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AWS eks documentation change

Service: eks · 2026-01-28 · Documentation low

File: eks/latest/userguide/launch-windows-workers.md

Summary

Added Windows Server 2025 support in node group creation instructions.

Security assessment

Change adds support for new OS version without security-specific context. No security features or vulnerabilities addressed.

Diff

diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/launch-windows-workers.md b/eks/latest/userguide/launch-windows-workers.md
index 670d9ec32..79a49e5c1 100644
--- a//eks/latest/userguide/launch-windows-workers.md
+++ b//eks/latest/userguide/launch-windows-workers.md
@@ -54 +54 @@ This procedure only works for clusters that were created with `eksctl`.
-Create your node group with the following command. Replace `region-code` with the AWS Region that your cluster is in. Replace `my-cluster` with your cluster name. The name can contain only alphanumeric characters (case-sensitive) and hyphens. It must start with an alphanumeric character and can’t be longer than 100 characters. The name must be unique within the AWS Region and AWS account that you’re creating the cluster in. Replace `ng-windows` with a name for your node group. The node group name can’t be longer than 63 characters. It must start with letter or digit, but can also include hyphens and underscores for the remaining characters. You can replace `2019` with `2022` to use Windows Server 2022. Replace the rest of the example values with your own values.
+Create your node group with the following command. Replace `region-code` with the AWS Region that your cluster is in. Replace `my-cluster` with your cluster name. The name can contain only alphanumeric characters (case-sensitive) and hyphens. It must start with an alphanumeric character and can’t be longer than 100 characters. The name must be unique within the AWS Region and AWS account that you’re creating the cluster in. Replace `ng-windows` with a name for your node group. The node group name can’t be longer than 63 characters. It must start with letter or digit, but can also include hyphens and underscores for the remaining characters. You can replace `2019` with `2022` to use Windows Server 2022 or `2025` to use Windows Server 2025. Replace the rest of the example values with your own values.