Summary
- Desktop as a services (DAAS)
- Available in 13 regions
- Windows or Linux
- Choice of instance
- Can use AWS image or custom image on EBS
- Can use FsX for shared Windows files
- Can connect over Direct Connect to on-premise system
- Can use Public VIF to provide faster connectivity between office clients and Workspaces and VPC
Security
- deployed within an Amazon Virtual Private Network (VPC)
- each user has access to persistent, encrypted storage volumes in the AWS Cloud
- integrated with AWS Key Management Service (KMS).
- no user data is stored on the local device.
Pricing
- Monthly pricing from $21 (1 vCPU) to $136 (8 vCPUs) per month
- Hourly pricing from $0.17/hour plus $7.25 per month (1 vCPU) to from $1.49/hour plus $19.0 per month (8 vCPUs)
- Note that hourly pricing is subject to monthly charge
- Data Transfer charges apply as usual for the VPC that runs the workspace
Use Cases
- Remote working (BYOD)
- Short term extra capacity
- Disaster Recovery
- Customer Trials (sandbox environments)
- Test environments
Similar and Related Products
- Requires either Simple AD, full managed AD service or an AD connector to on premises AD,
- Use Appstream 2 instead if you are running a single application, use Workspaces when you need the full desktop.
Exam Tips
Workspaces operate in a single AZ by default so must be explicitly deployed across multiple AZs to minimise impact of a single AZ failure
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