 and earlier were made private.

Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 AMIs

  • EC2Config version 4.9.4279

  • SSM Agent version 2.3.871.0

EC2Launch v1V2_Preview AMIs

  • EC2Launch v2 version 2.0.160
2020.11.11
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to November 10th, 2020

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1160

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL 2016 SP2: CU15

    • SQL 2017: CU22

    • SQL 2019: CU8

  • SSM Agent version 2.3.1644.0

  • EC2Launch v2 Preview AMIs: EC2Launch v1 version 2.0.153

  • Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated August 12, 2020 and earlier were made private.

New Windows AMIs

  • Windows_Server-20H2-English-Core-Base-2020.11.11

  • Windows_Server-20H2-English-Core-ContainersLatest-2020.11.11
2020.10.14
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to October 13th, 2020

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1140

  • NVIDIA GRID version 452.39

  • EC2Launch v2 Preview AMIs: EC2Launch v1 version 2.0.146

  • AWS ENA version 2.2.1

  • cfn-init version 1.4.34

  • Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated July 15, 2020 and earlier were made private.
2020.9.25

A new version of Amazon Machine Images with SQL Server 2019 dated 2020.09.25 has been released. This release includes the same software components as the previous release dated 2020.09.09 but does not include CU7 for SQL 2019, which has recently been removed from public availability by Microsoft due to a known issue with reliability of the database snapshot feature. For more information, please see the following Microsoft blog post: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/sql-server/cumulative-update-7-for-sql-server-2019-rtm-removed/ba-p/1629317.

New Windows AMIs

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2019_Enterprise-2020.09.25

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2019_Express-2020.09.25

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2019_Standard-2020.09.25

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2019_Web-2020.09.25

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2019_Enterprise-2020.09.25

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2019_Express-2020.09.25

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2019_Standard-2020.09.25

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2019_Web-2020.09.25

EC2Launch v1V2_Preview AMIs

  • EC2Launch v1V2_Preview-Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2019_Express-2020.09.25
2020.9.9
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to September 8th, 2020

  • AWS PV drivers version 8.3.4

  • AWS ENA version 2.2.0

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1110

  • SQL Server CUs installed

    • SQL_2016_SP2: CU14

    • SQL_2019: CU7

  • Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated June 10, 2020 and earlier were made private.

Windows Server 2016/2019/1809/1903/1909/2004 AMIs

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2003155

  • SSM Agent version 2.3.1319.0

EC2Launch v1V2_Preview AMIs

  • EC2Launch v2 version 2.0.124
2020.8.12
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to August 11th, 2020

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1084

  • G3 AMIs: NVIDIA GRID version 451.48

  • EC2Launch v2 Preview AMIs: EC2Launch v1 version 2.0.104

  • SQL CUs installed

    • SQL_2019: CU6

  • Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated May 13, 2020 and earlier were made private.
2020.7.15
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to July 14th, 2020

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1064

  • ENA version 2.1.5

  • SQL Server CUs installed

    • SQL_2017: CU21

    • SQL_2019: CU5

  • Previous versions of Amazon-published Windows AMIs dated April 15, 2020 and earlier were made private.
2020.7.01

A new version of Amazon Machine Images has been released. These images include EC2Launch v2 and serve as a functional preview of the new launch agent in advance of it being included by default on all Windows AMIs currently provided by AWS later this year. Note that some SSM documents and dependent services, such as EC2 Image Builder, may require updates to support EC2 Launch v2. These updates will follow in the coming weeks. These images are not recommended for use in production environments. You can read more about EC2Launch v2 at https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/07/introducing-ec2-launch-v2-simplify-customizing-windows-instances/ and Configure a Windows instance using EC2Launch v2. All current Windows Server AMIs will continue to be provided without changes to the current launch agent, either EC2Config (Server 2012 RTM or 2012 R2) or EC2Launch v1 v1 (Server 2016 or later), for the next several months. In the near future, all Windows Server AMIs currently provided by AWS will be migrated to use EC2Launch v2 by default as part of the monthly release. EC2Launch v1V2_Preview AMIs will be updated monthly and remain available until this migration occurs.

