Posted On: Oct 18, 2021

Amazon WorkSpaces now offers new bundles powered by Windows Server 2019, providing a Windows 10 desktop experience along with a 64-bit Microsoft Office 2019 Professional Plus bundle option in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region. The feature brings a refreshed Windows 10 desktop experience, and enables customers to run applications that require recent Windows versions.

While Windows Server 2016 powered WorkSpaces bundles are still available, customers can now choose to run WorkSpaces powered by Windows Server 2019 and benefit from new features like Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 1), and OneDrive Files On-Demand. In addition, the Plus bundle for Windows Server 2019 powered WorkSpaces comes with 64-bit Microsoft Office 2019 Professional Plus, boosting Office performance on WorkSpaces.

The new WorkSpaces Windows Server 2019 bundles, and the plus bundles with Office 2019 are now available in all AWS Regions where Amazon WorkSpaces is available. For pricing information, visit our pricing page.