AWS Webcast - Getting Started with Amazon WorkSpaces

Deepak Suryanarayanan, Product Manager, AWS

Managed Desktops in the Cloud

March 18, 2015

Getting Started with Amazon WorkSpaces

Why WorkSpaces?

Some Customer Challenges

• Realizing the “Virtual Desktop Dream”

• Increasing popularity of BYOD

• Growing diversity of workforce

• Significant tablet adoption

• Keeping desktops secure

WorkSpaces Benefits

Simple to use

• Launch the number of WorkSpaces needed

• Heavy lifting taken care of by AWS

• On-demand, pay-as-you-go

Simple to use

Use Existing Management Tools

• Manage WorkSpaces like any other desktop

• Compatible with popular tools such as SCCM

Simple to use

Build Golden Images

• Build WorkSpace image templates

• Pair images with hardware types to create bundles

• Launch WorkSpaces from bundles

Support Multiple Devices

• iPad

• Kindle Fire HDX

• Android Tablet

• Microsoft Windows PC

• Mac

• Zero Clients

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

Implement Multi-Factor Authentication

• Users: Get to use existing one-time tokens

• IT: Integrate with existing MFA solution

Choose the Hardware and Software you need

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

Monthly Price in N. Virginia and Oregon AWS regions. More here: http://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/pricing/

Value Plus

Value

1 vCPU, 2 GB memory

10 GB storage

$25 - Value

$40 - Value Plus

Standard Plus Performance Plus

Performance

2 vCPU, 7.5 GiB memory

100 GB storage

$60 - Performance

$75 - Performance Plus

Standard

2 vCPU, 4 GB memory

50 GB storage

$35 - Standard

$50 - Standard Plus

Active Directory Integration

• Users: Use existing enterprise credentials

• IT: Control policies with familiar tools

Available Globally

Getting Started

• Select Quick Start to begin evaluating easily

• Integrate with corporate Active Directory

• Choose WorkSpaces Bundle

• Select Users to receive WorkSpaces

• Launch WorkSpaces

• Users receive email when provisioned

• Users connect to WorkSpaces

Resources

Web:

http://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/

http://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/pricing/

http://aws.amazon.com/directoryservice/

Documents:

http://aws.amazon.com/documentation/workspaces/

WorkSpaces deep dive session (re:Invent 2014):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feeJ07QzAiY