New Windows AMIs

  • EC2Launch v1V2_Preview-Windows_Server-2004-English-Core-Base-2020.06.30

  • EC2Launch v1V2_Preview-Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-Base-2020.06.30

  • EC2Launch v1V2_Preview-Windows_Server-2019-English-Core-Base-2020.06.30

  • EC2Launch v1V2_Preview-Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-Base-2020.06.30

  • EC2Launch v1V2_Preview-Windows_Server-2016-English-Core-Base-2020.06.30

  • EC2Launch v1V2_Preview-Windows_Server-2012_R2_RTM-English-Full-Base-2020.06.30

  • EC2Launch v1V2_Preview-Windows_Server-2012_R2_RTM-English-Core-Base-2020.06.30

  • EC2Launch v1V2_Preview-Windows_Server-2012_RTM-English-Full-Base-2020.06.30

  • EC2Launch v1V2_Preview-Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2019_Express-2020.06.30

  • EC2Launch v1V2_Preview-Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2017_Express-2020.06.30
2020.6.10
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to June 9th, 2020

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1034

  • cfn-init version 1.4.33

  • SQL CU installed: SQL_2016_SP2: CU13
2020.5.27
New Windows AMIs

  • Windows_Server-2004-English-Core-Base-2020.05.27

  • Windows_Server-2004-English-Core-ContainersLatest-2020.05.27

2020.5.13
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to May 12th, 2020

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.1013

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2003150
2020.4.15
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to April 14th, 2020

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.998

  • EC2Config version 4.9.4222

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2003040

  • SSM Agent version 2.3.842.0

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2017: CU 20

    • SQL_2019: CU 4
2020.3.18

Windows Server 2019 AMIs

Resolves an intermittent issue discovered in the 2020.3.11 release in which the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) may not start within the expected time after initial OS boot, potentially resulting in timeouts, BITS errors in the event log, or failures of cmdlets involving BITS invoked quickly after the initial boot. Other Windows Server AMIs are not affected by this issue, and their latest version remains 2020.03.11.
2020.3.11
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to March 10th, 2020

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.969

  • EC2Config version 4.9.4122

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2002730

  • SSM Agent version 2.3.814.0

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2016_SP2: CU 12

    • SQL_2017: CU 19

    • SQL_2019: CU 2 not applied due to known issue with SQL Agent

  • Out of band security update (KB4551762) for server core 1909 and 1903 applied to mitigate CVE-2020-0796. Other Windows Server versions are not impacted by this issue. For details, see https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0796
2020.2.12
All AMIs

  • Windows security updates current to February 11th, 2020

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.945

  • Intel SRIOV driver updates

    • 2019/1903/1909: version 2.1.185.0

    • 2016/1809: version 2.1.186.0

    • 2012 R2: version 1.2.199.0

  • SQL Server CUs installed:

    • SQL_2019: CU 1

    • SQL_2017: CU 18

    • SQL_2016_SP2: CU 11

Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Window Server 2008 R2 reached End of Support (EOS) on 01/14/20 and will no longer receive regular security updates from Microsoft. AWS will no longer publish or distribute Windows Server 2008 SP2 or Windows Server 2008 R2 AMIs. Existing 2008 SP2/R2 instances and custom AMIs in your account are not impacted, and you can continue to use them after the EOS date.

For more information about Microsoft End of Service on AWS, including upgrade and import options, as well as a full list of AMIs that are no longer published as of 01/14/2020, see End of Support (EOS) for Microsoft Products.
2020.1.15
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to January 14, 2020

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.925

  • ENA version 2.1.4

Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Window Server 2008 R2 reached End of Support (EOS) on 01/14/20 and will no longer receive regular security updates from Microsoft. AWS will no longer publish or distribute Windows Server 2008 SP2 or Windows Server 2008 R2 AMIs. Existing 2008 SP2/R2 instances and custom AMIs in your account are not impacted, and you can continue to use them after the EOS date.

For more information about Microsoft End of Service on AWS, including upgrade and import options, as well as a full list of AMIs that are no longer published as of 01/14/2020, see End of Support (EOS) for Microsoft Products.

For more information about Microsoft updates, see Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2019.

Release Changes
2019.12.16
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to December 10, 2019

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.903

Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Microsoft will end mainstream support for Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 R2 on January 14, 2020. On this date, AWS will no longer publish or distribute Windows Server 2008 SP2 or Windows Server 2008 R2 AMIs. Existing 2008 SP2/R2 instances and custom AMIs in your account will not be impacted and you can continue to use them after the end-of-service (EOS) date.

For more information about Microsoft EOS on AWS, including upgrade and import options, along with a full list of AMIS that will no longer be published or distributed on January 14, 2020, see End of Support (EOS) for Microsoft Products.
2019.11.13
All AMIs

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.876

  • Windows security updates current to November 12th, 2019

  • EC2 Config version 4.9.3865

  • EC2 Launch version 1.3.2002240

  • SSM Agent v2.3.722.0

Previous versions of AMIs have been marked private.

