Desktop and Application Streaming

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 […]

One of the most surprising things we discovered when we launched Amazon WorkSpaces was that the most popular client for users to connect to their Windows WorkSpaces was…Windows. Back in 2013 when we launched Amazon WorkSpaces we were being guided by AWS customers that they wanted Windows desktops so they could connect to them from mobile […]

Amazon WorkSpaces provides users with secure access to their desktop application environment. Key to be able to use applications effectively is the ability to save and access data – documents, spreadsheets, reports, interesting pictures of cats. WorkSpaces users can make use of Amazon WorkDocs Drive to store their data. You can access files stored in […]

Our colleagues at the AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog recently published two new blogs on Amazon AppStream 2.0. The first walks through Integrating Amazon AppStream 2.0 with your Learning Management System, and the second shows how Fife School Districts Use Amazon AppStream 2.0 to Provide Equitable Access. You can learn more at Amazon AppStream 2.0 – Education.

Amazon AppStream 2.0 provides a range of solutions for users to save and access data through their applications. These include Amazon WorkDocs, Google Drive for G Suite, OneDrive for Business, and Amazon S3 backed Home Folders. These solutions download files from their respective file storage provider when the files are opened in a streamed application. […]

April 25, 2024: New customer sign-ups and account upgrades are no longer available for Amazon WorkDocs. For migration options, see How to Migrate Content from Amazon WorkDocs on the AWS Business Productivity blog. Amazon AppStream 2.0 administrators can integrate their own user storage solutions with AppStream 2.0. To do this, they install a storage client […]

September 18, 2024: This post has been updated by Peter-John Morgenrood and Marco Souza. July 18, 2024: AWS Single Sign-On is now known as AWS IAM Identity Center. For more information, see What is IAM Identity Center? This post demonstrates how you can use AWS IAM Identity Center to set up identity federation to your […]

AppStream 2.0 customers have told us that they appreciate the ability to scale their fleets based on user demand. In AppStream 2.0, you can scale your application streaming for any number of users across the globe without purchasing, provisioning, and operating on-premises hardware or infrastructure. You pay only for the streaming resources that you use, […]