Windows 2019 AMIs. Packaged with Edge?

Hello!

Thank you for taking time to ask a question on re:Post John.

One of the main reasons behind this is because Microsoft has not sunset Internet Explorer for Windows Server until support ends in 2029. This question in re:Post also has a great explanation.

You can also try an alternative approach. You may install Edge (or another browser) with a similar script in the user data at an EC2 launch. This PowerShell snippet is just an example that may be able to get you started.

Set-Location “C:\Windows\system32”

#Change TimeZone
C:\Windows\System32\tzutil /s “AUS Eastern Standard Time”
#Install Chrome
$Path = $env:TEMP;
$Installer = “chrome_installer.exe”;
Invoke-WebRequest “http://dl.google.com/chrome/install/375.126/chrome_installer.exe” -OutFile     $Path\$Installer;
Start-Process -FilePath $Path\$Installer -ArgumentList “/silent /install” -Verb RunAs -Wait;
Remove-Item $Path\$Installer

#Set Chrome as default browser
$chromePath = "${Env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Google\Chrome\Application\"
$chromeApp = “chrome.exe”
$chromeCommandArgs = “--make-default-browser”
& “$chromePath$chromeApp” $chromeCommandArgs

Microsoft recently came out with an article that may also help you. There are steps there that show you how to add Edge back into a container image.

Hope all of the different options help!