AWS systems-manager documentation change
Summary
Replaced instance tier details with deprecation notice: Advanced tier removal (June 2026) and upcoming pay-per-use pricing for hybrid nodes (September 2026).
Security assessment
Change concerns pricing/licensing model changes and feature deprecation timelines. No security mechanisms, vulnerabilities, or security features are mentioned or implied in the content modifications.
Diff
diff --git a/systems-manager/latest/userguide/activations.md b/systems-manager/latest/userguide/activations.md index 3fe9ac236..36db011f1 100644 --- a//systems-manager/latest/userguide/activations.md +++ b//systems-manager/latest/userguide/activations.md @@ -30,12 +30 @@ Support isn't currently provided for non-EC2 macOS machines. -###### About Systems Manager instances tiers - -AWS Systems Manager offers a standard-instances tier and an advanced-instances tier. Both support managed nodes in your [hybrid and multicloud](./operating-systems-and-machine-types.html#supported-machine-types) environment. The standard-instances tier allows you to register a maximum of 1,000 machines per AWS account per AWS Region. If you need to register more than 1,000 machines in a single account and Region, then use the advanced-instances tier. You can create as many managed nodes as you like in the advanced-instances tier. All managed nodes configured for Systems Manager are priced on a pay-per-use basis. For more information about enabling the advanced instances tier, see [Turning on the advanced-instances tier](./fleet-manager-enable-advanced-instances-tier.html). For more information about pricing, see [AWS Systems Manager Pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/pricing/). - -Note the following additional information about the standard-instances tier and advanced-instances tier: - - * Advanced instances also allow you to connect to your non-EC2 nodes in a [hybrid and multicloud](./operating-systems-and-machine-types.html#supported-machine-types) environment by using AWS Systems Manager Session Manager. Session Manager provides interactive shell access to your instances. For more information, see [AWS Systems Manager Session Manager](./session-manager.html). - - * The standard-instances quota also applies to EC2 instances that use a Systems Manager on-premises activation (which isn't a common scenario). - - * To patch applications released by Microsoft on virtual machines (VMs) on-premises instances, activate the advanced-instances tier. There is a charge to use the advanced-instances tier. There is no additional charge to patch applications released by Microsoft on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances. For more information, see [Patching applications released by Microsoft on Windows Server](./patch-manager-patching-windows-applications.html). - +###### Note @@ -42,0 +32 @@ Note the following additional information about the standard-instances tier and +**Important:** Effective June 30, 2026, the advanced-instances tier has been removed. There is no longer a 1,000-instance limit for hybrid managed nodes, and you no longer need to enable a paid tier to use Session Manager on non-EC2 machines. Instead, starting September 30, 2026, Session Manager and Run Command use pay-as-you-go pricing when used on hybrid managed nodes. @@ -43,0 +34 @@ Note the following additional information about the standard-instances tier and +For more information about pricing, see [AWS Systems Manager Pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/pricing/).