New Windows AMIs

  • Windows_Server-1909-English-Core-Base-2019.11.13

  • Windows_Server-1909-English-Core-ContainersLatest-2019.11.13

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2019_Enterprise-2019.11.13

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2019_Express-2019.11.13

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2019_Standard-2019.11.13

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2019_Web-2019.11.13

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2019_Enterprise-2019.11.13

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2019_Express-2019.11.13

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2019_Standard-2019.11.13

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2019_Web-2019.11.13

2019.11.05
New Windows AMIs

New SQL AMIs available:

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2019_Enterprise-2019.11.05

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2019_Express-2019.11.05

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2019_Standard-2019.11.05

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2019_Web-2019.11.05

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2019_Enterprise-2019.11.05

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2019_Express-2019.11.05

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2019_Standard-2019.11.05

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2019_Web-2019.11.05

2019.10.09
All AMIs
New Windows AMIs

New ECS-optimized AMI available:

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Core-ECS_Optimized-2019.10.09
2019.09.12
New Windows AMI

  • amzn2-ami-hvm-2.0.20190618-x86_64-gp2-mono

.NET Core 2.2, Mono 5.18, and PowerShell 6.2 pre-installed to run your .NET applications on Amazon Linux 2 with Long Term Support (LTS)
2019.09.11
All AMIs

  • AWS PV driver version 8.3.2

  • AWS NVMe driver version 1.3.2

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.826

  • NLA enabled on all OS 2012 RTM to 2019 AMIs

  • Intel 82599 VF driver reverted to version 2.0.210.0 (Server 2016) or version 2.1.138.0 (Server 2019) due to customer reported issues. Engagement with Intel concerning these issues ongoing.

  • Windows security updates current to September 10, 2019

  • Windows Defender platform update blocked via registry due to SFC failures introduced by latest client. Will be reenabled when patch available. See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4513240/sfc-incorrectly-flags-windows-defender-ps-files-as-corrupted. Platform update block: HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Miscellaneous Configuration\PreventPlatformUpdate type=DWORD, value=1

Previous versions of AMIs have been marked private.

New Windows AMIs

New STIG-compliant AMIs available:

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2-English-STIG-Full

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2-English-STIG-Core

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-STIG-Full

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-STIG-Core

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-STIG-Full

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-STIG-Core

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

Includes the following updates, which are required for Microsoft Extended Security (ESU) updates.

  • KB4490628

  • KB4474419

  • KB4516655

Windows Server 2008 SP2

Includes the following updates, which are required for Microsoft Extended Security (ESU) updates.

  • KB4493730

  • KB4474419

  • KB4517134

Note

NLA is now enabled on all 2012 RTM, 2012 R2, and 2016 AMIs to increase default RDP security posture. NLA remains enabled on 2019 AMIs.
2019.08.16
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to August 13th, 2019. Includes KBs addressing CVE-2019-1181, CVE-2019-1182, CVE-2019-1222, and CVE-2019-1226.

  • EC2Config version 4.9.3519

  • SSM Agent version 2.3.634.0

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.15.802

  • Windows Defender platform update blocked via registry due to SFC failures introduced by update. Update will be re-enabled when new patch is available.

    Note

    Starting in September, NLA will be enabled on all 2012 RTM, 2012 R2, and 2016 AMIs to increase default RDP security posture.
2019.07.19
New Windows AMIs

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-ECS_Optimized-2019.07.19

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-ECS_Optimized-2019.07.19
2019.07.12
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to July 9th, 2019
2019.06.12
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to June 11th, 2019

  • AWS SDK version 3.15.756

  • AWS PV driver version 8.2.7

  • AWS NVMe driver version 1.3.1

  • The following "P3" AMIs will be renamed as "Tesla" AMIs. These AMIs will support all GPU-backed AWS instances using the Tesla driver. P3 AMIs will no longer be updated after this release and will be removed as part of our regular cycle.

    • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-English-P3-2019.06.12 replaced with Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-English-Tesla-2019.06.12

    • Windows_Server-2016-English-P3-2016.06.12 replaced with Windows_Server-2016-English-Tesla-2019.06.12

New Windows AMIs

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Tesla-2019.06.12

Previous versions of AMIs have been marked private.
2019.05.21
Windows Server, version 1903

  • AMIs are now available
2019.05.15
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to May 14th, 2019

  • EC2Config version 4.9.3429

  • SSM Agent version 2.3.542.0

  • AWS SDK version 3.15.735
2019.04.26
All AMIs

  • Fixed AMIs for Windows Server 2019 with SQL to address edge cases where the first launch of an instance may result in Instance Impairment and Windows displays the message "Please wait for the User Profile Service".
2019.04.21
All AMIs

  • AWS PV Driver rollback to version 8.2.6 from version 8.3.0
2019.04.10
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to April 9, 2019

  • AWS SDK version 3.15.715

  • AWS PV Driver version 8.3.0

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2001360

New Windows AMIs

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2012_SP4_Standard-2019.04.10

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2014_SP3_Standard-2019.04.10

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2014_SP3_Enterprise-2019.04.10
2019.03.13
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to March 12, 2019

  • AWS SDK version 3.15.693

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2001220

  • NVIDIA Tesla driver version 412.29 for Deep Learning and P3 AMIs (https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4772)

    Previous versions of AMIs have been marked private
2019.02.13
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to February 12, 2019

  • SSM Agent version 2.3.444.0

  • AWS SDK version 3.15.666

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2001040

  • EC2Config version 4.9.3289

  • AWS PV driver 8.2.6

  • EBS NVMe tool

SQL 2014 with Service Pack 2 and SQL 2016 with Service Pack 1 will no longer be updated after this release.

2019.02.09
All AMIs

  • Windows AMIs have been updated. New AMIs can be found with the following date versions:

    November "2018.11.29"

    December "2018.12.13"

    January "2019.02.09"

    Previous versions of AMIs have been marked private
2019.01.10
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to January 10, 2019

  • SSM Agent version 2.3.344.0

  • AWS SDK version 3.15.647

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2000930

  • EC2Config version 4.9.3160

All AMIs with SQL Server

  • Latest cumulative updates

For more information about Microsoft updates, see Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2018.

Release Changes
2018.12.12
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to December 12, 2018

  • SSM Agent version 2.3.274.0

  • AWS SDK version 3.15.629

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2000760

New Windows AMIs

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-Japanese-64Bit-SQL_2014_SP3_Standard-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-Japanese-64Bit-SQL_2014_SP3_Express-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2014_SP3_Enterprise-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2014_SP3_Standard-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2014_SP3_Express-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2014_SP3_Web-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2012-RTM-Japanese-64Bit-SQL_2014_SP3_Express-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2012-RTM-Japanese-64Bit-SQL_2014_SP3_Standard-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2012-RTM-Japanese-64Bit-SQL_2014_SP3_Web-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2012-RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2014_SP3_Standard-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2012-RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2014_SP3_Express-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2012-RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2014_SP3_Web-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-Japanese-64Bit-SQL_2016_SP2_Web-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-Japanese-64Bit-SQL_2016_SP2_Express-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2016_SP2_Enterprise-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2016_SP2_Standard-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2016_SP2_Express-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2016_SP2_Web-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-Japanese-64Bit-SQL_2016_SP2_Standard-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2016-Korean-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Standard-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2016-Japanese-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Enterprise-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2016-Japanese-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Web-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Web-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2016-Japanese-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Standard-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Express-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Standard-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Core-SQL_2016_SP2_Enterprise-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Core-SQL_2016_SP2_Web-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Core-SQL_2016_SP2_Express-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Core-SQL_2016_SP2_Standard-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2016-Japanese-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Standard-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2016-Korean-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Standard-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-Spanish-Full-Base-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-Japanese-Full-Base-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-Portuguese_Portugal-Full-Base-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-Chinese_Traditional-Full-Base-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-Italian-Full-Base-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-Swedish-Full-Base-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Core-Base-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-Hungarian-Full-Base-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-Polish-Full-Base-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-Turkish-Full-Base-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-Korean-Full-Base-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-Dutch-Full-Base-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-German-Full-Base-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-Russian-Full-Base-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-Czech-Full-Base-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-Base-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-French-Full-Base-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-Portuguese_Brazil-Full-Base-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-Chinese_Simplified-Full-Base-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-HyperV-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-ContainersLatest-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Core-ContainersLatest-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2017_Enterprise-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2017_Standard-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2017_Web-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2017_Express-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Enterprise-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Standard-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Web-2018.12.12

  • Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-SQL_2016_SP2_Express-2018.12.12

Updated Linux AMI

  • amzn2-ami-hvm-2.0.20180622.1-x86_64-gp2-dotnetcore-2018.12.12
2018.11.28
All AMIs

