# 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: + [EC2Launch v2 version history](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2launchv2-versions.html#ec2launchv2-version-history) + [EC2Launch v1 version history](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2launch-version-details.html) + [EC2Config version history](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2config-version-details.html) + [Systems Manager SSM Agent Release Notes](https://github.com/aws/amazon-ssm-agent/blob/mainline/RELEASENOTES.md) + [Amazon ENA driver versions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/enhanced-networking-ena.html#ena-adapter-driver-versions) + [AWS NVMe driver versions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/nvme-driver-version-history.html) + [Paravirtual drivers for Windows instances](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/xen-drivers-overview.html) + [AWS Tools for PowerShell Change Log](https://github.com/aws/aws-tools-for-powershell/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) ## Monthly AMI updates for 2026 (to date) | Release | Changes | | --- | --- | | 2026.04.15 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated January 14, 2026 and earlier will be made private after May 11, 2026, 10 AM Pacific. | | 2026.03.11 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated December 10, 2025 and earlier will be made private after April 13, 2026, 10 AM Pacific. | | 2026.02.11 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated November 12, 2025 and earlier will be made private after March 9, 2026, 10 AM Pacific. | | 2026.01.14 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated October 15, 2025 and earlier will be made private after February 9, 2026, 10 AM Pacific. | ## Monthly AMI updates for 2025 For more information, see [Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2025 (KB894199)](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/description-of-software-update-services-and-windows-server-update-services-changes-in-content-for-2024-kb894199-0c540f4f-60c8-7dc2-23c9-48153749966d) on the Microsoft website. **Note** Beginning January 2026, AWS Windows AMIs will ship with version 5 of AWS PowerShell or AWS.Tools for PowerShell. This major version update includes changes that may impact existing scripts and workflows. For more information, review the following documents: [Migrating to V5](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v5/userguide/migrating-v5.html) in the *AWS.Tools for PowerShell User Guide* [AWS.Tools for PowerShell V5 release announcement](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/aws-tools-for-powershell-v5-now-generally-available/) | Release | Changes | | --- | --- | | 2025.12.10 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated September 10, 2025 and earlier will be made private after January 12, 2026, 10 AM Pacific. | | 2025.11.20 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2025.11.12 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated August 13, 2025 and earlier will be made private after December 8, 2025, 10 AM Pacific. | | 2025.10.15 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated July 9, 2025 and earlier will be made private after November 10, 2025, 10 AM Pacific. | | 2025.09.10 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated June 11, 2025 and earlier will be made private after October 13, 2025, 10 AM Pacific. | | 2025.08.13 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated May 15, 2025 and earlier will be made private after September 8, 2025, 10 AM Pacific. New Windows AMIs: [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2025.07.09 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated April 9, 2025 and earlier will be made private after August 11, 2025, 10 AM Pacific. The following image types are no longer receiving updates and the final versions will become private after September 8th, 2025. If you wish to retain access to one of these image types, you can create a copy in your account prior to this date. Windows\$1Server-2016-English-Core-SQL\$12016\$1SP3\$1Enterprise Windows\$1Server-2016-English-Core-SQL\$12016\$1SP3\$1Standard Windows\$1Server-2016-English-Core-SQL\$12016\$1SP3\$1Web Windows\$1Server-2016-English-Full-HyperV Windows\$1Server-2016-English-Tesla Windows\$1Server-2016-Japanese-Full-SQL\$12016\$1SP3\$1Enterprise Windows\$1Server-2016-Japanese-Full-SQL\$12016\$1SP3\$1Express Windows\$1Server-2016-Japanese-Full-SQL\$12016\$1SP3\$1Standard Windows\$1Server-2016-Japanese-Full-SQL\$12016\$1SP3\$1Web Windows\$1Server-2019-English-Full-HyperV | | 2025.06.11 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated March 12, 2025 and earlier will be made private after July 7, 2025, 10 AM Pacific. | | 2025.05.15 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) New Windows AMIs: `BIOS-Windows_Server-2025-English-Core-Base`. Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated Febuary 12, 2025 and earlier will be made private after June 9, 2025, 10 AM Pacific. | | 2025.04.09 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated January 15, 2025 and earlier will be made private after May 13, 2025, 10 AM Pacific. | | 2025.03.12 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated December 13, 2024 and earlier will be made private after April 8, 2025, 10 AM Pacific. Beginning March 2025, R Services and Machine Learning Services with R and Python runtimes are no longer enabled by default on SQL Server 2016, 2017, and 2019 AMIs. These features include runtimes that are not maintained through SQL server cumulative updates. You can enable these features on your instance launched from our SQL Server AMIs using the SQL installation media included at C:\$1SQLServerSetup. | | 2025.02.13 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated November 19, 2024 and earlier will be made private after March 11, 2025, 10 AM Pacific. | | 2025.01.15 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated October 9, 2024 and earlier will be made private after February 11, 2025, 10 AM Pacific. | ## Monthly AMI updates for 2024 For more information, see [Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2024](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/description-of-software-update-services-and-windows-server-update-services-changes-in-content-for-2024-d92ff664-8f4a-4224-b61f-c8a2b85d130c) on the Microsoft website. | Release | Changes | | --- | --- | | 2024.12.13 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated September 11, 2024 and earlier will be made private after January 15, 2025, 10 AM Pacific. | | 2024.11.19 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) This SSM Agent version addresses an issue where Windows Server 2025 instances may not connect to Systems Manager Sessions Manager or Fleet Manager RDP. This is a partial release. Only Windows Server 2025 AMIs are included in this release. | | 2024.11.13 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated August 14, 2024 and earlier will be made private after December 11, 2024, 10 AM Pacific. | | 2024.11.04 | Release AMIs for Windows Server 2025. Windows Server 2025 AMIs are