This Guidance uses CloudFormation to deploy engineering resources through RES so you can build a centralized design environment. It models a collection of resources as a single unit, so you don’t have to manage resources individually. Additionally, AppStream 2.0 launches a fresh virtual desktop upon user login for consistent application settings and storage connections, and you can use WorkSpaces to centrally manage your persistent cloud desktops.

This Guidance uses AWS Identity and Access Managementfor fine-grained permissions and role-based access. AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS)  gives you centralized control over the cryptographic keys used to protect your data.

This Guidance uses managed services for compute needs such as Lambda, Step Functions, and AWS Glue crawlers. These services support fault tolerance by automatically detecting and replacing unhealthy compute instances and scaling as the workload demand grows. Similarly, this Guidance also uses managed services for storage such as Amazon S3, Neptune, OpenSearch Service, and DynamoDB, which are designed to be highly reliable, available, and durable for mission critical workloads. These services offer multi-Availability Zone (AZ) deployment, read replicas, minimal downtime for software updates and upgrades, fault-tolerant storage, and continuous and incremental backups for point-in-time recovery.

This Guidance uses EventBridge to build event-driven architectures and create point-to-point integrations without writing custom code or managing servers. You can use Step Functions to automate processes and orchestrate microservices and AWS IoT TwinMaker to create digital twins of real-world systems without needing to re-ingest or move data. Finally, Amazon SQS provides capacity planning and infrastructure maintenance.

With Lambda, you pay only for requests served and the compute time required to run your code. AppStream 2.0 lets you pay only for the desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) resources that you provision, plus a small monthly fee per end user, depending on the operating system. The fees for WorkSpaces include both infrastructure and the software applications listed in the bundle.

DynamoDB automatically scales tables to reduce resource usage, and Amazon S3 supports sustainability through optimized access patterns and storage tiers. Tiered storage allows you to store data based on how frequently you need to access it. For example, archived data will require fewer storage resources, which helps you minimize your workload's overall environmental impact.