Desktop and Application Streaming

AWS End User Computing

AWS EUC @re:Invent: Choosing an Amazon AppStream 2.0 fleet to reduce costs & optimize experience

As a result of the global pandemic, remote and hybrid work is now commonplace and are here to stay. That means IT organizations are faced with the challenge of enabling their modern workforce for the long term. If you are interested in giving your end users access to their desktops and applications from anywhere, while […]

AWS End User Computing

AWS EUC @re:Invent: Managing application deployment in an Amazon WorkSpaces environment

Managing application deployment in large virtual desktop environments is time consuming and challenging. Join me at AWS re:Invent for my chalk talk, EUC 205 – Managing application deployment in an Amazon WorkSpaces environment where I discuss application deployment strategies, and explore ways to manage application deployment using Amazon WorkSpaces at scale with AWS Systems Manager. […]

AWS End User Computing

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

At re:Invent 2022, we are hosting a hands-on workshop EUC 306: Getting started with Amazon WorkSpaces. In this workshop, you learn how to deploy cloud desktops using Amazon WorkSpaces. Amazon WorkSpaces is a secure, fully managed, fully persistent desktop computing service. With Amazon 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 Amazon WorkSpaces to help keep your power-user employees on the most up-to-date […]

Managing computer labs on Amazon 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 Amazon 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 Amazon WorkSpaces Core

Updated October 2024 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 Amazon Web Services (AWS) can extend capabilities, without having to buy additional hardware. The use cases might be temporary workers, extending an […]

Seamless Active Directory domain logon architecture with Amazon AppStream 2.0

Amazon 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 Amazon WorkSpaces and AWS Directory Services

Amazon 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 […]