Amazon WorkSpaces – Fully Managed Desktops in the Cloud

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Amazon WorkSpaces:

Fully Managed Desktops in the Cloud

Paul Duffy, Amazon Web Services

July 10th 2014

Amazon Zocalo:

Secure Enterprise Storage and Sharing

What we’ll cover:

• Why WorkSpaces?

• What WorkSpaces offers you

• Why Zocalo?

• What Zocalo offers you

• Integrating with your existing infrastructure

• Next steps

Why did we build WorkSpaces..?

Some Customer Challenges

• Realizing the “Virtual Desktop Dream”

• BYOD is increasingly popular

• Workforces are increasingly diverse

• Tablet adoption significant

• Keeping all these desktops secure

What does WorkSpaces offer you..?

• Fully Managed

• Support Multiple

Devices

• Keep Data Secure

and Available

• Choose Software &

Hardware

• Pay as You Go

• Corporate Directory

Integration

Sample Use Cases (there are many more)

• Mobile Device Access

• Secure WorkSpaces

• Remote Employees

• Seasonal Workers

• Student WorkSpaces

• Developer WorkSpaces

Fully Managed

• Launch the number of WorkSpaces you need

• All heavy lifting taken care of by AWS

• Users receive email to install clients and connect

WorkSpaces

Demo:

Let’s provision a WorkSpace!

(and have a look at the console!)

Support Multiple Devices

• iPad

• Kindle Fire HDX (Keyboard & Mouse)

• Android Tablet

• Microsoft Windows

• Mac

Demo:

Let’s look at mobile device support

Keep Data Secure and Available

• No data stored on end-user device

• Only Pixels delivered to users (PCoIP)

• User volume backed by Amazon S3

Keep Data Secure and Available

• Securely backup and sync users data

• Install on the WorkSpace and a PC or Mac

• Data is backed up to Amazon S3

• Users can access their data when they need it

Choose Software and HardwareWorkSpaces Bundle Hardware Resources Applications

Standard 1 vCPU, 3.75 GiB Memory, 50

GB User Storage

Utilities (Adobe Reader, Internet

Explorer 9, Firefox, 7-Zip, Adobe

Flash)

Standard Plus 1 vCPU, 3.75 GiB Memory, 50

GB User Storage

Microsoft Office Professional

2010, Trend Micro Worry-Free

Business Security, Utilities

(Adobe Reader, Internet

Explorer 9, Firefox, WinZip,

Adobe Flash)

Performance 2 vCPU, 7.5 GiB Memory, 100

GB User Storage

Utilities (Adobe Reader, Internet

Explorer 9, Firefox, 7-Zip, Adobe

Flash)

Performance Plus 2 vCPU, 7.5 GiB Memory, 100

GB User Storage

Microsoft Office Professional

2010, Trend Micro Worry-Free

Business Security, Utilities

(Adobe Reader, Internet

Explorer 9, Firefox, Winzip,

Adobe Flash)

All WorkSpaces Bundles provide the Windows 7 Experience to users (provided by Windows Server 2008 R2 with RDS).

Install your own software

• No technical restrictions on software installation

• Use the tools you already use to distribute

• Check with your ISV

• Ask for WorkSpaces support

Pay as You Go

WorkSpaces Bundle Monthly Price

Standard $35

Standard Plus $50

Performance $60

Performance Plus $75

• Prices in US East (N.Virginia)

• No up-front commitment

• Delete WorkSpaces at any time

• Price includes infrastructure (compute/storage/bandwidth) application access

Why did we build Zocalo..?

Some Customer Challenges

• Secure access to documents when remote

• Sharing is hard

• Email wasn’t designed for this

• Existing systems too many things to users

• Users voting with their feet

What does Zocalo offer you..?

