Desktop and Application Streaming

Category: Desktop & Application Streaming

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 […]

New HAQM WorkSpaces features drive customer choice and flexibility

No two customers are alike. This reality is built into how we think about the AWS End User Computing (EUC) category. AWS EUC offers a set of services that help organizations securely deliver desktops and applications to employees in any supported AWS Region. In practice, this has meant that each organization employs their own unique […]

Use the EUC Toolkit to manage HAQM AppStream 2.0 and HAQM WorkSpaces

Administrators can reduce self-managed VDI operational overhead by using End User Computing (EUC) managed services. HAQM AppStream 2.0 and HAQM WorkSpaces are fully managed, application, and desktop virtualization services. These services have APIs to programmatically manage and maintain the workload. The EUC Toolkit is an open-sourced tool to add additional functionality using the service-related public […]

Automatically attach additional security groups to HAQM AppStream 2.0 and HAQM WorkSpaces

Both HAQM AppStream 2.0 and HAQM WorkSpaces have a default security group to attach to new instances. In highly regulated and controlled environments, a single security group does not always meet security requirements of the organization. Centrally managed security policies require attaching multiple security groups that are controlled by the security or other team. In […]

How Verint Uses HAQM WorkSpaces Web to Securely Access Internal Resources

HAQM WorkSpaces Web is a low-cost, fully managed, secure browser built to facilitate secure access to internal websites and software as a service (SaaS) applications from existing web browsers, without the administrative burden of appliances or specialized client software. Protect internal content with enterprise controls, while providing access to all the web-based productivity tools users […]

Using Python to power an AppStream 2.0 Linux Imaging Assistant GUI

In this blog, we show you how to add, launch, and use a graphical Imaging Assistant for HAQM AppStream 2.0 Linux. With HAQM AppStream 2.0 Linux application streaming, you can stream Linux applications and desktops to your users, and greatly lower the total streaming costs. You can use the Linux command line to use the […]

HAQM WorkSpaces Application Manager (HAQM WAM) is retiring

Retiring HAQM WAM Since launching HAQM WorkSpaces Application Manager in 2015, we have accelerated our pace of innovation in AWS End User Computing (EUC). We have launched new services, added additional features, and expanded our global community of partners. Our customers tell us that they need application management solutions that can scale to support all […]

Understand end-user access to HAQM WorkSpaces with HAQM CloudWatch

Customers often ask how to gain additional insights into how their users are connecting to WorkSpaces. In addition, customers want to know environments that do not meet the required client supported version. In a previous post, to analyze access patterns in HAQM WorkSpaces, we highlighted how this can be accomplished using HAQM QuickSight. This can […]

Create a notification for changes to HAQM WorkSpaces gateway ranges

From time to time, the HAQM WorkSpaces service will add additional IP ranges to the service’s streaming gateways. This provides additional capacity to customers to give a first-rate streaming experience. When changes like this are staged, and deployed, we alert customers via email and the Personal Health Dashboard. A common customer ask is for a […]

Redirect an Okta SAML app to the HAQM AppStream 2.0 native client

Customers use HAQM AppStream 2.0 to stream applications and desktops to an HTML5-capable web browser. AppStream 2.0 through the web browser provides functionality for most users, including support for multiple monitors, touchscreen devices, file transfers, and webcams. Users can also access AppStream 2.0 with the native client for additional functionality such as peripheral devices or […]