Desktop and Application Streaming

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Analyze web browsing activities for HAQM WorkSpaces Secure Browser

Customers in regulated industries like the public sector, healthcare, and financial services often need to meet compliance and audit requirements. This involves storing, archiving, and analyzing user’s browsing trends, such as website visits and session times. HAQM WorkSpaces Secure Browser is a fully managed, remote enterprise browser that allows users to access internal websites and […]

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Secure access to HAQM QuickSight with HAQM WorkSpaces Secure Browser

Introduction As more organizations use HAQM QuickSight for data-driven decision making, HAQM 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 […]

Using Kinesis Agent for Linux to stream application logs in AppStream 2.0

When an HAQM AppStream 2.0 instance session is complete, the instance is ended. This means all application logs used in the session are lost. But what if you must persist your application logs? This post shows you how to persist your application logs by streaming them in real-time to HAQM Kinesis Data Firehose using Kinesis […]

Ingest and visualize HAQM AppStream 2.0 usage reports in HAQM OpenSearch Service

HAQM AppStream 2.0 provides detailed usage reports that are generated daily and delivered to an HAQM S3 bucket. These reports include information including user ID, session duration, and client IP address. For a complete list of the report fields, review AppStream 2.0 usage report fields. AppStream 2.0 provides usage reports in CSV format. You can […]

How to manage HAQM WorkSpaces cost optimization at scale

HAQM WorkSpaces customers who have multiple AWS Accounts face challenges gathering an organization-wide view of their WorkSpaces spend and usage details. They ask questions such as, which accounts should we focus efforts on? How can we focus our efforts? In this blog post I’ll walk you through available options to dive deeper into HAQM WorkSpaces […]

Creating custom logging and HAQM CloudWatch alerting in HAQM AppStream 2.0

HAQM AppStream 2.0 fleet instances are ephemeral. Because of this, application event logs are lost with the instance once the streaming session ends. If your AppStream 2.0 users have an issue with an application during their streaming session, it can be difficult to troubleshoot without detailed log data. Customers often ask how to configure alarms […]

How Johnson & Johnson uses AppStream 2.0’s Usage Reports

This post is contributed by Brandon Tedesco, Senior Analyst, End User Virtualization, Johnson & Johnson About the Author I am a Senior Analyst at Johnson & Johnson based in Raritan, New Jersey. I have been with Johnson & Johnson for 5 years working with AWS for a little over 2 years supporting the End User Virtualization […]

Monitoring HAQM AppStream 2.0 with HAQM OpenSearch Service and HAQM Kinesis Data Firehose

September 8, 2021: HAQM Elasticsearch Service has been renamed to HAQM OpenSearch Service. See details. HAQM AppStream 2.0 provides scalable application streaming solutions. But the sheer number of sessions can complicate insight into each session’s information, such as logs and performance metrics. You can use the HAQM Kinesis Agent for Microsoft Windows to simplify the […]

Capture usage insights about your streaming environment with AppStream 2.0 session scripts

Update: You can use the Usage Reports feature in HAQM AppStream 2.0 to collect user usage information. Please reference this blog post for more information: Analyze your HAQM AppStream 2.0 usage reports using HAQM Athena and HAQM QuickSight. AWS is announcing that HAQM AppStream 2.0 now supports custom script execution when a session starts, and […]