Desktop and Application Streaming

Conceptual diagram showing the secure tunnel between an Amazon WorkSpace and a Docker environment.

Enabling developers with Docker Desktop on Amazon WorkSpaces Personal

This post was co-written with Eli Aleyner, Head of Tech Alliances; Chris McLellan, Principal Product Manager; and Dan Stelzer, Sr Manager Partner GTM at Docker Inc. When we speak to customers, they tell us their developers have been unable to use Docker Desktop on Windows personal WorkSpaces due to the lack of support for nested […]

EUC204

Accelerate your data center exit with Amazon WorkSpaces Core

When we speak with customers they tell us that self-managing on-premise virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) is expensive and limits IT agility. Additional concerns over potential VDI software price increases are causing organizations to accelerate plans to migrate to the cloud. This year at re:Invent 2024, we are looking forward to hosting EUC204, a Chalk Talk […]

Streamline automation and management of the Amazon WorkSpaces Family

Automating key processes is essential to managing the Amazon WorkSpaces Family of services effectively at scale. Proper use of automation maximizes efficiency and productivity for managing virtual desktop environments. In this hands-on builders’ session, you’ll learn how to optimize management of WorkSpaces Family services at scale through automation using scripts and other workflows. You will […]

When updates can’t wait, look to the cloud

Consistent, timely software updates are essential for the security of the enterprise. Too often, however, this unglamorous task – or should I say tax – is not executed with enough rigor. Time and again critical security fixes are not pushed with urgency, leaving businesses subject to damaging and costly exploits. This problem is compounded when the […]

Optimize Amazon WorkSpaces Personal Performance with Amazon CloudWatch

Are you looking to gain additional insight how end users are connecting to Amazon WorkSpaces Personal instances? Would you like to track and report on IP addresses, platforms, and client versions being used to access WorkSpaces Personal? Are you interested better understanding operating system resource utilization within the WorkSpace Personal? Even if you attended our […]

Boost contact center efficiency with Amazon WorkSpaces and Thin Client

As an IT leader, you need to make sure your contact center agents are outfitted with the applications and devices they need to offer great customer service. But this is easier said than done when a high turnover workforce has access to critical company information and your IT department faces constant pressure to do more […]

Simplifying Ubuntu Desktop Management on Amazon WorkSpaces Personal with Landscape

Learn more about managing Ubuntu Amazon WorkSpaces with Landscape

When I speak with customers about Amazon WorkSpaces Personal, they commonly ask about ways to monitor and manage their WorkSpaces at scale. One great option for Ubuntu WorkSpaces is Landscape, provided by Canonical, an AWS Partner. Landscape is available at no extra cost through the Ubuntu Pro subscription included with each Ubuntu WorkSpace. I’m excited […]

Screenshot of DecisionSpace running in the AppStream 2.0 Windows client.

Halliburton Landmark improves user experience with Amazon AppStream 2.0

Halliburton provides products and services to the energy industry. Landmark provides Exploration & Production professionals with configured enterprise software to maximize asset value. Landmark’s Geosciences Suite, a DecisionSpace® 365 solution, helps energy customers characterize the subsurface with clarity. Landmark delivers Geosciences Suite to users around the world as a cloud-native service via the cloud platform. […]

Simplify and secure your SAP GUI deployments with M365 integration on Amazon WorkSpaces Pools

As organizations continue to migrate and transform their SAP applications into modern cloud-aware solutions, they seek more scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions. Users need secure access to SAP GUI while maintaining integration with essential tools like Microsoft Office, a crucial but often overlooked aspect of an SAP implementation. Delivering the SAP GUI desktop application through […]