Amazon RDS for SQL Server Supports New Minor Versions for SQL Server 2017 and 2016

We encourage you to upgrade your RDS for SQL Server database instances at your convenience. You can upgrade with just a few clicks in the RDS Management Console or using the AWS CLI.

Learn more about upgrading your database instances from the Amazon RDS User Guide. You can find the release notes for the new minor versions here:

SQL Server 2017 14.00.3381.3.v1
SQL Server 2016 13.00.5882.1.v1

Amazon RDS for SQL Server makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale SQL Server deployments in the cloud. See Amazon RDS for SQL Server Pricing for pricing details and regional availability.