Desktop and Application Streaming

AWS End User Computing

AWS EUC @re:Invent: Getting Started with HAQM WorkSpaces

At re:Invent 2022, we are hosting a hands-on workshop EUC 306: Getting started with HAQM WorkSpaces. In this workshop, you learn how to deploy cloud desktops using HAQM WorkSpaces. HAQM WorkSpaces is a secure, fully managed, fully persistent desktop computing service. With HAQM WorkSpaces, you can quickly provision cloud-based Windows and Linux virtual desktops. With […]

AWS End User Computing

AWS EUC @re:Invent: Building a secure end user computing environment for power users

Power users, like developers and data scientists, often need the latest and greatest hardware to help test their applications and to remain productive. At AWS re:Invent 2022, join me and my AWS team for our builder session, EUC311. We explore ways to use HAQM WorkSpaces to help keep your power-user employees on the most up-to-date […]

Managing computer labs on HAQM AppStream 2.0 with Open Source Virtual Application Management

Our colleagues Anel Perez and Karl Lionheart Richard Camp at the AWS Open Source blog recently published a blog on managing computer labs on HAQM AppStream 2.0 with Open Source Virtual Application Management. Do read their post to learn how the AWS Virtual Application Management solution open source companion for AppStream 2.0 helps you programmatically […]

Extending Omnissa Horizon to HAQM WorkSpaces Core

Updated March 2025 by Asriel Agronin Customers want to use desktop services to deliver business-critical application and desktops to their end users at scale. Customers who have deployed a Omnissa Horizon 8 or newer ask how HAQM Web Services (AWS) can extend capabilities, without having to buy additional hardware. The use cases might be temporary […]

Seamless Active Directory domain logon architecture with HAQM AppStream 2.0

HAQM AppStream 2.0 now supports certificate-based authentication (CBA). CBA enables you to authenticate users with user certificates when they launch their Active Directory domain joined AppStream sessions. In this blog, I outline the benefits of CBA. The blog also provides a high-level view of the architecture of CBA with AppStream 2.0. It also shows the […]

Agency Systems deploys fully managed DaaS technology to improve customer experience

For the past 30 years, Agency Systems has been providing insurance agencies of all sizes with reliable, full-featured insurance agency management software solutions for commercial and personal lines, retail agencies, brokers, and general agencies. Cloud Migration In 2014, Agency Systems began their journey to adopt and embrace cloud-based technologies. Cloud migration began with rebuilding their […]

Building for business continuity with HAQM WorkSpaces and AWS Directory Services

HAQM WorkSpaces provides a cloud native, fully managed virtual desktop for remote working models with business continuity requirements. Having a remote and disperse workforce allows organizations to reduce their real estate costs significantly while maintaining the same or even higher levels of productivity. This model also removes the risk that an unforeseen event that affects […]

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 […]