Category: Amazon WorkSpaces

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

In this post, we explain how the AWS Private CA Connector for Active Directory simplifies and accelerates the configuration of certificate-based authentication (CBA) for Amazon AppStream 2.0 and Amazon WorkSpaces. We provide an overview of AWS Private Certificate Authority and Active Directory Certificate Services in this context. We discuss the benefits of using the AWS […]

Customers in regulated industries like the public sector, healthcare, and financial services often need to meet compliance and audit requirements. This involves storing, archiving, and analyzing user’s browsing trends, such as website visits and session times. Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser is a fully managed, remote enterprise browser that allows users to access internal websites and […]

At AWS re:Invent 2022, AWS launched Amazon CloudWatch Internet Monitor, which includes integrations with Amazon WorkSpaces Personal. After you associate your WorkSpaces with Internet Monitor, you can identify potential performance and internet connection issues of your users to their WorkSpaces. The service provides you with IP prefixes and ASN (typically, the internet service provider or […]

In today’s fast-paced digital world, businesses are increasingly adopting cloud-based desktops to provide their employees with flexible and secure work environments, regardless of their location. With distributed work environments and complex technology stacks, customers need comprehensive observability solutions to monitor, manage and optimize their digital infrastructure and applications effectively. ControlUp offers a rich set of […]

At AWS, we love to give our customers the flexibility to choose the best virtual desktop solution for their specific needs through a broad range of infrastructure, operating system, and productivity application options. Today, we are expanding customer choice with the announcement of Microsoft Entra ID and Intune integration with Amazon WorkSpaces Personal. With this […]

Omnissa, formerly VMware, announced new features for Horizon 8 in version 2406. With this announcement, Horizon 8 virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) customers can take advantage of these features using Amazon WorkSpaces Core: Reduce costs, improve security, and optimize user productivity with new automated provisioning enhancements and power management features. With this announcement, you can reduce […]