Desktop and Application Streaming

Our friends at Liquidware Labs published a blog showing how you can stream your Liquidware Labs FlexApps with your Amazon AppStream 2.0 environment. FlexApp enables you to manage your user’s application entitlements and deliver their applications to them in real-time to fleet streaming instances, versus installing them directly into the AppStream 2.0 image. FlexApp enables you […]

Today Autodesk published a blog post How to Use AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT in a Virtual Environment showing how you can deploy AutoCAD on Amazon AppStream 2.0 and Amazon WorkSpaces to let your teams work without workstations. AutoCAD is a powerful computer-aided design (CAD) software used by architects, engineers, and construction professionals to create 2D and 3D designs for buildings, […]

Important note: Microsoft Azure MFA Server has been a popular Multi-Factor Authentication(MFA) solution. If you are still using Azure MFA Server, this blog post provides instructions on integrating it with WorkSpaces. As of July 1, 2019, Microsoft no longer offers MFA Server for new deployments. Azure Multi-Factor Authentication customers must deploy a Network Policy Server […]

As organizations transition to the cloud, managed directory offerings are becoming more prevalent. Administrators appreciate the robust controls without the management overhead of an on premises solution. To make these transitions successful, administrators must find ways to join their desktop fleets to cloud-based directories. While AWS Managed Microsoft AD natively supports Amazon WorkSpaces, customers can […]

Amazon WorkLink is a fully managed service that gives your employees secure and straightforward access to internal corporate websites and web apps using their mobile phones. When signing up for Amazon WorkLink, you are required to associate your company domains. You can associate domains using the AWS Management Console, SDK, or AWS CLI. AWS has […]

Amazon AppStream 2.0 lets you stream desktop applications to your users on their device of choice. One common use case for this is providing administrators access to production servers in a controlled manner. When you have sensitive information available through AppStream 2.0, you can ensure that users access it only through your IP ranges. While […]

Update (September 7, 2022) – This blog post is no longer up to date. Refer to Okta’s documentation for the latest configuration steps.   Amazon WorkSpaces is a managed, secure cloud desktop service. You can use Amazon WorkSpaces to provision either Windows or Linux desktops in just a few minutes and quickly scale to provide […]

Amazon WorkSpaces is a managed, secure cloud desktop service. You can use Amazon WorkSpaces to provision either Windows or Linux desktops, and quickly scale to provide thousands of desktops to workers across the globe. With Amazon WorkSpaces, users can connect securely from anywhere using a software client or a supported web browser. Administrators have full control of the platforms […]

Our friends at Esri published a blog today showing how they’re using Amazon AppStream 2.0 to deliver ArcGIS Pro, a powerful desktop GIS application, to a browser for their training seminars. If you’d like to try this yourself, head over to our Getting started page to download a guide!

Update: You can use the Usage Reports feature in Amazon AppStream 2.0 to collect user usage information. Please reference this blog post for more information: Analyze your Amazon AppStream 2.0 usage reports using Amazon Athena and Amazon QuickSight. AWS is announcing that Amazon AppStream 2.0 now supports custom script execution when a session starts, and […]