Important Notice: The discontinuing of Alibaba Cloud public image

Dear Alibaba Cloud Users,

In order to improve service efficiency and provide more comprehensive operating system functions to our customers, we are discontinuing the four official Alibaba Cloud public image versions listed below:

1.Windows Server 2008 R2 standard edition 64-bit Chinese version

2.Windows Server 2008 R2 standard edition 64-bit English version

3.Windows Server 2012 standard edition 64-bit Chinese version

4. Windows Server 2012 standard edition 64-bit English version

After these images are removed from the system, they cannot be selected through ECS OPENAPI, on the sales page, or when you replace a system disk:

1.If you have existing ECS instances that use these images, this will not affect the production of these instances.

2. If you have existing ECS instances that use these images, you can use the user-defined image method to back them up when you need to purchase identical instances or replace system disks in the future

3. If you need topurchase one of these images for the first time, we suggest you use thealternatives listed below:

a. If you need to purchase a "Windows Server 2008 R2 standard edition 64-bit Chinese version" image, you can select the "Windows Server 2008 R2 enterprise edition 64-bit Chinese version".

b. If you need topurchase a "Windows Server 2008 R2 standardedition 64-bit Englishversion" image, you can select the "Windows Server 2008 R2 enterprise edition 64-bitEnglish version"

c. If you need to purchase a "Windows Server 2012 standard edition 64-bit Chinese version" image, you can select the "Windows Server 2012 data center edition 64-bitChinese version"

d.If you need to purchase a "Windows Server 2012 standard edition 64-bit English version" image, you can select the "Windows Server 2012 data center edition 64-bitEnglish version"

The above images will be removed starting from 10/18/2016.

Sept 18, 2016