Amazon SSM Agent Amazon Web Services

AWS Systems Manager Agent (SSM Agent) is a software tool designed to enable efficient management, configuration, and updates of resources across Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances, edge devices, on-premises servers, and virtual machines.

Key Features:

• Facilitates communication between managed nodes and the AWS Cloud using ssmmessages.* endpoints.
• Preinstalled on AWS-provided Windows Server AMIs since November 2016.
• Supports updates to ensure compatibility with new Systems Manager tools.

Audience & Benefit: Ideal for AWS users managing cloud or hybrid environments, including DevOps engineers and system administrators. It streamlines resource management, enhances security through automated updates, improves efficiency by reducing manual tasks, and supports various OS versions. SSM Agent can be installed via winget to integrate into your workflow seamlessly.