Tag: Amazon WorkSpaces

Amazon WorkSpaces provides administrators with a fully managed virtual desktop infrastructure, which scales on-demand, with no up-front commitment costs. Amazon available in Microsoft Windows, Amazon Linux 2, and Ubuntu based versions. Foundational challenges with the maintenance of a persistent virtual desktop infrastructure include the management of application deployments and patching status validation. This is especially […]

Amazon WorkSpaces is a fully managed desktop virtualization service for Windows, Amazon Linux 2, and Ubuntu, that allows you to access resources from any supported device and has no up-front commitment costs. Amazon AppStream 2.0 manages the AWS resources required to host and run your applications, scales automatically, and provides access to your users on […]

Automating key processes is essential to managing Amazon WorkSpaces and Amazon AppStream 2.0 effectively at scale. Proper use of automation leads to efficiency and productivity improvements. Attend this hands-on builders’ session to learn how to use scripts and other workflows to manage WorkSpaces and Amazon AppStream 2.0 at scale. Use this knowledge to overcome common […]

Amazon WorkSpaces provides different options to monitor the service usage for your workload. These available metrics offer different ways to monitor your WorkSpaces connections. These metrics are all emitted at the service level, so granular in-session metrics are not available. With WorkSpaces Streaming Protocol (WSP) adopting NICE DCV as its desktop streaming mechanism, customers unlock […]

Most unified communication (UC) platforms offer a wide array of features, including 1:1 and group chat, file storage and sharing, live events and webinars, interactive screen sharing and control, whiteboarding, and offline audio/video messaging capabilities. Our session at the AWS End User Computing Innovation Day 2023 is tailored specifically for IT decision-makers and system administrators looking […]

In an era marked by hybrid work environments and rapid technological advances, the workforce is becoming increasingly diverse and distributed. Customers seek the flexibility to access applications, use various operating systems, engage with different devices, and operate from virtually any location. AWS End User Computing services provides customers with flexibility and choices, enabling them to […]

I look forward to presenting AWS End User Computing Innovation Day 2023 on September 13, 2023. In my session, I will discuss migrating VDI solutions from on-premises to AWS with Amazon WorkSpaces Core. As a refresher, WorkSpaces Core provides cloud-based, fully managed virtual desktop infrastructure designed to work with third-party VDI management solutions. WorkSpaces Core […]

Today, organizations employ agents who utilize applications running in a Virtual Desktop Environment (VDI) such as Amazon WorkSpaces that allows agents to use multiple applications in the cloud without incurring high costs of hardware procurement. In a VDI environment the Amazon Connect CCP (Contact Control Panel) can cause impact to audio quality, and is required […]

AWS offers two choices for running office productivity applications on Amazon WorkSpaces services. You can purchase Microsoft Office as part of a WorkSpaces application bundle. Beginning August 1, 2023, you can bring Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise licenses to use on Amazon WorkSpaces services. Microsoft 365 adds to the power of WorkSpaces services with popular […]

February 19, 2024: This blog post was updated with a link to Microsoft Product Terms, and to reflect the addition of G3/G5 licenses. Tens of thousands of customers use Amazon WorkSpaces services as their end-user computing service to provide secure, scalable, and cost-effective virtual desktops with all the tools required for users to do their […]