configured with UEFI boot-mode, gp3 root volumes, and have IMDS V2 enabled by default. A BIOS configured AMI is available for use on Bare Metal platforms and Nitro instances where UEFI support is not available. [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2024.10.09 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) 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. Starting in October, default root volume sizes on some AMIs changed to provide additional free space for the configuration changes applied to the images. For all Core or Full Base Images, including EC2Launch v2 and TPM versions, the root volume size remains 30GB. For all Windows AMIs with SQL Server, the root volume size is now 75GB. For all other Windows AMI configurations, the root volume size is now 50GB. | | 2024.09.11 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) 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 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) 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 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) 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 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) 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 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) 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 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) 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 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) To 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 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) 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 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2024.01.10 (Deprecated) | *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.* [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) 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. | ## Monthly AMI updates for 2023 For more information, see [Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2023](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/894199/description-of-software-update-services-and-windows-server-update-serv-2023) on the Microsoft website. | Release | Changes | | --- | --- | | 2023.12.13 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) 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 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated August 10, 2023 and earlier were made private. | | 2023.10.11 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated July 12, 2023 and earlier were made private. | | 2023.09.13 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) 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 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) 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 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) .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 AWS Windows AMIs dated April 12, 2023 and earlier were made private. | | 2023.06.14 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) 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 `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](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/announcing-the-end-of-windows-installer-support/). 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](https://aws.amazon.com//windows/faq/#eos-microsoft-products). Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated March 15, 2023 and earlier were made private. | | 2023.05.10 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated February 15, 2023 and earlier were made private. | | 2023.04.12 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated January 19, 2023 and earlier were made private. | | 2023.03.15 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated December 28, 2022 and earlier were made private. | | 2023.02.15 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html)[\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) New AWS Windows AMIs with Microsoft SQL Server with support for [NitroTPM](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/nitrotpm.html) and [UEFI Secure Boot](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/uefi-secure-boot.html) 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 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated October 27, 2022 and earlier were made private. | | 2023.01.11 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | ## Monthly AMI updates for 2022 For more information, see [Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2022](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/894199/description-of-software-update-services-and-windows-server-update-serv-2022) on the Microsoft website. | Release | Changes | | --- | --- | | 2022.12.28 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2022.12.14 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2022.11.21 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html)Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated August 10, 2022 and earlier were made private. | | 2022.11.17 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) 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 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2022.10.27 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated July 13, 2022 and earlier were made private. | | 2022.10.12 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2022.09.14 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated June 15, 2022 and earlier were made private. | | 2022.08.10 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated May 25, 2022 and earlier were made private. | | 2022.07.13 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) 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. [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated April 13, 2022 and earlier were made private. | | 2022.06.15 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) 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. [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) For more information on Windows Server product lifecycles, please consult the following Microsoft documentation and AWS Microsoft FAQ: [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2022.05.25 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated February 10, 2022 and earlier were made private. | | 2022.05.11 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2022.05.05 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2022.04.13 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated January 21, 2022 and earlier were made private. [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2022.03.09 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated December 12, 2021 and earlier were made private. | | 2022.02.10 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated November 16, 2021 and earlier were made private. | | 2022.01.19 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated October 13, 2021 and earlier were made private. | | 2022.01.12 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | ## Monthly AMI updates for 2021 For more information, see [Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2021](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/894199/description-of-software-update-services-and-windows-server-update-serv-2021) on the Microsoft website. | Release | Changes | | --- | --- | | 2021.12.15 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated September 15, 2021 and earlier were made private. | | 2021.11.16 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) 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. [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2021.11.10 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2021.10.13 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) EC2Launch v1V2\$1Preview 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\$1Preview 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. [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated July 14, 2021 and earlier were made private. | | 2021.09.15 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated June 9, 2021 and earlier were made private. | | 2021.09.01 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Windows Server 2022 AMIs include EC2Launch v2 by default. For more information, see [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2launch-v2.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2launch-v2.html). [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated May 12, 2021 and earlier were made private. | | 2021.08.11 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated April 14, 2021 and earlier were made private. | | 2021.07.14 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 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. `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\PointAndPrint` is not defined on AWS Windows AMIs provided by AWS, which is the default state. [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of Amazon-published AWS Windows AMIs dated March 10, 2021 and earlier were made private. | | 2021.06.09 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2021.05.12 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2021.04.14 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2021.03.11 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) 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/\$1rootcas](https://www.amazontrust.com/repository/#rootcas). [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2021.02.10 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) 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: [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) 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 about the End of Support of Adobe Flash Player, see [Update on Adobe Flash Player End of Support](https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2020/09/04/update-adobe-flash-end-support/) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2021.01.13 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | ## Monthly AMI updates for 2020 For more information, see [Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2020](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4602108/software-update-services-and-windows-server-update-services-2020) on the Microsoft website. | Release | Changes | | --- | --- | | 2020.12.09 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2020.11.11 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2020.10.14 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 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, see the following Microsoft blog post: [Cumulative update 7 for SQL Server 2019 RTM](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/sqlserver/cumulative-update-7-for-sql-server-2019-rtm-removed/1629317) on the Microsoft website. [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2020.9.9 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2020.8.12 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2020.7.15 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 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/](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](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2launch-v2.html). 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\$1Preview AMIs will be updated monthly and remain available until this migration occurs. [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2020.6.10 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2020.5.27 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2020.5.13 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2020.4.15 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 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 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2020.2.12 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) **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](https://aws.amazon.com/windows/faq/#eos-microsoft-products). | | 2020.1.15 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) **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](https://aws.amazon.com/windows/faq/#eos-microsoft-products). | ## Monthly AMI updates for 2019 For more information, see [Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2019](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4538374/software-update-services-and-windows-server-update-services-2019) on the Microsoft website. | Release | Changes | | --- | --- | | 2019.12.16 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) **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](https://aws.amazon.com/windows/faq/#eos-microsoft-products). | | 2019.11.13 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of AMIs have been marked private. [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2019.11.05 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2019.10.09 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2019.09.12 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) .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 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of AMIs have been marked private. [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) 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 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2019.07.19 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2019.07.12 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2019.06.12 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Previous versions of AMIs have been marked private. | | 2019.05.21 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2019.05.15 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2019.04.26 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2019.04.21 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2019.04.10 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2019.03.13 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2019.02.13 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) SQL 2014 with Service Pack 2 and SQL 2016 with Service Pack 1 will no longer be updated after this release. | | 2019.02.09 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2019.01.10 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | ## Monthly AMI updates for 2018 For more