Given that the pricing is monthly or hourly depending on your geographical region, you’re not looking at outrageous costs for using the service either. The single-seat minimum makes for a compelling reason to choose as well. The Amazon WorkSpaces service not only offers the ability to run both Linux and Windows desktops, but you are also only charged for the workspaces you use, and it’s on one of the strongest backbones on the planet: AWS. If we had to choose our favorite DaaS option, that award would go to Amazon WorkSpaces.

Amazon WorkSpaces also provides multiple compliance options including, but not limited to HIPAA, PCI DSS and GDPR. WorkSpaces supports encryption root volume and user volume encryption and does not store user data on the local device. Users can access their WorkSpaces via a client application on a Windows or Mac computer, Google Chromebook, Apple iPad, Amazon Fire tablet and Android tablet, or through either the Chrome or Firefox browsers.

When it comes to end-user credentialing and management Amazon WorkSpaces supports “Simple AD, AD Connector or AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory, also known as AWS Managed Microsoft AD.” Customers can also establish a trust relationship between their AWS Managed Microsoft AD directory and their on-premises domain.Īpplications can be deployed to the virtual desktops via existing tools, and WorkSpaces allows customers to use their existing RADIUS server for multi-factor authentication (MFA). Customers can also add various versions of Microsoft Office Professional 2016 for an additional cost or build their own custom images. Windows 10 desktops include applications such as Internet Explorer 11 and Firefox. Customers can add additional software from the Amazon Linux repositories with yum. Linux desktops include applications such as LibreOffice, Firefox and Evolution mail. If deploying Windows desktops, companies can use their own Windows 10 Enterprise licenses (if they meet Microsoft’s licensing requirements) or pay for them as part of the WorkSpaces subscription.Īmazon offers a default set of applications with each WorkSpace depending on the operating system. Customers are charged for only the WorkSpaces they use and can pay either monthly or hourly.Ĭompanies can provision either Linux or Windows desktops on a wide variety of virtual hardware and storage configurations. Pricing: Monthly or hourly dependent on geographic regionĪmazon launched WorkSpaces, its proprietary cloud desktop service, in 2013. Public cloud compatibility: Amazon Web Services

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