# Specialized AWS Windows AMIs
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In addition to its standard operating system version AMIs, Amazon creates the following types of specialized AWS Windows AMIs:

**SQL Server license-included AMIs**  
Launching an instance from a Windows AMI with Microsoft SQL Server enables you to run the instance as a database server. For more information, see [AWS Windows Server license-included SQL Server AMIs](ami-windows-sql.md).

**STIG Hardened AMIs**  
STIG Hardened EC2 Windows Server AMIs are pre-configured with over 160 required security settings to help ensure that the instances that you launch follow the latest guidelines for STIG compliance. For more information, see [STIG Hardened AWS Windows Server AMIs](ami-windows-stig.md).

**NitroTPM enabled AMIs**  
Amazon creates a set of AMIs that are pre-configured with NitroTPM and UEFI Secure Boot requirements. For more information, see [AWS Windows Server NitroTPM enabled AMIs](ami-windows-tpm.md).

You can also create your own customized AMI from one of the AWS Windows AMIs with EC2 Image Builder. For more information, see the [EC2 Image Builder User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/imagebuilder/latest/userguide/).

We recommend PowerShell for the command line examples in this section. To install PowerShell in your environment, see the [Installation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v4/userguide/pstools-getting-set-up.html) page in the *AWS Tools for PowerShell (version 4) User Guide*.

**Note**  
Not all AMIs are available in all Regions.

## Find an AWS Windows AMI
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Each of the specialized AMI pages linked above has its own filtered search examples, as follows:
+ [Find Windows Server AMIs with Microsoft SQL Server](ami-windows-sql.md#ami-windows-sql-find)
+ [Find a STIG Hardened AMI](ami-windows-stig.md#find-windows-stig-ami)
+ [Find Windows Server AMIs configured with NitroTPM and UEFI Secure Boot](ami-windows-tpm.md#ami-windows-tpm-find)

You can also search for the latest Windows AMIs that include the EC2Launch v2 agent, as shown in the following PowerShell example:

```
Get-SSMLatestEC2Image `
    -Path ami-windows-latest `
    -ImageName EC2LaunchV2-Windows* | `
Sort-Object Name
```

**Note**  
If this command doesn't run in your environment, you might be missing a PowerShell module. For more information about this command, see [Get-SSMLatestEC2Image Cmdlet](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v4/reference/items/Get-SSMLatestEC2Image.html).  
Alternatively, you can use the [CloudShell console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudshell/home) and run `pwsh` to bring up a PowerShell prompt that already has all of the AWS tools installed. For more information, see the [AWS CloudShell User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudshell/latest/userguide/welcome.html).

### Find an AWS Windows AMI in a specific language
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The following language-specific AWS Windows AMIs are included in the monthly release:
+ English
+ Japanese
+ Chinese
+ Korean
+ Czech
+ Dutch
+ French
+ German
+ Hungarian
+ Italian
+ Polish
+ Russian
+ Portuguese
+ Spanish
+ Swedish
+ Turkish

The following example uses PowerShell to search for the latest English language AWS Windows AMIs:

```
Get-SSMLatestEC2Image `
    -Path ami-windows-latest `
    -ImageName *Windows_Server-*English* | `
Sort-Object Name
```

**Note**  
If this command doesn't run in your environment, you might be missing a PowerShell module. For more information about this command, see [Get-SSMLatestEC2Image Cmdlet](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v4/reference/items/Get-SSMLatestEC2Image.html).  
Alternatively, you can use the [CloudShell console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudshell/home) and run `pwsh` to bring up a PowerShell prompt that already has all of the AWS tools installed. For more information, see the [AWS CloudShell User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudshell/latest/userguide/welcome.html).