Category: Desktop & Application Streaming

HAQM AppStream 2.0 is a fully managed application streaming service that allows you to centrally manage your desktop applications and deliver them to any computer. AppStream 2.0 streaming instances are created based off an AppStream 2.0 image that you build by installing and configuring your desktop applications. AppStream 2.0 recently released the Image Assistant command […]

In my customer conversations, I am frequently asked how customers can use HAQM WorkSpaces in their Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Planning (BCP). Questions involve what are the design options for their HAQM WorkSpaces service, and what other services must be planned for. This is especially important when end users are running HAQM WorkSpaces […]

This blog walks you through how to use the AppStream 2.0 Simple Pricing Tool for Always-On and On-Demand fleets with visualization of usage patterns, common pricing examples, and education licensing. To learn about Elastic fleets, read AWS announces Availability of Elastic fleets with HAQM AppStream 2.0 and refer to the AppStream 2.0 pricing page. You […]

For many HAQM AppStream 2.0 customers, providing their users with a familiar experience for streaming sessions is an important requirement. In response to this feedback, we launched custom branding and embedded AppStream 2.0 streaming sessions. Another common customer request is the ability to use custom domains for AppStream 2.0 streaming sessions. This blog post shows […]

Our friends at Cloudhouse Technologies published a blog showcasing how you can encapsulate your Windows desktop applications for deployment to HAQM WorkSpaces, or streamed via HAQM AppStream 2.0. Cloudhouse’s encapsulation technology captures all of the application files, required runtimes, components, deployment tools, and other components the application requires, and creates a Cloudhouse Container. The Cloudhouse […]

Our friends at Liquidware recently published a post on HAQM WorkSpaces and FlexApp Working Together. It’s a great read if you’re considering ways to manage the applications you’re delivering to your WorkSpaces.

With an estimated 50% of businesses still running Windows 7, migrating those millions of desktops and laptops to Windows 10 remains a top priority for businesses globally. The impetus, of course, is the end of mainstream support for Windows 7 coming up in January 2020, which may make Windows 7 PCs more vulnerable to malware, […]

Customers with existing Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) packages that are keen to use them with HAQM AppStream 2.0 can do so using the dynamic application framework. The dynamic application framework allows customers to build a custom application provider that dynamically adds applications to the AppStream 2.0 catalog. This post details how to get started integrating […]

Our friends at the AWS Management Tools Blog recently posted how you can manage HAQM WorkSpaces by integrating AWS Service Catalog with ServiceNow. In their post, you will learn how to integrate AWS Service Catalog with ServiceNow so users can request their own WorkSpace instances inclusive of all business-level approvals and auditing. You will then see […]

The HAQM AppStream 2.0 dynamic application framework provides API operations within an AppStream 2.0 streaming instance that you can use to build a dynamic app provider. Dynamic app providers use these API operations to modify the catalog of applications that your users can access in real time. For example, you can add applications to the […]