AWS Tools for PowerShell V4 has entered maintenance mode.

We recommend that you migrate to [AWS Tools for PowerShell V5](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v5/userguide/). For additional details and information on how to migrate, please refer to our [maintenance mode announcement](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/aws-tools-for-powershell-v4-maintenance-mode-announcement/).

# Amazon EC2 and Tools for Windows PowerShell
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You can perform common tasks related to Amazon EC2 using the AWS Tools for PowerShell.

The example commands shown here assume that you have set default credentials and a default region for your PowerShell session. Therefore, we don't include credentials or region when we invoke the cmdlets. For more information, see [Get started with the AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell](pstools-getting-started.md).

**Topics**
+ [Create a Key Pair](pstools-ec2-keypairs.md)
+ [Create a Security Group](pstools-ec2-sg.md)
+ [Find an AMI](pstools-ec2-get-amis.md)
+ [Launch an Instance](pstools-ec2-launch.md)