The AWS SDK for .NET V3 has entered maintenance mode.

We recommend that you migrate to [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-net/v4/developer-guide/welcome.html). For additional details and information on how to migrate, please refer to our [maintenance mode announcement](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/aws-sdk-for-net-v3-maintenance-mode-announcement/).

# Working with Amazon EC2 instances
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You can use the AWS SDK for .NET to control Amazon EC2 instances with operations such as create, start, and terminate. The topics in this section provide some examples of how to do this. To read more about EC2 instances, see [Amazon EC2 instances](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/Instances.html) in the [Amazon EC2 User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/).

For information about the APIs and prerequisites, see the parent section ([Working with Amazon EC2](ec2-apis-intro.md)).

**Topics**
+ [Launching an EC2 instance](run-instance.md)
+ [Terminating an EC2 instance](terminate-instance.md)