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Amazon WorkSpaces – What is it?

 

WorkSpaces is a fully managed, secure Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) solution which runs on AWS. With WorkSpaces, you can provision virtual, cloud-based desktops for your users, providing them access to the documents, applications, and resources they need, anywhere, anytime, from any supported device. You can pay either monthly or hourly, just for the WorkSpaces you launch, which helps you save money when compared to traditional desktops and on-premises VDI solutions.

Supported devices can include Windows, Macs, Chromebooks, iPad, Android tablets, Fire tablets, Firefox, and Chrome web browsers.

After a few clicks in the Amazon Web Services Management Console, a high-quality cloud desktop experience is accessible to the designated number of users at a competitive market cost.

 

Why is Amazon WorkSpaces the Leading Virtual Desktop Infrastructure?

Amazon WorkSpaces is the VDI solution that has been available by Amazon Web Services. This is a desktop computing service based on the cloud and has been provided by the leader in cloud services present in the market today.

Amazon has been one of the first companies to offer public cloud services. This has primarily led to the company establishing itself as the most the leading service providers of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure products available in the market today.

 

Here are five leading reasons users prefer to use Amazon WorkSpaces for their small business requirements.

 

1. Amazon WorkSpaces is Easy to Use

Configuring Amazon WorkSpaces is relatively straightforward. It is equally easy to deploy, and to integrate when it comes to existing users. Users can install Amazon WorkSpaces entirely and be fully functional in about an hour. It is that simple.

2. Amazon WorkSpaces is Secure

Every single user has been given access to cloud storage. This allows them to access their data in the cloud where it has been swiftly compressed, encrypted, as well as encoded. This is an efficient and secure way for users to transfer data from any device from any location across the globe.

In other words, it is of no longer of any consequence of what data users are attempting to transmit or from what location. Everything has now been secured within the AWS Data Centre.

Encrypted storage volumes held within the AWS cloud is integrated with Amazon Web Services key Management Services.

 

3. Easy to Deploy and Manage Applications

The initial setup of deploying applications and the migration of data does take a fair amount of configuration time. However, once successfully established, it becomes effortless and straightforward. Amazon WorkSpaces provides users with a quick, efficient and secure option to package as well as deploy updates to an organization’s desktop applications.

In-demand computing resources can now be freed up when following this route for new application development. It helps that the cloud offers potentially unlimited scalability. This translates to the fact that teams no longer need an individual system. This saves a considerable amount of time and effort for an organization’s IT department.

Amazon Workspace isn’t just limited to desktop applications. You can use it to run a shared workspace that has the ability to initiate, build and deploy your application to a particular EC2 instance.

You can actually use it to manage any of the AWS services. For instance, you can create backups of an EBS volume or deploy an Elastic Beanstalk environment. The upside is that you can bring it under a single workspace and centralize the deployment procedures.

 

4. Amazon WorkSpaces Successfully Bundles Hardware & Software Requirements

Amazon WorkSpaces offers the user with bundled packages that include varying amounts of memory, computing power, and storage that are in line with the user’s business requirements.

Essentially, this means that users do not need to pay for services that they do not need.

That said, users have the freedom to scale up at any time as required thanks to Amazon WorkSpaces month-to-month service packaging and almost unlimited service capabilities.

An additional benefit offered by Amazon WorkSpaces is that it comes with a pre-installed operating system as well as applications like Microsoft Office.

Amazon WorkSpaces also gives users the freedom to use their own existing Windows desktop licenses or any other licensed software that they prefer to use.

The benefit this provides is that there is no additional software licensing required when installing Amazon WorkSpaces.

 

 

5. Amazon WorkSpaces Support Extends to Multiple Devices

 

Perhaps the most significant benefit to working within a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure is the complete freedom of mobility that it comes with. Users have the freedom to access their Amazon WorkSpaces from any location as long as they have an internet connection.

Users also have the freedom to use a variety of different, supported devices that can include Windows (Windows 7 or 10), Mac or Linux systems, iPads, Chromebooks, Android tablets, and the Kindle Fire.

This freedom of location and devices are especially useful for companies that have a fair number of users that either travel, work in different geographic areas, or frequently move between devices. Companies do not lose time when setting up these users before they travel to a remote location.

 

6. Amazon WorkSpaces Integrates with Active Directory

Amazon Web Services securely integrates with Active Directory and makes use of existing enterprise credentials to create a seamless integration with a company’s existing resources.

A user’s virtual desktop will appear as normal once successfully configured.

This means that it will necessarily turn into a cloud-based mirror of the systems that users are currently using on their enterprise servers.

The organization’s IT department will not need to oversee multiple sets of servers or regularly access and monitor this information.

This ensures a seamless transition as well as adaptability.

 

7. No Additional Capital Expenditure

Amazon Web Services comes with zero requirements of additional capital expenditure. This allows start-ups to take advantage of high-end infrastructure and technological advancements.

Start-ups that are hesitant when it comes to making use of cloud-computing solutions due to the high costs involved in licensing can freely make use of AWS as it does not come with a price tag up front.

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