# Document history for the Amazon Elastic VMware Service User Guide
The following table describes the documentation releases for Amazon Elastic VMware Service.
| Change | Description | Date |
| --- |--- |--- |
| [Added Amazon EVS Custom Addon depot topic](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/userguide/addon-depot.html) | Added documentation for accessing the Amazon EVS Custom Addon depot. You can use the `GetDepotUrl` API action to retrieve a depot URL and configure it as a download source in vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) to sync and install the Amazon EVS Custom Addon. | May 21, 2026 |
| [Added support for 32 hosts per EVS environment](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/userguide/evs-env-create-host.html) | Amazon EVS now supports up to 32 hosts per EVS environment. | May 18, 2026 |
| [Added support for instance type](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/userguide/versions-provided.html) | Amazon EVS now supports the i7i.metal-24xl instance type for use with EVS environments.
This bare-metal instance type is available across all VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) versions. | April 27, 2026 |
| [Added environment connector and entitlement user guides](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/userguide/evs-env-create-connector.html) | Added user guides for managing Amazon EVS environment connectors and entitlements. Connectors establish a persistent connection between Amazon EVS and a VCF appliance, enabling features such as Windows License Included. Entitlements allow you to enable or remove Windows Server license coverage for virtual machines in your Amazon EVS environment. | April 20, 2026 |
| [Updated AmazonEVSServiceRolePolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#security-iam-awsmanpol-amazonevsservicerolepolicy) | Amazon EVS has updated the managed policy `AmazonEVSServiceRolePolicy` to allow the service to retrieve vCenter credentials from AWS Secrets Manager and decrypting secrets encrypted with customer-managed KMS keys. | March 23, 2026 |
| [Release support for VCF-5.2.2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/userguide/versions-provided.html#current-vcf-versions) | Amazon EVS now supports VCF-5.2.2 allowing the ability to specify supported combinations of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and ESX software versions when setting up your EVS environments and hosts. | January 20, 2026 |
| [Amazon EVS released in multiple AWS Regions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/evs.html) | Amazon EVS was released in the US West (N. California), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Canada West (Calgary), Europe (Milan), Mexico (Central), and South America (São Paulo) Regions. | December 15, 2025 |
| [Amazon EVS released in multiple AWS Regions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/evs.html) | Amazon EVS was released in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Canada (Central) and Europe (Paris) Regions. | November 6, 2025 |
| [Amazon EVS released in Asia Pacific (Singapore) and Europe (London) Regions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/evs.html) | Amazon EVS was released in the Asia Pacific (Singapore) and Europe (London) Regions. | September 30, 2025 |
| [Amazon EVS supports HCX migration over the public internet](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/evs.html) | Amazon EVS now allows you to securely migrate and stretch your layer 2 networks from your on-premises data centers to Amazon EVS environments over the public internet. | September 18, 2025 |
| [Updated AmazonEVSServiceRolePolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#security-iam-awsmanpol-amazonevsservicerolepolicy) | Amazon EVS has updated the managed policy `AmazonEVSServiceRolePolicy` to add comprehensive resource management capabilities including EC2 instance management, EBS volume operations, and AWS Secrets Manager integration. For information, see [Amazon EVS updates to AWS managed policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#security-iam-awsmanpol-account-updates). | August 14, 2025 |
| [Updated AmazonEVSServiceRolePolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#security-iam-awsmanpol-amazonevsservicerolepolicy) | Updated the AWS managed policy AmazonEVSServiceRolePolicy. | August 4, 2025 |
| [Released the environment count per AWS account quota](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/userguide/service-quotas-evs.html) | Amazon EVS released environment count per AWS account quota.
The environment count per AWS account quota represents the maximum number of Amazon EVS environments that can be created in a given account and Region. | July 8, 2025 |
| [Amazon EVS released in the Europe (Ireland) Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/evs.html) | Amazon EVS was released in the Europe (Ireland) Region. | June 18, 2025 |
| [Released AmazonEVSServiceRolePolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#security-iam-awsmanpol-amazonevsservicerolepolicy) | The AWS managed policy AmazonEVSServiceRolePolicy was released. | June 9, 2025 |
| [Initial User Guide release](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/evs/latest/userguide) | The Amazon Elastic VMware Service User Guide was released.
The Amazon EVS User Guide describes all Amazon EVS concepts and provides instructions on using the various features with both the console and the command line interface. | June 9, 2025 |