  • SSM Agent version 2.3.235.0

  • Changes in all power schemes to set the display to never turn off
2018.11.20
Windows_Server-2016-English-Deep-Learning
Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-English-Deep-Learning

  • TensorFlow version 1.12

  • MXNet version 1.3

  • NVIDIA version 392.05
2018.11.19
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to November 19, 2018

  • AWS SDK version 3.15.602.0

  • SSM Agent version 2.3.193.0

  • EC2Config version 4.9.3067

  • Intel Chipset INF configurations to support new instance types

Windows Server, version 1809

  • AMIs are now available.
2018.10.14
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to October 9, 2018

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.3.365.0

  • CloudFormation version 1.4.31

  • AWS PV Driver version 8.2.4

  • AWS PCI Serial Driver version 1.0.0.0 (support for Windows 2008R2 and 2012 on Bare Metal instances

  • ENA Driver version 1.5.0

Windows Server 2016 Datacenter and Standard Editions for Nano Server

Microsoft ended mainstream support for Windows Server 2016 Datacenter and Standard Editions for Nano Server installation options as of April 10, 2018.
2018.09.15
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to September 12, 2018

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.3.343

  • EC2Launch v1 version 1.3.2000430

  • AWS NVMe Driver version 1.3 0

  • EC2 WinUtil Driver version 2.0.0

Windows Server 2016 Base Nano

Access to all public versions of Windows_Server-2016-English-Nano-Base will be removed in September 2018. Additional information about Nano Server lifecycle, including details on launching Nano Server as a Container, can be found here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/nano-in-semi-annual-channel.
2018.08.15
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to August 14, 2018

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version 3.3.335

  • AMIs now default to use Amazon's NTP service at IP 169.254.169.123 for time synchronization. For more information, see Set the time for your Windows instance.

Windows Server 2016 Base Nano

Access to all public versions of Windows_Server-2016-English-Nano-Base will be removed in September 2018. Additional information about Nano Server lifecycle, including details on launching Nano Server as a Container, can be found here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/nano-in-semi-annual-channel.
2018.07.11
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to July 10, 2018

  • EC2Config version 4.9.2756

  • SSM Agent 2.2.800.0
2018.06.22
Windows Server 2008 R2

  • Resolves an issue with the 2018.06.13 AMIs when changing an instance from a previous generation to a current generation (for example, M4 to M5).
2018.06.13
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to June 12, 2018

  • EC2Config version 4.9.2688

  • SSM Agent 2.2.619.0

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell 3.3.283.0

  • AWS NVMe driver 1.2.0

  • AWS PV driver 8.2.3
2018.05.09
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to May 9, 2018

  • EC2Config version 4.9.2644

  • SSM Agent 2.2.493.0

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell 3.3.270.0

Windows Server, version 1709 and Windows Server, version 1803
2018.04.11
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to April 10, 2018

  • EC2Config version 4.9.2586

  • SSM Agent 2.2.392.0

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell 3.3.256.0

  • AWS CloudFormation templates 1.4.30

  • Serial INF and Intel Chipset INF configurations to support new instance types

SQL Server 2017

  • Cumulative update 5 (CU5)

SQL Server 2016 SP1

  • Cumulative update 8 (CU8)
2018.03.24
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to March 13, 2018

  • EC2Config version 4.9.2565

  • SSM Agent 2.2.355.0

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell 3.3.245.0

  • AWS PV driver 8.2

  • AWS ENA driver 1.2.3.0

  • Amazon EC2 Hibernate Agent 1.0 (rollback from 2.1.0 in the 2018.03.16 AMI release)

  • AWS EC2WinUtilDriver 1.0.1 (for troubleshooting)

Windows Server 2016

  • EC2Launch v1 1.3.2000080
2018.03.16

AWS has removed all Windows AMIs dated 2018.03.16 due to an issue with an unquoted path in the configuration for the Amazon EC2 Hibernate Agent.
2018.03.06
All AMIs

  • AWS PV driver 8.2.1
2018.02.23
All AMIs

  • AWS PV driver 7.4.6 (rollback from 8.2 in the 2018.02.13 AMI release)
2018.02.13
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to February 13, 2018

  • EC2Config version 4.9.2400

  • SSM Agent 2.2.160.0

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell 3.3.225.1

  • AWS PV driver 8.2

  • AWS ENA driver 1.2.3.0

  • AWS NVMe driver 1.0.0.146

  • Amazon EC2 HibernateAgent 1.0.0

Windows Server 2016

  • EC2Launch v1 1.3.740
2018.01.12
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to January 9, 2018
2018.01.05
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to January 2018

  • Registry settings to enable mitigations for the Spectre and Meltdown exploits

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell 3.3.215

  • EC2Config version 4.9.2262

For more information about Microsoft updates, see Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2017.

