Desktop and Application Streaming

Dylan Barlett

Author: Dylan Barlett

Dylan Barlett is a Senior Developer Advocate on the Amazon WorkSpaces team. Previously at AWS, he worked with global customers as an End User Computing Specialist Solutions Architect. Outside of work, he enjoys traveling and home improvement projects.

Simplifying Ubuntu Desktop Management on Amazon WorkSpaces Personal with Landscape

Learn more about managing Ubuntu Amazon WorkSpaces with Landscape

When I speak with customers about Amazon WorkSpaces Personal, they commonly ask about ways to monitor and manage their WorkSpaces at scale. One great option for Ubuntu WorkSpaces is Landscape, provided by Canonical, an AWS Partner. Landscape is available at no extra cost through the Ubuntu Pro subscription included with each Ubuntu WorkSpace. I’m excited […]

DecisionSpace running in the AppStream 2.0 Windows client.

Halliburton Landmark improves user experience with Amazon AppStream 2.0

Halliburton provides products and services to the energy industry. Landmark provides Exploration & Production professionals with configured enterprise software to maximize asset value. Landmark’s Geosciences Suite, a DecisionSpace® 365 solution, helps energy customers characterize the subsurface with clarity. Landmark delivers Geosciences Suite to users around the world as a cloud-native service via the cloud platform. […]

Cost Optimizer for Amazon WorkSpaces Applications on The Solutionist

One of the pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework is cost optimization. Best practices in that pillar include COST01-BP05: report and notify on cost optimization. To help accomplish that, I developed the Cost Optimizer for Amazon WorkSpaces Applications (AppStream 2.0). It alerts you when WorkSpaces applications app block builders and image builders are active for […]

Display session expiration and a countdown timer in Amazon AppStream 2.0

A common use case for Amazon AppStream 2.0 is streaming resource-intensive applications that perform long-running calculations or simulations. If the session ends while the simulation is running, user productivity and satisfaction suffer. Consider the following scenario: your users run simulations that normally take three hours to complete. To control costs, you configure your AppStream 2.0 […]