Operating systems that are outside of the general support period of the operating system manufacturer's "end-of-support" or EOS, and do not receive security updates, have an increased security risk.
AWS offers some services to help with handling operation system end-of-support. For information about
Windows end-of-support, see
End-of-Support Migration Program for Windows Server
Note
Additional information on this topic is available by accessing AWS Artifact reports. For more information, see Downloading reports in AWS Artifact. To access AWS Artifact, you can contact your CSDM for instructions or go to Getting Started with AWS Artifact