Release Changes
2017.12.13
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to December 12, 2017

  • EC2Config version 4.9.2218

  • AWS CloudFormation templates 1.4.27

  • AWS NVMe driver 1.02

  • SSM Agent 2.2.93.0

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell 3.3.201
2017.11.29
All AMIs

  • Removed components for Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) included in 2017.11.18 and 2017.11.19 due to a compatibility issue with Windows Backup.
2017.11.19
All AMIs

  • EC2 Hibernate Agent 1.0 (supports hibernation for Spot Instances)
2017.11.18
All AMIs
Windows Server 2016

  • EC2Launch v1 1.3.640
2017.10.13
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to October 11, 2017

  • EC2Config version 4.9.2188

  • SSM Agent 2.2.30.0

  • AWS CloudFormation templates 1.4.24

  • Elastic Network Adapter (ENA) driver 1.2.2. (Windows Server 2008 R2 through Windows Server 2016)
2017.10.04
Microsoft SQL Server

Windows Server 2016 with Microsoft SQL Server 2017 AMIs are now public in all regions.

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2017_Enterprise-2017.10.04

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2017_Standard-2017.10.04

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2017_Web-2017.10.04

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2017_Express-2017.10.04

Microsoft SQL Server 2017 supports the following features:

  • Machine Learning Services with Python (ML and AI) and R language support

  • Automatic database tuning

  • Clusterless Availability Groups

  • Runs on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), and Ubuntu. For more information, see the following Microsoft article: Installation guidance for SQL Server on Linux. Not supported on Amazon Linux.

  • Windows-Linux cross-OS migrations

  • Resumable online index rebuild

  • Improved adaptive query processing

  • Graph data support
2017.09.13
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to September 13, 2017

  • EC2Config version 4.9.2106

  • SSM Agent 2.0.952.0

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell 3.3.143

  • AWS CloudFormation templates 1.4.21
2017.08.09
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to August 9, 2017

  • EC2Config version 4.9.2016

  • SSM Agent 2.0.879.0

Windows Server 2012 R2

  • Due to an internal error, these AMIs were released with an older version of AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell, 3.3.58.0.
2017.07.13
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to July 13, 2017

  • EC2Config version 4.9.1981

  • SSM Agent 2.0.847.0

Windows Server 2016

  • Intel SRIOV Driver 2.0.210.0
2017.06.14
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to June 14, 2017

  • Updates for .NET Framework 4.7 installed from Windows Update

  • Microsoft updates to address the "privilege not held" error using the PowerShell Stop-Computer cmdlet. For more information, see Privilege not held error on the Microsoft site.

  • EC2Config version 4.9.1900

  • SSM Agent 2.0.805.0

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell 3.3.99.0

  • Internet Explorer 11 for the desktop is the default, instead of the immersive Internet Explorer

Windows Server 2016

  • EC2Launch v1 1.3.610
2017.05.30

The Windows_Server-2008-SP2-English-32Bit-Base-2017.05.10 AMI was updated to the Windows_Server-2008-SP2-English-32Bit-Base-2017.05.30 AMI to resolve an issue with password generation.
2017.05.22

The Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-Base-2017.05.10 AMI was updated to the Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-Base-2017.05.22 AMI after some log cleaning.
2017.05.10
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to May 9, 2017

  • AWS PV Driver v7.4.6

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell 3.3.83.0

Windows Server 2016

  • SSM Agent 2.0.767
2017.04.12
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to April 11, 2017

  • AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell 3.3.71.0

  • AWS CloudFormation templates 1.4.18

Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012

  • EC2Config version 4.9.1775

  • SSM Agent 2.0.761.0

Windows Server 2016

  • SSM Agent 2.0.730.0
2017.03.15
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to March 14, 2017

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

  • Current AWS CloudFormation templates

Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012

  • EC2Config version 4.7.1631

  • SSM Agent 2.0.682.0

Windows Server 2016

  • SSM Agent 2.0.706.0

  • EC2Launch v1 v1.3.540
2017.02.21

Microsoft recently announced that they will not release monthly patches or security updates for the month of February. All February patches and security updates will be included in the March update.

