Desktop and Application Streaming
Category: End User Computing
How ZS built Self-serve analytics at scale with Amazon WorkSpaces Applications
Digital transformation in healthcare analytics demands solutions that balance sophisticated capabilities with simplified access. ZS, a global management consulting and technology firm and an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner, has applied its expertise in advanced analytics, AI, and scalable technology platforms to address this challenge. Serving a wide range of industries including pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and financial […]
Level Up Your End User Computing Skills: AWS Digital Course to Badge Success
We’re excited to announce a comprehensive digital enablement pathway for Amazon WorkSpaces: the AWS End User Computing Specialty Badge. Our AWS partners are integral in driving cloud innovation and delivering transformative solutions worldwide. But as End User Computing (EUC) evolves, your technical team needs the proper resources to validate and maintain expertise to effectively utilize […]
Enabling remote macOS development with Amazon EC2 Mac and Amazon DCV
Amazon DCV now supports Amazon EC2 Mac instances powered by Apple silicon, giving you high‑performance remote access to macOS workloads in the cloud. With this launch, you can connect to your EC2 Mac instances using the same streaming protocol that powers remote access across Amazon WorkSpaces. Stream a Mac desktop at up to 4K resolution […]
AWS re:Invent 2025: Transform your digital workplace with Amazon WorkSpaces
Mark your calendar for AWS re:Invent 2025, December 1-5 in Las Vegas! Discover how Amazon WorkSpaces is helping organizations transform their digital workplace through AI-powered automation, enhanced security features, and streamlined migration paths from legacy VDI solutions. Through keynotes, breakout sessions, and hands-on workshops, you’ll explore how enterprises are eliminating physical infrastructure costs, enhancing security […]
Optimize Amazon WorkSpaces applications fleet capacity with the Scaling Optimizer Tool
Our customers often tell us they need a tool to help build their autoscaling policies for Amazon WorkSpaces applications. Through smart capacity planning, organizations ensure sufficient resources during high-demand periods while avoiding excess provisioning. This approach improves reliability and performance while optimizing costs. In a previous blog: Amazon WorkSpaces Applications releases a simple pricing tool, […]
Amazon WorkSpaces applications simple pricing tool
This blog walks you through how to use the WorkSpaces applications Simple Pricing Tool for Always-On and On-Demand fleets with visualization of usage patterns, common pricing examples, and education licensing. To learn about Elastic fleets, read AWS announces Availability of Elastic fleets with Amazon WorkSpaces applications and refer to the WorkSpaces applications pricing page. You […]
Enhancing security with WebAuthn redirection in Amazon WorkSpaces
In today’s security-conscious world, organizations are implementing strong authentication methods for applications running inside virtual desktop environments. A common challenge is enabling users to leverage their local security keys and biometric devices with applications running inside a remote desktop session. Amazon WorkSpaces now addresses this challenge with WebAuthn redirection, allowing users to seamlessly use their […]
A modern approach for secure End User access with Amazon WorkSpaces and AWS Verified Access
Amazon WorkSpaces was released in March 2014 and the primary north star of the service has remained a constant; secure, remote access for end users from anywhere on any device. As our customers business needs evolved, new services and features were introduced in the End User Computing family of services. This brought new ways of […]
Microsoft Teams optimization for Amazon WorkSpaces is now in Public Preview
We are excited to share that Microsoft launched a public preview of Microsoft Teams optimization for Amazon WorkSpaces. This new capability significantly enhances the Teams experience for Amazon WorkSpaces users by optimizing audio and video streaming performance. A Strategic Collaboration AWS and Microsoft have worked closely together to bring this highly requested feature to WorkSpaces […]
AWS recognized as a Leader in 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Desktop as a Service
As the Director of Product for AWS End User Computing (EUC) services, IT leaders from organizations of all shapes and sizes often tell me they need highly secure, globally available, easy-to-manage solutions, with the flexibly to configure them in a way that best supports their specific requirements. At AWS, we obsess over customer feedback and […]