information, see [Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2018](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4486929/software-update-services-and-windows-server-update-services-2018) on the Microsoft website. | Release | Changes | | --- | --- | | 2018.12.12 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2018.11.28 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2018.11.20 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2018.11.19 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2018.10.14 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) **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 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) **Windows Server 2016 Base Nano** Access to all public versions of Windows\$1Server-2016-English-Nano-Base will be removed in September 2018. For more information about Nano Server lifecycle, including details on launching Nano Server as a Container, see [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows-server/it-pro/windows-server-2016/get-started/nano-in-semi-annual-channel](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows-server/it-pro/windows-server-2016/get-started/nano-in-semi-annual-channel) on the Microsoft website. | | 2018.08.15 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) **Windows Server 2016 Base Nano** Access to all public versions of Windows\$1Server-2016-English-Nano-Base will be removed in September 2018. For more information about Nano Server lifecycle, including details on launching Nano Server as a Container, see [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows-server/it-pro/windows-server-2016/get-started/nano-in-semi-annual-channel](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows-server/it-pro/windows-server-2016/get-started/nano-in-semi-annual-channel) on the Microsoft website. | | 2018.07.11 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2018.06.22 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2018.06.13 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2018.05.09 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2018.04.11 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2018.03.24 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 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 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2018.02.23 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2018.02.13 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2018.01.12 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2018.01.05 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | ## Monthly AMI updates for 2017 For more information, see [Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2017](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4073007/description-of-software-update-services-and-windows-server-update-serv) on the Microsoft website. | Release | Changes | | --- | --- | | 2017.12.13 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2017.11.29 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2017.11.19 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2017.11.18 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2017.10.13 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2017.10.04 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) Microsoft SQL Server 2017 supports the following features: [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2017.09.13 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2017.08.09 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2017.07.13 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2017.06.14 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2017.05.30 | The Windows\$1Server-2008-SP2-English-32Bit-Base-2017.05.10 AMI was updated to the Windows\$1Server-2008-SP2-English-32Bit-Base-2017.05.30 AMI to resolve an issue with password generation. | | 2017.05.22 | The Windows\$1Server-2016-English-Full-Base-2017.05.10 AMI was updated to the Windows\$1Server-2016-English-Full-Base-2017.05.22 AMI after some log cleaning. | | 2017.05.10 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2017.04.12 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2017.03.15 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2017.02.21 | Microsoft recently [announced](https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2017/02/february-2017-security-update-release/) 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 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | ## Monthly AMI updates for 2016 For more information, see [Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2016](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3215781/description-of-software-update-services-and-windows-server-update-serv) on the Microsoft website. | Release | Changes | | --- | --- | | 2016.12.14 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) 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: [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2016.11.23 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2016.11.09 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2016.10.18 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2016.9.14 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 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 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 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 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2016.7.13 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2016.6.16 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2016.5.11 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2016.4.13 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2016.3.9 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2016.2.10 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2016.1.25 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2016.1.5 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | ## Monthly AMI updates for 2015 For more information, see [Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content for 2015](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3132806/description-of-software-update-services-and-windows-server-update-serv) on the Microsoft website. | Release | Changes | | --- | --- | | 2015.12.15 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2015.11.11 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2015.10.26 | Corrected boot volume sizes of base AMIs to be 30GB instead of 35GB | | 2015.10.14 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2015.9.9 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2015.8.18 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2015.7.21 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2015.6.10 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2015.5.13 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2015.04.15 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2015.03.11 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2015.02.11 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) | | 2015.01.14 | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/windows-ami-reference/ec2-windows-ami-version-history.html) |