AWS sql-server-ec2 documentation change
Summary
Updated service name references from 'SQL Server on EC2' to 'Amazon EC2 High Availability for SQL Server' throughout the document. Modified policy descriptions to align with new naming.
Security assessment
Changes are purely rebranding updates without any modifications to security permissions, vulnerability disclosures, or security controls. The policy functionality remains unchanged.
Diff
diff --git a/sql-server-ec2/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.md b/sql-server-ec2/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.md index 55da3d83c..013846b40 100644 --- a//sql-server-ec2/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.md +++ b//sql-server-ec2/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.md @@ -7 +7 @@ AWSEC2SqlHaInstancePolicyAWSEC2SqlHaServiceRolePolicyPolicy updates -# AWS managed policies for SQL Server on EC2 +# AWS managed policies for Amazon EC2 High Availability for SQL Server @@ -17 +17 @@ Additionally, AWS supports managed policies for job functions that span multiple -You can attach this managed policy to the IAM role that's attached to your Amazon EC2 Windows and SQL Server instance. The policy grants permissions to execute AWS owned Systems Manager command document **AWSEC2-DetectSqlHaState** to the instance, to retrieve the EC2 SQL Server instance metadata and decide whether it's in active or standby state. +You can attach this managed policy to the IAM role that's attached to your Amazon EC2 High Availability for SQL Server instance. The policy grants permissions to execute AWS owned Systems Manager command document **AWSEC2-DetectSqlHaState** to the instance, to retrieve the EC2 SQL HA instance metadata and decide whether it's in active or standby state. @@ -23 +23 @@ To view the permissions for this policy, see [AWSEC2SqlHaInstancePolicy](https:/ -This policy is attached to the service-linked role named **AWSServiceRoleForEC2SqlHa** to allow SQL Server on EC2 to detect whether an EC2 instance that's tagged with the EC2 SQL High Availability identifier (`SqlHaMonitored` set to `true`) is running in active or standby mode. +This policy is attached to the service-linked role named **AWSServiceRoleForEC2SqlHa** to allow Amazon EC2 High Availability for SQL Server on EC2 to detect whether an EC2 instance that's tagged with the EC2 SQL High Availability identifier (`SqlHaMonitored` set to `true`) is running in active or standby mode. @@ -33 +33 @@ Change | Description | Date -AWSEC2SqlHaInstancePolicy – New policy | Added the **AWSEC2SqlHaInstancePolicy** policy that can be attached to IAM role that's attached to the Windows and SQL Server instance to facilitate metadata collection for the purpose of keeping track of the current state of the database as it applies to active or passive mode. | November 17, 2025 +AWSEC2SqlHaInstancePolicy – New policy | Added the **AWSEC2SqlHaInstancePolicy** policy that can be attached to IAM role that's attached to the Windows and SQL HA instance to facilitate metadata collection for the purpose of keeping track of the current state of the database as it applies to active or passive mode. | November 17, 2025