Category: Desktop & Application Streaming

July 18, 2024: AWS Single Sign-On is now known as AWS IAM Identity Center. For more information, see What is IAM Identity Center? Amazon AppStream 2.0 supports identity federation to AppStream 2.0 stacks through Security Assertion Markup Language 2.0 (SAML 2.0). You can use an identity provider (IdP) that supports SAML 2.0 to provide an […]

AppStream 2.0 customers have told us that they appreciate the ability to scale their fleets based on user demand. In AppStream 2.0, you can scale your application streaming for any number of users across the globe without purchasing, provisioning, and operating on-premises hardware or infrastructure. You pay only for the streaming resources that you use, […]

We’ve learned from our customers that they want to create AppStream 2.0 resources along with their AWS resources to support a workshop or event. Today, AWS is announcing that AWS CloudFormation now supports creating AppStream 2.0 resources. With a single template, you can automate the creation of your stacks, fleets, image builders, directory configurations, and […]

Amazon WorkSpaces is a secure, and managed cloud desktop as a service. With Amazon WorkSpaces, you can provision either a Windows or Linux desktop for your users in minutes and allow them to access to desktops from any supported devices from any location. The WorkSpaces self-service portal helps customers streamline the process to deploy WorkSpaces […]

This post was updated in August 2020 by Jeremy Schiefer and July 2024 by Michael Spence. Entra ID was previously named Azure AD. You can use single sign-on with Amazon AppStream 2.0 with many identity services that are compliant with SAML 2.0. This post explains how to configure federated user access for AppStream 2.0 using Microsoft […]

Amazon AppStream 2.0 provides three different methods for authenticating your users and providing them remote access to your Windows applications: User Pool– a simple built-in option to configure users and provide sign-in Custom identity – Set up your own identity and use the CreateStreamingURL API to start a session after user sign SAML 2.0 – Federated single sign-in […]

Amazon WorkSpaces is a Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) service lets customers build scalable and secure cloud-based desktops for any number of users. It provides users access to the documents, applications, and resources that they need – anywhere, anytime, and from any supported device. Customers using Amazon WorkSpaces usually start with specific use cases. An example use case […]

Amazon AppStream 2.0 now adds support for Microsoft OneDrive for Business as a new storage option for your users. AppStream 2.0 already has two storage options: built-in home folders, which syncs to Amazon S3, and Google Drive for G Suite. This post describes each storage option, and provides a tutorial for setting up OneDrive for Business with […]

I’m excited to share three new features we added to Amazon AppStream 2.0 recently. These features enable you to programmatically copy your images between AWS accounts within the same AWS Region, improve the text copy and paste experience, and enable you to identify the IP addresses your streaming instances are using in your Amazon VPC. […]

Our colleagues at This Is My Architecture recorded a video with Yoni from Vanguard that explains how his team built a secure sandbox system that allows internal users to experiment with AWS in a safe, isolated environment. You’ll see how they used AppStream 2.0 to provide jumpbox-like functionality from the browser, Lambda to automate operations, IAM plus […]