title: AWS CloudFormation and Windows Server 2008 R2 for Bootstrap file downloads
body: <p>AWS released a new AMI recently which has CloudFormation tools installed by default on their Windows Server 2008 R2. The AMI itself can be found here :
  [<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/amis/microsoft-windows-server-2008-r2-base-cloudformation]" rel="nofollow">https://aws.amazon.com/amis/microsoft-windows-server-2008-r2-base-cloudformation]</a></p>
  
  <p>When using this AMI directly within a CloudFormation template and launching the stack, I am able to launch my stack easily and the instance downloads my files located in S3 without any problem during boot up, all the folders created by cfn-init command can also be seen as expected. </p>
  
  <p>However, if I modify the AMI to customize (just enabling IIS) it and recreate a new AMI and use this AMI within the template, the files don't get downloaded neither are the other folders suppose to be created by cfn-init command can be seen.</p>
  
  <p>Any suggestions ?! Am I missing something ?!</p>