Category: End User Computing

It’s day 2 of AWS re:Invent and I am ready to give you an overview of the AWS End User Computing activities happening today. First and foremost, the AWS EUC folks will be at kiosk 41 in the AWS Village from 10:00am to 6:00pm to discuss virtual desktops, application streaming, SaaSification of legacy applications and […]

Amazon WorkSpaces Core enables customers and the AWS Partner Network to build customized VDI solutions using purpose-built compute instances optimized for virtual desktops. In this blog I cover why Amazon WorkSpaces Core is important, how to architect VDI solutions with Amazon WorkSpaces Core, and how to get started! Every organization is at a different place […]

Get your caffeine fix for the day, it’s day 1 of AWS re:Invent! It is my first re:Invent and one valuable piece of advice I’ve received is, “Get a pair of good shoes,” because there is so much to see, learn and do. Let me give you a high-level overview of what to expect from […]

Getting started with AWS End User Computing Services is straightforward. We have an abundance of documentation covering how to get started with our services such as Amazon WorkSpaces and Amazon AppStream 2.0 to enable customers to get off the ground quickly. On November 30th at AWS re:Invent 2022, join me in a chalk talk to […]

Do you want to stream applications and desktops to end users anywhere, on any device, via a web browser? Do you like to learn by doing? Then join us for Getting started with Amazon AppStream 2.0 (session EUC303) on Tuesday, November 29 at 2:45pm in Mandalay Bay room Breakers K (Level 2 South). In this […]

Customers often ask how they can gain insight into their Amazon WorkSpaces cost and usage. They’d like to query and visualize their cost and usage data for many reasons: Understand how many hours per month each individual Amazon WorkSpace is actually used. WorkSpaces with low or no usage at all can then be terminated based […]

Do you need to provide users with access to sensitive, internal, web applications in a secure environment? Or do you need to provide remote users with access to SaaS applications that are typically accessible only from your corporate network? Are you interested in preventing data exfiltration from web applications in your internal network? Want to […]

Have you ever considered delivering your remote work environment through AWS? Did you know you that doing so will also optimize remote work security and productivity? Remote work comes with a number of challenges. Remote work delivered through AWS End User Computing (EUC) can improve the employee experience while addressing these challenges. At AWS re:Invent, […]

Amazon WorkSpaces now supports SAML 2.0 and certificate-based authentication (CBA). SAML 2.0 authentication enables a consistent and familiar experience for end users. It allows you to extend security features available from your SAML 2.0 identity provider (IdP) to WorkSpaces, including multi-factor authentication (MFA) and contextual access. With CBA, you provide end users with a single […]

Introduction With the recent shift to hybrid work, many IT organizations support large numbers of remote workers. This can be challenging, especially when deploying a cloud-based virtual desktop solution intended to maximize user productivity and enable seamless collaboration, regardless of network conditions. Since the initial launch of Amazon WorkSpaces Streaming Protocol (WSP), AWS continues to […]