Amazon Web Services did not release updated Windows Server AMIs in February.

2017.01.11
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to January 10, 2017

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

  • Current AWS CloudFormation templates

Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012

  • EC2Config version 4.2.1442

  • SSM Agent 2.0.599.0

For more information about Microsoft updates, see Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2016.

Release Changes
2016.12.14
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to December 13, 2016

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012

  • Released EC2Config version 4.1.1396

  • Elastic Network Adapter (ENA) driver 1.0.9.0 (Windows Server 2008 R2 only)

Windows Server 2016

New AMIs available in all regions:

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Core-Base

Microsoft SQL Server

All Microsoft SQL Server AMIs with the latest service pack are now public in all regions. These new AMIs replace old SQL Service Pack AMIs going forward.

  • Windows_Server-2008-R2_SP1-English-64Bit-SQL_2012_SP3_edition-2016.12.14

  • Windows_Server-2012-RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2012_SP3_edition-2016.12.14

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2014_SP2_edition-2016.12.14

  • Windows_Server-2012-RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2014_SP2_edition-2016.12.14

  • Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2016_SP1_edition-2016.12.14

  • Windows_Server-2016-English-Full-SQL_2016_SP1_edition-2016.12.14

SQL Server 2016 SP1 is a major release. The following features, which were previously available in Enterprise edition only, are now enabled in Standard, Web, and Express editions with SQL Server 2016 SP1:

  • Row-level security

  • Dynamic Data Masking

  • Change Data Capture

  • Database snapshot

  • Column store

  • Partitioning

  • Compression

  • In Memory OLTP

  • Always Encrypted
2016.11.23
Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012

  • Released EC2Config version 4.1.1378

  • The AMIs released this month, and going forward, use the EC2Config service to process boot-time configurations and SSM Agent to process AWS Systems Manager Run Command and Config requests. EC2Config no longer processes requests for Systems Manager Run Command and State Manager. The latest EC2Config installer installs SSM Agent side-by-side with the EC2Config service. For more information, see Configure a Windows instance using the EC2Config service (legacy).
2016.11.09
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to November 8 2016

  • Released AWS PV driver, version 7.4.3.0 for Windows 2008 R2 and later

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell
2016.10.18
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to October 12, 2016

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

Windows Server 2016

  • Released AMIs for Windows Server 2016. These AMIs include significant changes. For example, they don't include the EC2Config service.
2016.9.14
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to September 13, 2016

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

  • Renamed AMI Windows_Server-2012-RTM-Japanese-64Bit-SQL_2008_R3_SP2_Standard to Windows_Server-2012-RTM-Japanese-64Bit-SQL_2008_R2_SP3_Standard
2016.8.26 All Windows Server 2008 R2 AMIs dated 2016.08.11 were updated to fix a known issue. New AMIs are dated 2016.08.25.
2016.8.11
All AMIs

  • EC2Config v3.19.1153

  • Microsoft security updates current to August 10, 2016

  • Enabled the registry key User32 exception handler hardening feature in Internet Explorer for MS15-124

Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 RTM, and Windows Server 2012 R2

  • Elastic Network Adapter (ENA) Driver 1.0.8.0

  • ENA AMI property set to enabled

  • AWS PV Driver for Windows Server 2008 R2 was re-released this month because of a known issue. Windows Server 2008 R2 AMI's were removed in July because of this issue.
2016.8.2

All Windows Server 2008 R2 AMIs for July were removed and rolled back to AMIs dated 2016.06.15, because of an issue discovered in the AWS PV driver. The AWS PV driver issue has been fixed. The August AMI release will include Windows Server 2008 R2 AMIs with the fixed AWS PV driver and July/August Windows updates.
2016.7.26
All AMIs

  • EC2Config v3.18.1118

  • 2016.07.13 AMIs were missing security patches. AMIs were re-patched. Additional processes were put in place to verify successful patch installations going forward.

2016.7.13
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to July 2016

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

  • Updated AWS PV Driver 7.4.2.0

  • AWS PV Driver for Windows Server 2008 R2
2016.6.16
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to June 2016

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

  • EC2Config service version 3.17.1032

Microsoft SQL Server

  • Released 10 AMIs that include 64-bit versions of Microsoft SQL Server 2016. If using the Amazon EC2 console, navigate to Images, AMIs, Public Images, and type Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2016_Standard in the search bar. For more information, see What's New in SQL Server 2016 on MSDN.

