Services or capabilities described in Amazon Web Services documentation might vary by Region. To see the differences applicable to the China Regions, see Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China (PDF).

Amazon Systems Manager Change Manager is no longer open to new customers. Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal. For more information, see Amazon Systems Manager Change Manager availability change.

Create and manage maintenance windows using the console

This section describes how to create, configure, update, and delete maintenance windows using the Amazon Systems Manager console. This section also provides information about managing the targets and tasks of a maintenance window.

Before you begin

Before you create a maintenance window, you must configure access to Maintenance Windows, a tool in Amazon Systems Manager. For more information, see Setting up Maintenance Windows.