• Simple Document

Feedback

• Central Hub

• Access and Sync

from any Device

• Low Cost

• Secure

• Integrate your

Corporate Directory

Simple Document Feedback

• Send files to others

• Comment on files– Sections and details

• Zocalo does the email notifications

• Save every version of every file

Central Hub

• Central place for all reviews

• See files sent for input

• See files you need to review

• All feedback consolidated for you

• Download Word doc with comments

Access and Sync across Devices

• Access and feedback anytime, anywhere

• Apps for iPad, Android, and Kindle Fire HD

• Responsive browser design

• Sync client for Windows and Mac OS

Low Cost

Simple pricing $5/user/month – 200 GB storage

30 day free trial for up to 50 users – 200 GB/user

Secure

• Data encrypted in transit and at rest

• Flexible settings for user sharing behavior

• Choose AWS Region for your data

• Don’t lose documents in email

• Audit logs

Demo:

Amazon Zocalo

Amazon WorkSpaces

&

Amazon Zocalo

WorkSpaces Sync = Zocalo Sync

Zocalo for WorkSpaces users

• 50 GB of storage included

• Sync client ready to install

• Access the full Zocalo experience

• Upgrade to 200 GB for $2/month/WorkSpace

• Share corporate directory integration

WorkSpaces/Zocalo Connect

AD Integration

• Users: Get to use existing Enterprise Credentials

• IT: WorkSpaces behave like regular desktops

• IT: Only authorized users can use Zocalo

Zocalo Corporate Directory Integration

• Users: Log in with same credentials

• Administrators: Control who has access– Ownership of documents

WorkSpaces Corporate Directory Integration

• Manage WorkSpaces like any other desktop– Group Policy

– Software Distributions Tool

– Install agents

• Store in the OU that makes sense to you– Just introduced ability to configure default OU

• Don’t change the way you manage– Just less heavy lifting

Corporate Directory Integration Steps

• Ensure existing AD is reachable (via VPC)

• This could be on-premises or in EC2

• Configure WorkSpaces (Zocalo) Connect

• Launch WorkSpaces in connected directory

• Invite Zocalo users from connected directory

Corporate Directory Integration

Subnet 2

Subnet 1

AZ ‘A’

AZ ‘B’

Workspaces API

End-point

(Customer

Network)

VPN

Connection

OAuth

Gateway

Public IP

Secure Auth (443)

Public IP

WS

User1

Public IP

WS

User2

On-premises

Domain Controllers

Directory

Join

Directory

Join

WorkSpaces

Connect

WorkSpaces

ConnectOn-premises

Resources

Resource Access

Subnet 2

AZ ‘A’

AZ ‘B’

Workspaces API

End-point

(Customer

Network)

VPN

Connection

OAuth

Gateway

Public IP

Secure Auth (443)

Public IP

WS

User1

Public IP

WS

User2

On-premises

Domain Controllers

On-premises

Resources

Subnet 1 Subnet 3

Subnet 4

WorkSpaces - How to get started?

• Quick Start: Evaluate easily

• Integrate with Corporate Active Directory (optional)

• Select Users to receive WorkSpaces

• Choose WorkSpaces Bundle

• Launch WorkSpaces

• Users receive email when provisioned

• Users connect to WorkSpaces

WorkSpaces Availability

• AWS region availability:– US-East-1 (N.Virginia)

– US-West-2 (Oregon)

– Asia Pacific (Sydney)

– EU (Ireland)

• Further regions to follow soon

Zocalo - How to get started?

• Quick Start: Evaluate easily

• Integrate with Corporate Active Directory (optional)

• Invite users

• Users receive email

• Install sync client

Zocalo Availability

• Available as Limited Preview

• Sign up: aws.amazon.com/zocalo

• AWS region availability:– US-East-1 (N.Virginia)

– US-West-2 (Oregon)

– EU (Ireland)

Recap - WorkSpaces

• Amazon WorkSpaces is available to all customers

• Fully-managed desktops

• No commitment – provision in minutes

• Choice of bundles of hardware and software

• Securely sync data

• Support multiple devices

• Integrate with your corporate Active Directory

Recap - Zocalo

• Amazon Zocalo in Limited Preview

• Secure Enterprise Storage and Sharing

• Easy to invite users

• Access from user’s choice of device

• Securely sync data

• Support multiple devices

• Integrate with your corporate Active Directory

Thank you!