Desktop and Application Streaming
Cost Optimizer for Amazon WorkSpaces 2.7 released
The Cost Optimizer for Amazon WorkSpaces is a tool that analyzes Amazon WorkSpaces usage data and can automatically convert the WorkSpace instance to the most cost-effective billing option depending on the individual usage. You can use the Cost Optimizer with a single account or with AWS Organizations across multiple accounts. Today, we are pleased to […]
Announcing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 on Amazon WorkSpaces and Amazon AppStream 2.0
At AWS, we love to give our customers choices: the choice of infrastructure to deploy your workloads, to store your most important data, or the operating systems for your virtual desktops. Many of you choose Amazon WorkSpaces to provision and distribute virtual desktops securely and at scale to your workforce. Our customers choose WorkSpaces when […]
Dizzion Navigator Migration Service streamlines migrations to Omnissa Horizon 8 on Amazon WorkSpaces Core
As General Manager of AWS End User Computing Services, I’m often asked to help accelerate cloud migrations of on-premises virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) deployments to the AWS Cloud. That’s why I am stoked about Dizzion Navigator Migration Service, a new service offering available in the AWS Marketplace, recently announced by Dizzion. Dizzion Navigator Migration Service […]
Hardening DNS Resolution for Amazon WorkSpaces Personal
Amazon WorkSpaces Personal is a managed, secure Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) solution. You can use WorkSpaces to provision Windows and Linux desktops in just a few minutes and quickly scale across the globe. With WorkSpaces your users get a fast, responsive desktop they can access anywhere, anytime, from any supported device. Customers using WorkSpaces want to maximize […]
Announcing the NICE DCV Access Console
We are pleased to announce the NICE DCV Access Console, a simple web-based component that allows customers to centralize their DCV session management. This product complements the existing DCV Session Manager, a tool that manages the lifecycle of DCV sessions across a fleet of DCV servers. The DCV Access Console provides an out-of-the-box solution for administrators […]
Secure access to Amazon QuickSight with Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser
Introduction As more organizations use Amazon QuickSight for data-driven decision making, Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser provides end users secure access to dashboards containing sensitive information. With WorkSpaces Secure Browser, administrators provide dashboard authors and readers a protected browser environment while ensuring sensitive data remains off end-user devices. This blog post describes a solution that leverages […]
Key considerations for single versus multi-session fleets on Amazon AppStream 2.0
With Amazon AppStream 2.0, users securely stream their applications and/or selectively persistent desktops. As an administrator, you provide each user with their own instance for their streaming session, or share those resources and host multiple users per instance. When using well-architected principles, AppStream 2.0 multi-session fleets can help you substantially reduce costs. However, there are […]
AWS End User Computing (EUC) at Washington DC Summit
Are you interested providing developers with a virtual desktop environment that allows them to securely build apps using Generative AI and machine learning? Are you running VMware Horizon 8 on-premises and looking to optimize costs and improve IT agility? Secure generative AI and ML development with Amazon WorkSpaces Join us on June 27th at 10:30 […]
Best practices for successful BYOL image creation for Amazon WorkSpaces
Amazon WorkSpaces Family solutions provide the right virtual desktop solution for varied worker types, from any location. Amazon WorkSpaces is a flexible virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution that lets you quickly and easily deploy cloud-based desktops. Amazon WorkSpaces Core is designed to work with third-party VDI solutions, allowing them to utilize WorkSpaces fully managed virtual […]
Optimize user experience in Amazon WorkSpaces across AWS Regions
Providing a consistent end user experience is important for productivity, especially during disruptive events. By preparing for failure, you can enable users to continue working as normal without having to learn new business processes. Amazon WorkSpaces, a persistent desktop solution deployed in an AWS Region, offers the Multi-Region Resilience (MRR) feature to help deploy WorkSpaces […]