Desktop and Application Streaming

Category: End User Computing

AWS End User Computing

AWS EUC @re:Invent: Choosing an Amazon AppStream 2.0 fleet to reduce costs & optimize experience

As a result of the global pandemic, remote and hybrid work is now commonplace and are here to stay. That means IT organizations are faced with the challenge of enabling their modern workforce for the long term. If you are interested in giving your end users access to their desktops and applications from anywhere, while […]

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AWS EUC @re:Invent: Managing application deployment in an Amazon WorkSpaces environment

Managing application deployment in large virtual desktop environments is time consuming and challenging. Join me at AWS re:Invent for my chalk talk, EUC 205 – Managing application deployment in an Amazon WorkSpaces environment where I discuss application deployment strategies, and explore ways to manage application deployment using Amazon WorkSpaces at scale with AWS Systems Manager. […]

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AWS EUC @re:Invent: Getting Started with Amazon WorkSpaces

At re:Invent 2022, we are hosting a hands-on workshop EUC 306: Getting started with Amazon WorkSpaces. In this workshop, you learn how to deploy cloud desktops using Amazon WorkSpaces. Amazon WorkSpaces is a secure, fully managed, fully persistent desktop computing service. With Amazon WorkSpaces, you can quickly provision cloud-based Windows and Linux virtual desktops. With […]

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AWS EUC @re:Invent: Building a secure end user computing environment for power users

Power users, like developers and data scientists, often need the latest and greatest hardware to help test their applications and to remain productive. At AWS re:Invent 2022, join me and my AWS team for our builder session, EUC311. We explore ways to use Amazon WorkSpaces to help keep your power-user employees on the most up-to-date […]

AWS End User Computing

What AWS End User Computing is brewing for re:Invent 2022

View the highlights for AWS EUC @re:Invent 2022 day 1, day 2, day 3, and day 4. It’s that time of year again! AWS re:Invent is right around the corner, and whether you’re attending the event or not, we want to make sure you know of all the opportunities to learn about ways to implement […]

Extending VMware Horizon to Amazon WorkSpaces Core

Updated June 2023 Customers want to use desktop services to deliver business-critical application and desktops to their end users at scale. Customers who have deployed a VMware Horizon 8 or newer ask how Amazon Web Services (AWS) can extend capabilities, without having to buy additional hardware. The use cases might be temporary workers, extending an […]

Agency Systems deploys fully managed DaaS technology to improve customer experience

For the past 30 years, Agency Systems has been providing insurance agencies of all sizes with reliable, full-featured insurance agency management software solutions for commercial and personal lines, retail agencies, brokers, and general agencies. Cloud Migration In 2014, Agency Systems began their journey to adopt and embrace cloud-based technologies. Cloud migration began with rebuilding their […]

Building for business continuity with Amazon WorkSpaces and AWS Directory Services

Amazon WorkSpaces provides a cloud native, fully managed virtual desktop for remote working models with business continuity requirements. Having a remote and disperse workforce allows organizations to reduce their real estate costs significantly while maintaining the same or even higher levels of productivity. This model also removes the risk that an unforeseen event that affects […]

New Amazon WorkSpaces features drive customer choice and flexibility

No two customers are alike. This reality is built into how we think about the AWS End User Computing (EUC) category. AWS EUC offers a set of services that help organizations securely deliver desktops and applications to employees in any supported AWS Region. In practice, this has meant that each organization employs their own unique […]

Use the EUC Toolkit to manage Amazon AppStream 2.0 and Amazon WorkSpaces

Administrators can reduce self-managed VDI operational overhead by using End User Computing (EUC) managed services. Amazon AppStream 2.0 and Amazon WorkSpaces are fully managed, application, and desktop virtualization services. These services have APIs to programmatically manage and maintain the workload. The EUC Toolkit is an open-sourced tool to add additional functionality using the service-related public […]