Differences in Amazon EMR 4.x release versions

Documentation for Amazon EMR features in the Amazon EMR Management Guide specify the Amazon EMR release version that a feature became available, as well as applicable differences between Amazon EMR features dating back to 4.0.0.

Beginning with Amazon EMR release version 5.0.0, some applications got a significant version upgrade that changed installation or operational details, and others were promoted from sandbox applications to native applications. Each topic in this section provides notable application-specific differences when using Amazon EMR 4.x release versions.