AWS toolkit-for-visual-studio documentation change

Service: toolkit-for-visual-studio · 2026-05-04 · Documentation low

File: toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/tkv-ec2-ami.md

Summary

Updated image captions throughout the AMI documentation for better clarity and accuracy

Security assessment

Changes are purely descriptive updates to image captions without addressing security vulnerabilities or introducing new security features. The modifications improve documentation clarity but don't reference security issues, vulnerabilities, or new security capabilities.

Diff

diff --git a/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/tkv-ec2-ami.md b/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/tkv-ec2-ami.md
index bbc15f18c..670acc6e5 100644
--- a//toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/tkv-ec2-ami.md
+++ b//toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/tkv-ec2-ami.md
@@ -38 +38 @@ You can also choose the **Show/Hide** drop-down at the top of the view to config
-![Interface showing Amazon Images list with AMI details and column configuration options.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ami-instance-show-hide-columns.png)
+![Show/Hide drop-down menu with column selection options for AMI attributes and tag keys.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ami-instance-show-hide-columns.png)
@@ -52 +52 @@ _To add a tag_
-![Dialog box for customizing column display with tag keys and image attributes options.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ec2-add-tag.png)
+![Show/Hide Columns dialog with tag keys and image attributes checkboxes, and Add field.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ec2-add-tag.png)
@@ -81 +81 @@ _To launch a Windows Server Amazon EC2 instance_
-![Context menu for an AMI showing options including Launch Instance and Edit Permission.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/ami-launch-list.png)
+![Context menu showing Launch Instance, Edit Permission, Copy to Region, De-register AMI, and Properties options.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/ami-launch-list.png)
@@ -122 +122 @@ The instance profile is a logical container for an IAM role. When you choose an
-![Launch AMI window for Amazon EC2 instance with Windows Server 2016 and configuration options.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/ami-launch-ui-new.png)
+![Launch new Amazon EC2 Instance dialog showing AMI selection and instance configuration options.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/ami-launch-ui-new.png)
@@ -130 +130 @@ In AWS Explorer, on the **Instances** subnode of **Amazon EC2** , open the conte
-![AWS Explorer showing running EC2 instances with context menu options for management.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/ami-running-ec2-instancs.png)
+![Context menu for EC2 instance showing options such as Get Windows Passwords and Terminate.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/ami-running-ec2-instancs.png)
@@ -145 +145 @@ If you want to authenticate using the administrator password, you would choose *
-![Context menu for EC2 instance with options like Open Remote Desktop and Get System Log.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ec2-rdp-menu.png)
+![Context menu with Open Remote Desktop option highlighted.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ec2-rdp-menu.png)
@@ -153 +153 @@ If you did not store a key pair with the AWS Toolkit, specify the PEM file that
-![Remote Desktop connection dialog with EC2 keypair login option selected and highlighted.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ec2-rdp-open.png)
+![Remote Desktop connection dialog with Use EC2 keypair to log on option selected.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ec2-rdp-open.png)
@@ -165 +165 @@ If the EC2 instance has only recently started, you may not be able to connect fo
-![Error dialog indicating password generation and encryption may take over 30 minutes.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ec2-rdp-no-joy.png)
+![Error dialog stating password generation not yet available and to wait 15 minutes after launch.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ec2-rdp-no-joy.png)
@@ -171 +171 @@ The following screenshot shows a user connected as administrator through Remote
-![Remote Desktop session showing Windows interface with Command Prompt and Start menu open.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ec2-rdt-desktop.png)
+![Remote Desktop session showing Administrator Command Prompt window and Start menu opened.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ec2-rdt-desktop.png)
@@ -190 +190 @@ _To stop an Amazon EC2 instance_
-![AWS Explorer interface showing context menu options for an EC2 instance, including Stop and Reboot.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ec2-stop-menu.png)
+![Context menu for EC2 instance showing options such as Stop, Start, Reboot, and Terminate.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ec2-stop-menu.png)
@@ -194 +194 @@ _To stop an Amazon EC2 instance_
-![EC2 Instances list showing a stopped instance and an attached EBS volume with details.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ec2-stopped.png)
+![EC2 instance with stopped status and attached EBS volume shown as in-use in the Volumes list.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ec2-stopped.png)
@@ -203 +203 @@ If you terminate an instance, it will continue to appear in the **Instance** lis
-![EC2 instance list showing two instances, one running and one terminated, with volume details.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ec2-instance-terminated-linger.png)
+![EC2 console showing one running instance and one terminated instance in the instance list.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ec2-instance-terminated-linger.png)
@@ -211 +211 @@ The AWS Toolkit enables you to specify whether an Amazon EC2 instance will stop
-![Context menu showing "Change Shutdown Behavior" option highlighted among other instance actions.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ec2-change-shutdown.png)
+![Context menu with Change Shutdown Behavior option highlighted.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ec2-change-shutdown.png)
@@ -217 +217 @@ The AWS Toolkit enables you to specify whether an Amazon EC2 instance will stop
-![Dialog box for changing instance shutdown behavior with options to stop or terminate.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ec2-change-shutdown-dlg.png)
+![Change Shutdown Behavior dialog box with Shutdown Behavior dropdown showing stop and terminate options.](/images/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ec2-change-shutdown-dlg.png)