2016.5.11
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to May 2016

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

  • EC2Config service version 3.16.930

  • MS15-011 Active Directory patch installed

Windows Server 2012 R2

  • Intel SRIOV Driver 1.0.16.1
2016.4.13
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to April 2016

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

  • EC2Config service version 3.15.880
2016.3.9
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to March 2016

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

  • EC2Config service version 3.14.786
2016.2.10
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to February 2016

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

  • EC2Config service version 3.13.727
2016.1.25
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to January 2016

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

  • EC2Config service version 3.12.649
2016.1.5
All AMIs

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

For more information about Microsoft updates, see Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2015.

Release Changes
2015.12.15
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to December 2015

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell
2015.11.11
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to November 2015

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

  • EC2Config service version 3.11.521

  • CFN Agent updated to latest version
2015.10.26

Corrected boot volume sizes of base AMIs to be 30GB instead of 35GB
2015.10.14
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to October 2015

  • EC2Config service version 3.10.442

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

  • Updated SQL Service Packs to latest versions for all SQL variants

  • Removed old entries in Event Logs

  • AMI Names have been changed to reflect the latest service pack. For example, the latest AMI with Server 2012 and SQL 2014 Standard is named “Windows_Server-2012-RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2014_SP1_Standard-2015.10.26“, not “Windows_Server-2012-RTM-English-64Bit-SQL_2014_RTM_Standard-2015.10.26“.
2015.9.9
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to September 2015

  • EC2Config service version 3.9.359

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

  • Current AWS CloudFormation helper scripts
2015.8.18
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to August 2015

  • EC2Config service version 3.8.294

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

Only AMIs with Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2

  • AWS PV Driver 7.3.2
2015.7.21
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to July 2015

  • EC2Config service version 3.7.308

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

  • Modified AMI descriptions of SQL images for consistency
2015.6.10
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to June 2015

  • EC2Config service version 3.6.269

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

  • Current AWS CloudFormation helper scripts

Only AMIs with Windows Server 2012 R2

  • AWS PV Driver 7.3.1
2015.5.13
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to May 2015

  • EC2Config service version 3.5.228

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell
2015.04.15
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to April 2015

  • EC2Config service version 3.3.174

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell
2015.03.11
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to March 2015

  • EC2Config service version 3.2.97

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

Only AMIs with Windows Server 2012 R2

  • AWS PV Driver 7.3.0
2015.02.11
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to February 2015

  • EC2Config service version 3.0.54

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

  • Current AWS CloudFormation helper scripts
2015.01.14
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to January 2015

  • EC2Config service version 2.3.313

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

  • Current AWS CloudFormation helper scripts

For more information about Microsoft updates, see Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2014.

Release Changes
2014.12.10
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to December 2014

  • EC2Config service version 2.2.12

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell
2014.11.19
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to November 2014

  • EC2Config service version 2.2.11

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell
2014.10.15
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to October 2014

  • EC2Config service version 2.2.10

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

Only AMIs with Windows Server 2012 R2

  • AWS PV Driver 7.2.4.1 (resolves the issues with Plug and Play Cleanup, which is now enabled by default)
2014.09.10
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to September 2014

  • EC2Config service version 2.2.8

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

Only AMIs with Windows Server 2012 R2

  • Disable Plug and Play Cleanup (see Important information)

  • AWS PV Driver 7.2.2.1 (resolves issues with the uninstaller)
2014.08.13
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to August 2014

  • EC2Config service version 2.2.7

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

Only AMIs with Windows Server 2012 R2

  • AWS PV Driver 7.2.2.1 (improves disk performance, resolves issues with reconnecting multiple network interfaces and lost network settings)
2014.07.10
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to July 2014

  • EC2Config service version 2.2.5

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell
2014.06.12
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to June 2014

  • EC2Config service version 2.2.4

  • Removed NVIDIA drivers (except for Windows Server 2012 R2 AMIs)

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell
2014.05.14
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to May 2014

  • EC2Config service version 2.2.2

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

  • AWS CloudFormation helper scripts version 1.4.0
2014.04.09
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to April 2014

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

  • Current AWS CloudFormation helper scripts
2014.03.12
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to March 2014
2014.02.12
All AMIs

  • Microsoft security updates current to February 2014

  • EC2Config service version 2.2.1

  • Current AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

  • KB2634328

  • Remove the BCDEdit useplatformclock value

Only AMIs with Microsoft SQL Server

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP1 cumulative update package 8

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 cumulative update package 10