Desktop and Application Streaming

Automatically create customized HAQM WorkSpaces Windows images

Automatically create customized HAQM WorkSpaces Windows images

Customers often ask how to streamline the management and maintenance of their HAQM WorkSpaces and HAQM WorkSpaces Core images and bundles. The WorkSpaces service includes a rich set of API operations to programmatically interact with the service. A common customer struggle is remotely interacting with the operating system within the WorkSpace to install and configure […]

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AWS End User Computing at IGEL Disrupt 2024, Miami

As businesses aim to provide employees with seamless, secure, and efficient access to the tools and data required to do their jobs, the demand for end-user computing (EUC) solutions is accelerating. IGEL Disrupt 2024, is a global, three-day event (April 29 – May 1) in Miami, for EUC innovators and thought leaders, focused on delivering […]

Announcing new larger instance types for HAQM WorkSpaces Web

Announcing new larger instance types for HAQM WorkSpaces Web

This week we announced larger instance types for HAQM WorkSpaces Web, a cloud-native hosted browser service that enables users to securely access private websites and software-as-a-service (SaaS) web applications, interact with online resources, and anonymously browse the internet. These larger instance types enable customers to support more resource-intensive use cases like streaming audio or video, […]

Announcing the HAQM WorkSpaces dynamic inventory plugin for Ansible®

Announcing the HAQM WorkSpaces dynamic inventory plugin for Ansible®

Customers use HAQM WorkSpaces to get a fully managed remote desktop solution in the AWS cloud, supporting Windows and Linux desktops. They often ask how they can perform bulk management tasks such as automating the installation of applications. Currently, this requires manual systems administration or third-party tools. Ansible is a free and open-source IT automation […]

Enhance Zoom Virtual Meetings on HAQM WorkSpaces with the WorkSpaces Streaming Protocol

We are pleased to announce that Zoom now supports optimized real-time communication for WorkSpaces Streaming Protocol (WSP) Windows-based HAQM WorkSpaces. Media Optimized Real-Time Communication (Media Optimized RTC) allows the Zoom media framework to be offloaded to the supported client for direct communication. The direct communication between the WorkSpaces client and Zoom endpoint provides a local-like […]

Enterprise Connect 2024 – Contact Centers powered by HAQM WorkSpaces Thin Client

Enterprise Connect 2024, March 25 – 28, brings together a broad range of enterprise communications and customer experience (CX) professionals. This community is focused on showcasing and learning about exciting new technology, sharing perspectives, and discussing strategies for enabling world-class collaboration, communication, and contact center operations. We look forward to sharing our expertise on modernizing […]

Improve performance and security by blocking ads on Windows HAQM WorkSpaces

Web browsing is typically a source of significant resource usage, which results in slower systems for end users. This drives costs upwards, as compute resources are increased to meet this demand. This blog post will demonstrate how to use Group Policy with Windows editions of HAQM WorkSpaces. You will deploy uBlock Origin to three major […]

Cost Optimizer for HAQM AppStream 2.0 on The Solutionist

One of the pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework is cost optimization. Best practices in that pillar include COST01-BP05: report and notify on cost optimization. To help accomplish that, I developed the Cost Optimizer for HAQM AppStream 2.0. It alerts you when AppStream 2.0 app block builders and image builders are active for longer than […]

Unified access to AWS End User Computing services

AWS End User Computing (EUC) services include a variety of virtual desktop and application streaming solutions designed to solve a wide array of customer needs. HAQM WorkSpaces provide users with fully managed, cloud-native persistent desktops. With HAQM AppStream 2.0, users securely stream their applications and/or selectively persistent desktops at scale. HAQM WorkSpaces Secure Browser provides […]

Citrix announces public tech preview of Citrix DaaS on HAQM WorkSpaces Core

Every year, organizations spend millions of dollars on under-utilized data centers and IT staff required to manage them. We’ve heard from many organizations currently running Citrix on-premises that they like the features included with the Citrix virtual desktop (VDI) management software, but want to leverage AWS Cloud infrastructure to improve return on investment (ROI) and […]