Category: Desktop & Application Streaming

When I talk to IT leaders responsible for end-user computing, they tell me about the pressure they face to reduce costs, maintain a strong security posture, and deliver an excellent end-user experience, often across a global hybrid workforce. As I’ve reiterated many times while working on AWS End User Computing (EUC) for nearly a decade, […]

In this post, we explain how the AWS Private CA Connector for Active Directory simplifies and accelerates the configuration of certificate-based authentication (CBA) for Amazon AppStream 2.0 and Amazon WorkSpaces. We provide an overview of AWS Private Certificate Authority and Active Directory Certificate Services in this context. We discuss the benefits of using the AWS […]

At AWS, we love to give our customers the flexibility to choose the best virtual desktop solution for their specific needs through a broad range of infrastructure, operating system, and productivity application options. Today, we are expanding customer choice with the announcement of Microsoft Entra ID and Intune integration with Amazon WorkSpaces Personal. With this […]

Amazon WorkSpaces Personal provides a secure, persistent desktop computing environment in the cloud. Customers often ask if there is a method to configure WorkSpaces to use AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Roles to issue temporary credentials. In this blog, we explain how you can configure WorkSpaces to use AWS IAM Roles Anywhere and enable […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]