AWS 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 |
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2024.10.12 |
All AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated July 10, 2024 and earlier will be made private after November 11, 2024, 10 AM Pacific. |
2024.09.11 |
All AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated June 13, 2024 and earlier will be made private after October 7, 2024, 10 AM Pacific. |
2024.08.14 |
All AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated May 15, 2024 and earlier will be made private after September 9, 2024, 10 AM Pacific. |
2024.07.10 |
All AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated April 10, 2024 and earlier will be made private after August 12, 2024, 10 AM Pacific. |
2024.06.13 |
All AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated March 13, 2024 and earlier will be made private after July 8, 2024, 10 AM Pacific. |
2024.05.15 |
All AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated February 14, 2024 and earlier will be made private after June 10, 2024, 10 AM Pacific. |
2024.04.10 |
All AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated January 16, 2024 and earlier will be made private after May 13, 2024, 10 AM Pacific. |
2024.03.13 |
All AMIs
NoteTo ensure that you always receive valid time from your configured Network Time Protocol (NTP) service, Secure Time Seeding (STS) is disabled on all AWS Windows AMIs from this version forward. Amazon Time Sync Service is the default NTP service for all AWS Windows AMIs that Amazon provides.
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated December 13, 2023 and earlier will be made private after April 8, 2024, 10 AM Pacific. |
2024.02.14 |
All AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated November 15, 2023 and earlier will be made private after March 11, 2024, 10 AM Pacific. |
2024.01.16 |
All AMIs
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2024.01.10 (Deprecated) |
NoteDue 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
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS 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 |
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2023.12.13 |
All AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated September 13, 2023 and earlier will be made private after January 8th 2024, 10 AM Pacific. |
2023.11.15 |
All AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated August 10, 2023 and earlier were made private. |
2023.10.11 |
All AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated July 12, 2023 and earlier were made private. |
2023.09.13 |
All AMIs
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 AWS Windows AMIs dated June 14, 2023 and earlier were made private. |
2023.08.10 |
All AMIs
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 AWS Windows AMIs dated May 10, 2023 and earlier were made private. |
2023.07.12 |
All AMIs
.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
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated April 12, 2023 and earlier were made private. |
2023.06.14 |
All AMIs
The AWS Tools for Windows installation package has been
deprecated, and no longer appears as an installed program in
AWS Windows AMIs provided by AWS. The AWSPowerShell Module is
now installed at
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 AWS Windows AMIs dated March 15, 2023 and earlier were made private. |
2023.05.10 |
All AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated February 15, 2023 and earlier were made private. |
2023.04.12 |
All AMIs
Windows Server 2016, 2019, and 2022
Windows Server 2012 R2
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated January 19, 2023 and earlier were made private. |
2023.03.15 | All AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated December 28, 2022 and earlier were made private. |
2023.02.15 |
All AMIs
New AWS Windows AMIs
New AWS 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 AWS Windows AMIs dated November 21, 2022 and earlier were made private. |
2023.01.19 |
All AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated October 27, 2022 and earlier were made private. |
2023.01.11 |
All AMIs
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For more information about Microsoft updates, see Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services
changes in content for 2022
Release | Changes |
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2022.12.28 |
Windows Server 2016 and 2019 AMIs
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2022.12.14 |
All AMIs
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2022.11.21 | New AWS Windows AMIs
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2022.11.17 |
All AMIs
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
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2022.10.27 |
All AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated July 13, 2022 and earlier were made private. |
2022.10.12 |
All AMIs
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2022.09.14 |
All AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated June 15, 2022 and earlier were made private. |
2022.08.10 |
All AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated May 25, 2022 and earlier were made private. |
2022.07.13 |
All AMIs
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.
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated April 13, 2022 and earlier were made private. |
2022.06.15 |
All AMIs
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.
For more information on Windows Server product lifecycles, please consult the following Microsoft documentation and AWS Microsoft FAQ:
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2022.05.25 |
All AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated February 10, 2022 and earlier were made private. |
2022.05.11 |
All AMIs
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2022.05.05 |
New AWS Windows AMIsNew AWS 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.
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2022.04.13 |
All AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS 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.
