Category: Desktop & Application Streaming

HAQM AppStream 2.0 supports identity federation to AppStream 2.0 stacks through Security Assertion Markup Language 2.0 (SAML 2.0). This feature offers your users the convenience of access to their AppStream 2.0 applications using their existing identity credentials. You also have the security benefit of identity authentication by your IdP. By using your IdP, you can […]

Customers ask how they can automate copying HAQM WorkSpaces custom images between AWS Regions. Common use cases for synchronizing custom HAQM WorkSpaces images between Regions include: Consistency for multi-Region deployments: Multi-region deployments of HAQM WorkSpaces allow WorkSpaces to be deployed for user who need low-latency connection to a specific geographic area. One custom image with […]

In this post, we will show you how to use HAQM AppStream 2.0 to provide a non-persistent, secure desktop streaming solution for your HAQM Connect agents, and optimize call audio direct to the agent’s local system. Contact centers need the flexibility to enable agents, regardless of their physical location and endpoint, to access services securely. This […]

Customers use HAQM AppStream 2.0 to centrally manage applications and stream them to their end users. Organizations have multiple stacks associated with different fleets to separate workloads based on underlying resources, applications, or different user permissions. Administrators want a way to manage permissions for multiple stacks without having to create an IAM identity provider for […]

Our colleague Chaim Landau at the AWS Security Blog recently published a blog on how to use HAQM AppStream 2.0 to reduce your bastion host attack surface. Read his post to learn how AppStream 2.0 helps expose only the necessary tools system administrators need, and minimizes internet exposure for your bastion host. – Murali Rathinasamy, […]

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic we have focused on helping customers scale up quickly on HAQM WorkSpaces. As a result, our customers were able to run their business continuously while keeping employees safe. Customers tell us about their journey, and that their mix of remote and in office work will change as they […]

In a previous blog, we looked at how to schedule managed image updates for HAQM AppStream 2.0 using AWS serverless services. In this blog, we describe how to automate the deployment of AppStream 2.0 images to existing fleets. By creating the automated deployment workflow, we can schedule the update of the fleets during off hours, […]

HAQM AppStream 2.0 is now generally available in the AWS Europe (London) Region. AppStream 2.0 is a fully managed, non-persistent desktop and application virtualization service that runs on AWS. AppStream 2.0 helps you securely stream applications and data online across the globe without acquiring, provisioning, and operating infrastructure. You can scale your desktops and applications on […]

HAQM AppStream 2.0 is a fully managed, non-persistent application and desktop streaming service. Each time you launch an AppStream 2.0 session, a freshly built, pre-provisioned instance is provided, using a prebuilt image. As soon as you close your session and the disconnect timeout period is reached, the instance is terminated. HAQM AppStream 2.0 users can […]

The default behavior of an HAQM AppStream 2.0 Stack is to present all the applications to the end user that were added to the application catalog by the administrator creating the image. Customers accustomed to targeting individual applications to end users based on Active Directory group membership can also continue to do so using the […]