AWS re:Invent 2016: Move your desktops to the cloud with Amazon WorkSpaces (BAP201)

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Salman Paracha, Product Manager, AWS

November 29, 2016

Move Your Desktops to the

Cloud with Amazon WorkSpaces

BAP201

What to Expect from the Session

1. Desktop productivity challenges faced by organizations

2. The failed promise of on-premises VDI

3. Overview of Amazon WorkSpaces

4. Use cases

5. Key benefits

6. Capabilities

7. Customer stories

8. Recap

What’s your motivation?

Admins are motivated by:• Providing a highly productive desktop environment

• Securing resources

• Lowering cost structure

• Ease of administration

• Scale & Agility

Users are motivated by:• Instant access

• Working anywhere

• On any device

• Get their work done

The failed promise of on-premises VDI?

Long lead times Hard to scaleSpecialized resourcesHigh Capex

Amazon WorkSpaces – Managed Cloud Desktops

Scale &Secure

Pay-as-you-goSimple to deploy and

manage

Highly Interactive Secure Desktops

Your Users Will Love

consistent performance

Amazon WorkSpaces Use Cases

Call centers

Temporary workers

Dev/Test

Amazon WorkSpaces can help you realize benefits across many scenarios

Mergers and

acquisitionsSecuring data

Compliance

requirements

Mobile workersKnowledge Workers

- BYOD

Training and labs Developers

Benefit: simplifies desktop deployments

Logistics Storage Networking Monitoring

Amazon WorkSpaces simplifies physical and virtual desktop deployments

Global Scale

Benefit: plays well with existing tools

Microsoft Active Directory MFA (Radius) SCCMIntranet

Amazon WorkSpaces integrates easily with your on-premises tools and network

Benefit: flexible billing options

HourlyMonthly

Best for

Fulltime employees

Simplifying your AWS bill

Instant access

Running scheduled tasks

Best for

Part-time employees

Optimizing your AWS bill

Quick access

Running ad hoc tasks

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2013 Today

Amazon

WorkSpaces

Announced

DUB, SYD

Regions

MFA

Local

Printers

NRT

Region

Zero

Clients

Amazon

CloudWatch

Metrics

SSO with

Amazon WorkDocs

Console

RefreshValue Bundle

Office 2013

Custom

Images

SIN

Region

Volume

Encryption

BYOL

Chromebooks

Support

SOC / ISO

Compliance

Hourly

Windows 10

BYOL

Tagging

High DPI

Screens

Audio-in

Saved

Registrations

Innovation: Amazon WorkSpaces

Graphics

• Windows 10 BYOL Amazon WorkSpaces – Bring your Windows 10 Licenses to Amazon

WorkSpaces

• Hourly WorkSpaces – Pay for Amazon WorkSpaces by the hour; Amazon WorkSpaces auto stop

when users remain disconnected

• Global Expansion – Frankfurt

• Graphics Bundle – A GPU-enabled Amazon WorkSpace for 3D, CAD/CAM apps

• Amazon WorkSpaces Web Access – Connect to Amazon WorkSpaces using a web browser

(Firefox/Chrome)

COMING SOON!Windows 10 WorkSpaces – Support Windows 10 (Server 2016) WorkSpaces

Releases (past 6 months)

Demo!

Who is using Amazon WorkSpaces?

Customer success story: Endemol Shine Nederland

• Endemol Shine Nederland uses contract video crews in

locations around the world to create their shows

• Preparing for a project took two weeks as the team had to set

up, secure, and ship hardware to a production site

• Endemol Shine Nederland decided to provide contract video

crews with Amazon WorkSpaces to run on their own devices

• The switch saved Endemol Shine Nederland 70% in PC

capex, 30% in PC operations, and reduced preparation time

to two hours.

Leon Backbier

IT Manager, Endemol Shine Nederland

”

“

Endemol Shine Nederland is a world leading creator,

producer and distributor of multiplatform entertainment with a

portfolio that includes Big Brother, MasterChef, Man vs.

Food, The Biggest Loser, and Wipeout.

“With Amazon WorkSpaces, we are able to

provide video crews with a secure cloud

desktop they can run on their own devices while

onsite. By using Amazon WorkSpaces, we

have saved 70% on PC capital expenditure, and

30% on desktop operations, while reducing our

preparation time from two weeks to two hours.”

Use Case | Contract Workers

Customer success story: Yamaha Motor Company

• Yamaha Motor Company uses virtual desktops to provide

their users greater flexibility

• When Yamaha introduced new applications, their existing

on-premises VDI solution needed to be upgraded

• Yamaha chose Amazon WorkSpaces to provide a secure

managed cloud desktop as an alternative to their VDI

solution

• With Amazon WorkSpaces, Yamaha was able to roll out

their new applications without buying any new hardware

“With Amazon WorkSpaces, we no longer

need to worry about the inevitable virtual

desktop infrastructure refresh cycle. We are

now working to retire our on-premises VDI

solution entirely.”

Taku Harako

Senior Supervisor – IT Technology Strategy Group

Yamaha Motor Co., LTD

”

“

Yamaha Motor Company makes motorcycles, scooters,

ATVs, outboard engines, motorized bicycles, golf carts,

snowmobiles, and other multi-purpose engines. Yamaha

Motor is a global company, with operations in 30 countries.

Use Case | VDI Refresh

Remember, Amazon WorkSpaces…

• Provides fast, secure desktops with consistent performance that users will love

• Simplifies desktop management

• Scales globally within minutes

• Plays well with existing tools

• Provides flexibility and agility

• Lowers complexity and cost

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