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2022.03.09 |
All AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated December 12, 2021 and earlier were made private. |
2022.02.10 |
All AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated November 16, 2021 and earlier were made private. |
2022.01.19 |
All AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated October 13, 2021 and earlier were made private. |
2022.01.12 |
All AMIs
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For more information about Microsoft updates, see Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services
changes in content for 2021
Release | Changes |
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2021.12.15 |
All AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated September 15, 2021 and earlier were made private. |
2021.11.16 |
Windows Server 2022 and EC2Launch v1V2-* AMIs
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.
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2021.11.10 |
All AMIs
New AWS Windows AMIs
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2021.10.13 |
All AMIs
Windows Server 2022 and EC2Launch v1V2_Preview AMIs
Windows Server 2012 RTM and R2 AMIs
New AWS Windows AMIs
New EC2Launch v2 AMIsThe 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_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.
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated July 14, 2021 and earlier were made private. |
2021.09.15 |
All AMIs
Windows Server 2022 and EC2Launch v1V2_Preview AMIs
Windows Server 2012 RTM and R2 AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated June 9, 2021 and earlier were made private. |
2021.09.01 |
New AWS Windows AMIs
Windows Server 2022 AMIs include EC2Launch v2 by default. For more information, see EC2Launch v2 overview. EC2Launch v1V2_Preview AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated May 12, 2021 and earlier were made private. |
2021.08.11 |
All AMIs
EC2Launch v1V2_Preview AMIs
Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated April 14, 2021 and earlier were made private. |
2021.07.14 |
All AMIs
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2021.07.07 |
All AMIsOut-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
For more information, see: Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated March 10, 2021 and earlier were made private. |
2021.06.09 |
All AMIs
Windows Server 2012RTM/2012 R2 AMIs
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2021.05.12 |
All AMIs
Windows Server 2012RTM/2012 R2 AMIs
NVIDIA GPU AMIs
Radeon GPU AMIs
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2021.04.14 |
All AMIs
EC2Launch v1V2_Preview AMIs
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2021.03.11 |
All AMIs
NoteAmazon 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
Windows Server 2012RTM/2012 R2 AMIs
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2021.02.10 |
All AMIs
Beginning in March 2021, AWS 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 AWS 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
New AWS Windows AMIs
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2021.01.13 |
All AMIs
Windows Server SAC/2019/2016 AMIs
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For more information about Microsoft updates, see Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services
changes in content for 2020
Release | Changes |
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2020.12.09 |
All AMIs
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 AMIs
EC2Launch v1V2_Preview AMIs
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2020.11.11 |
All AMIs
New AWS Windows AMIs
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2020.10.14 |
All AMIs
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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 AWS Windows AMIs
EC2Launch v1V2_Preview AMIs
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2020.9.9 |
All AMIs
Windows Server 2016/2019/1809/1903/1909/2004 AMIs
EC2Launch v1V2_Preview AMIs
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2020.8.12 |
All AMIs
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2020.7.15 |
All AMIs
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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 AWS 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/ New AWS Windows AMIs
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2020.6.10 |
All AMIs
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2020.5.27 |
New AWS Windows AMIs
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2020.5.13 |
All AMIs
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2020.4.15 |
All AMIs
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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
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2020.2.12 |
All AMIs
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
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 |
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2019.12.16 |
All AMIs
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
Previous versions of AMIs have been marked private. New AWS Windows AMIs
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2019.11.05 |
New AWS Windows AMIsNew SQL AMIs available:
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2019.10.09 |
All AMIs
New AWS Windows AMIsNew ECS-optimized AMI available:
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2019.09.12 |
New AWS Windows AMI
.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
Previous versions of AMIs have been marked private. New AWS Windows AMIsNew STIG-compliant AMIs available:
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1Includes the following updates, which are required for Microsoft Extended Security (ESU) updates.
Windows Server 2008 SP2Includes the following updates, which are required for Microsoft Extended Security (ESU) updates.
