Desktop and Application Streaming

Customers ask how to analyze HAQM AppStream 2.0 home folder usage so they can track related spend, manage usage, and administer AppStream 2.0 home folders. Customers have questions like: “How much data is User1 using in AppStream 2.0 home folders?” “What are the top 10 largest files being stored and who owns them?” This blog […]

The HAQM AppStream 2.0 team released a workshop aimed at helping independent software vendors (ISV) move their Windows applications to a software as a service (SaaS) model. Some ISVs have reported that their customers would like to use their own identity provider with the SaaS to provide easier access to a large user base. This […]

re:Invent 2020 will be looking a little different this year, and has gone fully virtual! Our End User Computing (EUC) speakers are excited to present in this new format and share EUC launches, best practices, and more. Registration for re:Invent this year is free and you can explore the session catalogue for our sessions and […]

Shibboleth is an open-source project that provides single sign-on capabilities and identity federation solution used by research and education communities worldwide. If you are already using Shibboleth IdP, this post shows you how to configure it for Security Assertion Markup Language 2.0 (SAML 2.0) identity federation with HAQM AppStream 2.0. Overview The AppStream 2.0 SAML […]

April 25, 2024: New customer sign-ups and account upgrades are no longer available for HAQM WorkDocs. For migration options, see How to Migrate Content from HAQM WorkDocs on the AWS Business Productivity blog. HAQM WorkDocs recently announced auto activation.  Auto activation is an automated provisioning of all directory users, which assists administrators in deploying their […]

If you want an automated deployment of this solution, you can use the FreeRADIUS MFA with HAQM WorkSpaces reference architecture for an end-to-end deployment in your AWS account. This uses CloudFormation to deploy this solution in a new or existing Directory Service. In this blog post, we show how to configure FreeRADIUS and LinOTP for […]

Customers regularly ask how to analyze access patterns in HAQM WorkSpaces. Administrators seek to understand how users are accessing HAQM WorkSpaces so they can provide an outstanding overall experience. For example, granular information about access patterns helps plan maintenance windows, forecast network capacity requirements, and set priorities of WorkSpaces client updates. Centrally collecting WorkSpaces events […]

Customers use HAQM WorkSpaces to launch highly performant, scalable, and cost effective managed virtual desktops in the cloud. HAQM WorkSpaces reduces the operational overhead of having to manage traditional VDI infrastructure and complex licensing agreements. You can further reduce this operational overhead using automation. There are HAQM WorkSpaces API operations that you can use to […]

Some of our customers using HAQM AppStream 2.0 leverage multi-account setups to separate their AppStream 2.0 resources. For these customers, there are many reasons they choose to separate their AppStream 2.0 resources into multiple accounts. However, the most common reasons our customers do this, is for resource and billing isolation and enhanced security. For example, […]

Frequently we get questions about establishing a connection to on-premises Active Directory through an AD Connector for HAQM WorkSpaces setup on HAQM Web Services (AWS). In this post, we look at the most common issues customers have with on premises connection setup in addition to what should be kept in mind when trying to resolve […]