Desktop and Application Streaming

Category: Amazon AppStream 2.0

Use AWS Lambda to adjust scaling steps and thresholds for Amazon AppStream 2.0

This blog post walks you through creating an event driven solution with AWS Lambda to change your AppStream 2.0 auto scaling policy based on time of day. With Amazon AppStream 2.0’s Fleet Auto Scaling capabilities you can adjust the size of your AppStream 2.0 fleet automatically to match user demand. However, with certain usage patterns, […]

Manage Aurora databases using an AppStream 2.0 Elastic fleet

Customers are migrating from commercial databases to open-source databases on AWS like Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL and Amazon Aurora MySQL. As a best practice, customers configure these databases to be running in a private subnet within an Amazon VPC. When database administrators (DBA) have to perform admin activities on these databases they log in to a […]

Streamline application onboarding with applications manager for Amazon AppStream 2.0

Amazon AppStream 2.0 applications manager is a feature that streamlines the process of creating an app block. With applications manager, you create and connect to an app block builder instance and utilize the new application builder assistant to monitor your application installation. This new feature expands application compatibility with elastic fleets as well as reduces […]

Design considerations in highly regulated environments for Certificate Based Authentication with AppStream 2.0 and WorkSpaces

Increasingly organizations are standardizing on SAML 2.0 Identity Providers such as AWS IAM Identity Center and OKTA as their identity solution to access end user computing (EUC) services in AWS. With Certificate-based authentication (CBA), organizations can provide seamless authentication for our EUC services. Traditionally, the logon experience to a virtual desktop works by using the […]

AWS Summit Washington, DC: What’s new with AWS and End User Computing (EUC) services

At the upcoming AWS Summit in Washington, DC, Tushar Dhanani and I are hosting a chalk talk (session EUC 201) focused on what’s new with AWS and End User Computing (EUC) services. In this chalk talk, we will provide a high-level overview of AWS EUC services and new features for Amazon WorkSpaces Family services and […]

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Getting the most out of AWS EUC services with free workshops

AWS End User Computing (EUC) services, including Amazon WorkSpaces and Amazon AppStream 2.0, have been delivering value to organizations of all sizes for nearly a decade. Customers trust AWS to provide a secure, reliable, agile, and cost-optimized solution for use cases such as remote workers, contractors, contact center agents, VDI replacement, developers, and users running […]

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Network Coverage delivers secure operations by utilizing Amazon End User Computing services

Founded in 1996, Network Coverage offers an architecture that meets the demands of a distributed workforce that cannot afford unplanned downtime or connectivity issues. Network Coverage offers an in-house 24x7x365 Network Operations Center (NOC) and Security Operations Center (SOC). The Network Coverage cloud team is able to meet the design, implementation, and migration needs for […]

Creating an AS2TrustedDomains DNS TXT record to redirect the AppStream 2.0 native client to a third-party identity provider

The AS2TrustedDomains DNS TXT record can only enable the same domain (or subdomains) in which the DNS TXT record is created. In a scenario where you do not own the domain where your IdP resolves, an alternative architecture is required. In this blog, I outline the process to create an AS2TrustedDomains DNS TXT record 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 […]

Don’t just migrate your VDI – modernize it!

By migrating some or all of their digital assets to the cloud, organizations can significantly reduce costs, innovate faster, scale more quickly, and create better customer and employee experiences. A recent study by The Hackett Group shows that migrating to AWS achieves quantifiable business value in the areas of resiliency, agility, cost savings, and staff […]