NoteNLA 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
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2019.07.19 |
New AWS Windows AMIs
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2019.07.12 |
All AMIs
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2019.06.12 |
All AMIs
New AWS Windows AMIs
Previous versions of AMIs have been marked private. |
2019.05.21 |
Windows Server, version 1903
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2019.05.15 |
All AMIs
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2019.04.26 |
All AMIs
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2019.04.21 |
All AMIs
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2019.04.10 |
All AMIs
New AWS Windows AMIs
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2019.03.13 |
All AMIs
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2019.02.13 |
All AMIs
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
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2019.01.10 |
All AMIs
All AMIs with SQL Server
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For more information about Microsoft updates, see Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services
changes in content for 2018
Release | Changes |
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2018.12.12 |
All AMIs
New AWS Windows AMIs
Updated Linux AMI
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2018.11.28 |
All AMIs
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2018.11.20 |
Windows_Server-2016-English-Deep-LearningWindows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-English-Deep-Learning
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2018.11.19 |
All AMIs
Windows Server, version 1809
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2018.10.14 |
All AMIs
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
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
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
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2018.06.22 |
Windows Server 2008 R2
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2018.06.13 |
All AMIs
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2018.05.09 |
All AMIs
Windows Server, version 1709 and Windows Server, version 1803
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2018.04.11 |
All AMIs
SQL Server 2017
SQL Server 2016 SP1
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2018.03.24 |
All AMIs
Windows Server 2016
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2018.03.16 |
AWS has removed all AWS 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
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2018.02.23 |
All AMIs
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2018.02.13 |
All AMIs
Windows Server 2016
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2018.01.12 |
All AMIs
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2018.01.05 |
All AMIs
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For more information about Microsoft updates, see Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services
changes in content for 2017
Release | Changes |
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2017.12.13 |
All AMIs
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2017.11.29 |
All AMIs
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2017.11.19 |
All AMIs
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2017.11.18 |
All AMIs
Windows Server 2016
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2017.10.13 |
All AMIs
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2017.10.04 |
Microsoft SQL ServerWindows Server 2016 with Microsoft SQL Server 2017 AMIs are now public in all regions.
Microsoft SQL Server 2017 supports the following features:
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2017.09.13 |
All AMIs
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2017.08.09 |
All AMIs
Windows Server 2012 R2
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2017.07.13 |
All AMIs
Windows Server 2016
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2017.06.14 |
All AMIs
Windows Server 2016
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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
Windows Server 2016
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2017.04.12 |
All AMIs
Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2016
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2017.03.15 |
All AMIs
Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2016
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2017.02.21 | Microsoft recently announced Amazon Web Services did not release updated Windows Server AMIs in February. |
2017.01.11 |
All AMIs
Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012
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For more information about Microsoft updates, see Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services
changes in content for 2016
Release | Changes |
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2016.12.14 |
All AMIs
Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2016New AMIs available in all regions:
Microsoft SQL ServerAll 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.
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:
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2016.11.23 |
Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012
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2016.11.09 |
All AMIs
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2016.10.18 |
All AMIs
Windows Server 2016
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2016.9.14 |
All AMIs
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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
Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 RTM, and Windows Server 2012 R2
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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
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2016.7.13 |
All AMIs
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2016.6.16 |
All AMIs
Microsoft SQL Server
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2016.5.11 |
All AMIs
Windows Server 2012 R2
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2016.4.13 |
All AMIs
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2016.3.9 |
All AMIs
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2016.2.10 |
All AMIs
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2016.1.25 |
All AMIs
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2016.1.5 |
All AMIs
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For more information about Microsoft updates, see Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services
changes in content for 2015
Release | Changes |
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2015.12.15 |
All AMIs
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2015.11.11 |
All AMIs
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2015.10.26 |
Corrected boot volume sizes of base AMIs to be 30GB instead of 35GB |
2015.10.14 |
All AMIs
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2015.9.9 |
All AMIs
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2015.8.18 |
All AMIs
Only AMIs with Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2
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2015.7.21 |
All AMIs
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2015.6.10 |
All AMIs
Only AMIs with Windows Server 2012 R2
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2015.5.13 |
All AMIs
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2015.04.15 |
All AMIs
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2015.03.11 |
All AMIs
Only AMIs with Windows Server 2012 R2
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2015.02.11 |
All AMIs
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2015.01.14 |
All AMIs
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For more information about Microsoft updates, see Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services
changes in content for 2014
Release | Changes |
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2014.12.10 |
All AMIs
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2014.11.19 |
All AMIs
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2014.10.15 |
All AMIs
Only AMIs with Windows Server 2012 R2
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2014.09.10 |
All AMIs
Only AMIs with Windows Server 2012 R2
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2014.08.13 |
All AMIs
Only AMIs with Windows Server 2012 R2
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2014.07.10 |
All AMIs
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2014.06.12 |
All AMIs
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2014.05.14 |
All AMIs
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2014.04.09 |
All AMIs
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2014.03.12 |
All AMIs
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2014.02.12 |
All AMIs
Only AMIs with Microsoft SQL Server
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