Tag: Amazon WorkSpaces

AWS Systems Manager allows customers to manager their Amazon WorkSpaces using hybrid activation managed nodes. Systems Manager provides software inventories, OS patches, and configuration of Windows and Linux WorkSpaces, but it is difficult to identify and map managed node to the corresponding WorkSpaces without any tags. This is a time-consuming process in large organizations where […]

Introduction A successful Amazon WorkSpaces migration to WorkSpaces Streaming Protocol v2 (WSP) requires preparation, planning, and testing. WSP is a fundamentally different display protocol than PCoIP, thus consideration should be given to the performance and stability implications of a migration. A  clear understanding of PCoIP and WSP’s differing features, as well as a thorough review […]

Improve security, cost, and support for contact center agents At AWS, we obsess over our customers, and delighting customers with excellent service builds trust for any organization. In order for contact center agents in any company to deliver great customer service, IT must provide them with easy access to the tools they need to do […]

IT teams face continuous pressure to do more with less, while dealing with rapid employee turnover and ensuring employees have secure access to their desktops. The customer service and back-office workers don’t require general purpose desktops. Instead, they require secure access to websites and SaaS applications to complete their jobs. Announcing Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client, […]

Overspending on laptops? Introducing Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client, a cost-effective computing device that provides simple, secure, and easy-to-manage access to virtual desktops. Laptops are often the default device choice for end user computing, but for customer service and back office workers it is a costlier choice. Not only it is the cost of laptop, but […]

The flexibility of the cloud provides major advantages over on-premises virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), but many organizations’ VDI migration projects get stalled due to technical differences, architectural complexities, software licensing challenges, cross-team bureaucracy, and more. Amazon WorkSpaces Core is a managed virtual desktop infrastructure integrated with third-party VDI to improve your migration. Join us at […]

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) come in many shapes and sizes. For some, software is their sole business, for others, it can be complimentary to their primary business. Nearly every ISV not born in the cloud, with a portfolio of traditional desktop applications, faces a common challenge: migrating to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) or face a host of […]

Amazon Web Services offers two choices to run Microsoft Office productivity applications on Amazon WorkSpaces Family services. One option is to license Microsoft Office as part of a WorkSpaces application bundle. As of August 1, 2023, you have the option to bring Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise licenses to use on Amazon WorkSpaces services. Microsoft 365 […]

I love working on end-user computing. My group helps IT teams provide remote and hybrid workers with reliable access to the data and applications they need to do their jobs, while dealing with constraints on multiple fronts—ranging from controlling costs and staffing challenges to emerging security threats. Customers tell me all the time that traditional […]

The benefits of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) for managing development, test, and other IT-oriented desktop environments have been long understood by many of our global customers. These organizations realize that centralizing the compute for technical users through virtual desktops enables them to stop provisioning expensive laptops, shipping them worldwide, and worrying about how to retrieve […]